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The “Baie de Somme” business park to the south of St Valéry Sur Somme has a wealth of appealing assets to attract local entrepreneurs as well as outside investors!

Located on the doorstep of the Baie de Somme, near the coast and along the RD940 by-road, the “Baie de Somme business park offers 19.7 ha dedicated to commerce, industry, the crafts sector, and public services.  Following 6 months of the land development project's phase 1, the 28 available plots on the market are already bearing fruit via the partnership between the development company Amiens Aménagement and the Baie de Somme Community of Municipalities for the indigenous development potential and the network “Investir en Picardie Maritime” [Invest in the Picardy Coast] for outside investment.  A dozen or so companies are already potentially interested in developing their businesses in the following sectors: funeral directing, coppersmithing, chimney installation, automobile spare part supply, automobile MOTs, riding school, timber framed house construction, etc… There are indeed undeniable assets: + 5 companies already onsite, with 80 jobs at Intermarché, Logimarché, Lidl, Demerle (aluminium sections), JFG Plastiques + 10 ha sold in 3 stages, with plots ranging from 1,500 to 3,800 m² and costing 10 to 60 € excl. tax per m² depending on the nature of the activity and location within the urban development zone + Near the A16 interchange (10 min) + Comfortable and exceptional Quality of life in the heart of a protected and preserved natural environment (one of the most Beautiful Bays in the World®, Natura 2000 listed site) + Environmentally-friendly development thanks to the use of landscape buffers, 4 ha of green park land, and a specific rainwater infiltration system.  There are also an abundance of projects: + 8,000 m² business unit (4 to 8 units) across from the existing Intermarché supermarket + Medical centre + Business incubator project in partnership with the Littoral Normand Picard Chamber of Industry and Commerce


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VIP Welcome for best IPM investors at the Bird and Nature Festival

The 19th Bird and Nature Festival taking place from 18 to 26 April 2009, which welcomes 30,000 festivalgoers every year, is not to be missed!  IPM is making the most of this key event on the Picardy Coast to get its best 2009 investors to discover our region via nature outings (Parc du Marquenterre reserve, Maison de l'Oiseau bird centre...), photo exhibitions, nature film competitions...


For more information, visit www.festival-oiseau-nature.com