Downtown Development

The next phase of the City Deck, an urban park that takes full advantage of the waterfront, is beginning. In addition to the mayor and the supporting cast, thanks to the alders who voted yea along the way.

Of course, next to that Watermark project which is remodeling the old Younkers building is underway. In the same project are the Green Bay Children's Museum and a restaurant/bar by the folks that own the ever popular The Bar. They will all make wonderful additions to N. Washington St.

Next to that is the gaping chunk of leaky concrete we all grew up with called Washington Commons, Port Plaza Mall, or just "The Mall". The Mall and some of it's old, tired friends are dead and it's going away so it can become a corporate headquarters. Thanks also go to Schreiber Foods for committing to downtown Green Bay.

And now, just to the north of the old mall and it's ramp, a KI Convention center expansion is in the works.

I believe that economic development sum of these projects is larger than the raw addition of the parts. I'm proud of each and every vote I took in support some of these projects. The other Alders, Supervisors, Mayor should also be proud of what they helped happen. It takes dreams and vision to make things happen. But in addition to the electeds let us not forget those who did and do so much to spur economic development, execute on that vision, and keep our city a great place to live. So my thanks to everyone who works to make our downtown and city a better place, leaders and workers alike.