Launching and building HADCO was a pioneer effort. Because never before had a public/private partnership been developed in the area for job creation and economic development, HADCO'S task was not an easy one. Moreover, two weeks prior to its official launch, HADCO's initial challenge developed when Huntington's largest employer, the Owens-Illinois Glass Plant, closed. This closure resulted in the loss of 600 jobs. HADCO immediately took the lead role in redevelopment of this site, spearheading its transformation into a multi-tenant industrial park, where more than 400 jobs have been created. Thanks to their leadership, as well as efforts by the City of Huntington, this successful project was selected from among 10 Regional Federal EPA Brownfield projects as National Winner of the Phoenix Award. This award recognizes those who have worked to solve critical environmental problems of transforming abandoned industrial areas into productive new uses. In 1997, HADCO assumed management and marketing responsibility for the site until it was filled with tenants in 2002.

Today, HADCO is successfully competing with national and international development organizations for business prospects looking to relocate or expand. Recently, HADCO was instrumental in Amazon.com's decision to locate its East Coast Customer Service Center in Huntington and in the opening of the United Airlines/Mileage Plus Travel Redemption Center in Barboursville.

HADCO's shell building project has resulted in the construction and sale/lease of shell buildings to three international manufacturing companies from Spain, Italy and Japan.