Jesse Lin

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Jesse Lin

While Gov. Tony Evers had announced on June 18 that Green Bay, Brown County, and Ashwaubenon would get $1.8 million in state grant money to cover public safety costs associated with the 2025 NFL Draft, it was still up to the Green Bay City Council to formally accept the money. The council members unanimously voted to do so on June 24 with no discussion. Here's where that money will go and what happens next. Where's the money going?

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Jesse Lin

The Green Bay City Council's June 24 meeting turned into a debate on religion, the Constitution and love. Council members had no recommendation on whether to vote for or against having city staff write up a non-binding resolution expressing the city's opposition to conversion therapy. Members of the public who packed the gallery, however, had strong suggestions.

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Jesse Lin

Monroe Plaza at 400 N. Monroe Ave. ― a downtown apartment complex that gives elderly and disabled residents a place to call home through federal Section 8 housing vouchers amidst a national housing crisis ― could be a California-based affordable housing developer's first Wisconsin project. SDG Housing Partners secured an initial commitment of up to $27.5 million in government bonds through the Green Bay Housing Authority after the authority liked its first look at renovation plans on June 19.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jesse Lin

Mayors in Green Bay might get yearly raises forever following Personnel Committee members' unanimous recommendation on June 17. The recommendation, if adopted at the City Council's next meeting on June 24, would start off the next mayor with a base salary of $128,547. Salary changes cannot be made in the middle of a mayor's term, according to city staff, which is why the recommended salary jump would begin at the start of the next mayoral term in 2027.

1 week ago | greenbaypressgazette.com | Jesse Lin

Jesse LinGreen Bay Press-GazetteA developer interested in buying and rehabbing Monroe Plaza Apartments, the 1970s-era affordable housing complex for seniors at 400 N. Monroe Ave., is looking to the Green Bay Housing Authority for the funds to pursue its project.