Coal piles along the Fox River in Green Bay, April 11, 2023. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A deal to relocate coal pile operations from downtown Green Bay to the mouth of the Fox River has been reached, officials announced Thursday.
Brown County finalized an agreement with C. Reiss Terminals, LLC for a 60-year lease of the northern portion of the former Pulliam Power Plant site. According to Brown County Executive Streckenbach, the city of Green Bay is now on deck to work with C. Reiss to redevelop the Mason Street site where the coal piles currently sit.
“I’m extremely happy that both sides were able to seize this historic opportunity by agreeing to a long-term lease agreement that will have the utmost positive economic impact on Brown County and Northeast Wisconsin,” Streckenbach said in a news release.
C. Reiss CEO Keith Haselhoff added, “This is an important step forward in the effort to expand capacity at the Port of Green Bay, facilitate the relocation of coal piles from the downtown Mason Street riverfront and advance the community’s long-standing goal of redeveloping that site.”
C. Reiss has proudly served the Green Bay community for more than 100 years, and we appreciate the work of Brown County, the city of Green Bay and our state and federal partners to move this project forward. We look forward to continuing to work cooperatively with the county as the parties move into execution and implementation.
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