Certified industrial sites are among the most in demand assets for companies looking to re-locate or expand their operation in a community. In today's world of site selection, companies continue to shrink their timelines for not only making a location decision, but also the time required to start construction and complete a project. Companies looking to build new facilities want sites that are shovel-ready and risk free, they need to look no further than the Marion Enterprise Center (MEC).

The MEC is designated a certified site by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Iowa's certified site program, designed and implemented by the nationally recognized site selection firm McCallum Sweeney Consulting (MSC), parallels a typical site location process. Due to the certification, MEDCO is able to provide companies considering re-location or expansion all relevant site-related data and documentation accumulated throughout the process that reflect the fact that the Marion Enterprise Center is a "risk-free" industrial park.

State of Iowa Site Certification Requirements

• Documented price and terms to prospective industrial investors
• Zoned appropriately by City
• Free of any known rights-of-way, easements, judgments, liens, restrictive covenants, and any other items that might impact the park's developability
• Free of recognized environmental conditions
• Completed Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
• Free of wetlands or be able to be mitigated within 90days
• Completed Wetland Identification, Delineation, and Classification Report
• Free of state and federal rare, threatened, and endangered species or be able to be mitigated within 90days
• No impacts to any federally listed species
• Free of areas of archaeological or historical significance or be able to be mitigated within 90 days
• Soils must be compatible with industrial development
• IBC Seismic Site Classification Report
• 5 miles, via truck route, of an interstate or a four-lane highway
• Must be served or be able to be served with significant electric service within 9 months
• Must be served or be able to be served with significant water resources by water infrastructure and a water system with minimum excess capacity
• Must be served or be able to be served within nine months by wastewater infrastructure and a wastewater treatment plant with a minimum excess capacity
• DS-1 orT-1 telecommunications infrastructure

Reports and Documentation Available Upon Request

• Transportation Network Maps
• Aerial Photography
• USGA Quadrangle Map
• Protective Covenants
• FEMA Flood Maps
• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
• Wetland Delineation Report
• Rare or Endangered Species Report
• Archaeological Findings Report
• Geotechnical Study
• Geotechnical Report on Seismic Site Classification
• Topographic Survey
• Community Zoning Map
• Information on Utility Capacity
• Protective Covenants
• Master Development Plan
• Site Design Guidelines

Contact MEDCO President Mark Seckman to request immediate copies of any of the reports listed above.