GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Green Bay’s Redevelopment Authority Thursday approved spending $109,701 to remove the Packers Heritage Trail monument to make way for an apartment complex.
The Packers Heritage Plaza features the statues of Paul Hornung, Johnny “Blood” (McNally), Bart Starr and team co-founder George Whitney Calhoun, among others. The Plaza also includes a large recognition wall and green space enhancements. It opened in 2013.
However, when the city approved plans for an apartment complex on the site, it said the plaza would have to be moved to an undetermined location. Packers Heritage, Inc., sued, seeking to keep the display in its current location at the corner of Washington and Cherry streets. But the team later relented, and agreed to move the display.
A new location for the plaza display has not been determined, but Downtown Green Bay’s Jeff Mirkes wants it to remain downtown. He noted there are 15 other markers from the Heritage Trail scattered around downtown. Mirkes mentioned the Neville Public Museum and the Packers Plaza outside the KI Convention Center as potential sites.
City development director Cheryl Renier-Wigg said a settlement for the lawsuit is still being finalized. She is also hopeful the team chooses a downtown location.
The RDA voted unanimously for the contract with Miron Construction, which installed the display.
A date for the removal has not been announced, but work on the apartment complex is expected to start before the end of the year.
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