GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Wisconsin has granted $500,000 to Brown County as part of the effort to relocate coal piles away from downtown and expand the economic activity of the Port of Green Bay, the office of Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday.
The grant, from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, will help in purchasing the former WPS Pulliam Plant property. The governor's office said in a news release that WEDC will provide Brown County with an Idle Sites Redevelopment grant to partially fund the purchase of the 40-acre parcel at the mouth of the Fox River.
A news release from Gov. Tony Evers says the property is considered key to efforts by the county and city of Green Bay to redevelop not only the port, turning the Pulliam Plant site into a port-related industrial property, but portions of downtown Green Bay.
The Pulliam Plant property, the news release says, has been identified as the most critical parcel for the port expansion project. The port is a designated Foreign Trade Zone and this strategy includes expanding the port activities which will result in increased economic activity and jobs in Green Bay and the northeast region.
The former WPS Pulliam Power Plant property was decommissioned in 2016 after years of retiring operational units.
