Case Study

Challenge:
This rural Louisiana community lost its single, major employer.

• Over 150,000 square feet in several steel buildings in an agricultural area of Central Louisiana
• No apparent market
• Company needed plan to control environmental liability and set the stage for a sale of the property in the tertiary market

Solution:
Actio’s planning, consensus building, and marketing program placed the community in a position to re-envision the single user property into a new industrial park utilizing existing infrastructure and buildings. Support from key stakeholders was essential to create a public/private partnership with the corporation, targeted to smaller users on the existing site.

Results:
Following Actio’s plan the town created an industrial authority to run the project, which found public funding and has successfully attracted small businesses.

• The corporation was able to safely remediate the site to industrial standards, contribute wetlands to a conservancy area, and become the catalyst for a new economic future
• The plan achieved 100% job replacement within two years and continued diversified growth
• The community was able to bring an investor group to purchase the park