GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – The finishing touches are being put on the deal to bring a Foxconn manufacturing facility to southeastern Wisconsin.
If the electronics maker decides to build a second location in the Badger State, Mayor Jim Schmitt reportedly wants it to be in Green Bay.
Alderman Bill Galvin sees some merit in the idea.
“There were studies that looked at very little growth for the City of Green Bay, and Brown County in general, over the next several years. Something like this would be exactly what the city would need to stimulate that growth.”
Galvin believes Green Bay would have quite a bit to offer the Taiwanese company.
“The school systems, the hospitals together with the location, you’ve got the shipping and the rail system and the interstate and the airport.”
Galvin discusses possible locations for a Foxconn facility.
“We have the current I-43 industrial park. Then we have the industrial park that’s just in the beginning stages off of 54/57. There’s certainly other land available that the city could acquire.”
The alderman says Northeast Wisconsin could benefit from seeing how things unfold with the planned $10-billion dollar facility that many expect will end up in Racine County.
“It sounds like it could be a great benefit for not only Green Bay but the entire area. The one that they’re going to build down south would test the waters and see how all the agreements work out.”
Schmitt has reportedly met with state officials to tout the area and could invite Foxconn representatives to Green Bay in the near future.
There have been rumors that Foxconn is interested in a second Wisconsin location, but nothing has been confirmed.
