GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – It may be a slow go, taking years to accomplish, but Green Bay’s Public Arts Commission is taking the first steps toward addressing the deteriorating condition of the city’s 9-11 memorial.
Green Bay Alderman Randy Scannell is the Commission’s vice-chair. He says a sub-committee has been formed to get the ball rolling.
“We going to look at the monument, come up with the logistics of just what the condition is and how much it costs to decommission it.”
Scannell, Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith, Fire Chief David Litton, and Public Works Director Steve Grenier will make up the sub-committee.
The information will be brought back to the full commission in August. The likely next step….
“The committee will start looking for artists, going over artists presentations for a possible new memorial.”
Right now the memorial is in front of the Neville Public Museum.
It was gifted to the city years ago and since then the marble has cracked and there’s inaccurate information etched into the stone.
Scannell says the Commission will also consider a possible new location for the memorial.
One spot already being talked about would be next to a planned Green Bay Police and Fire headquarters.
