BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ)- Two Brown County Committees are scheduled to meet Thursday night to discuss the plans to build a new paper mill in Green Bay.
Green Bay Packaging released plans to build a new $500 million dollar paper mill on their site and said the project is on the fast track. Before it can take off, it needs to be approved by the Brown County Board.
Pat Evans, Brown County Supervisor says there are plenty of reasons to approve the package.
“There are many effected positivity by retaining this in Green Bay.”
He says no matter what side of the political aisle you are on, there are reasons to be excited.
“The conservatives like it because it is a big investment for jobs. The liberals like it because it is going to give more jobs to the United Steelworkers, and it is going to be one of the most environmentally and technologically sound plants.”
Evans says he can not think of why anyone would want to prevent this from happening.
“People can vote against it, they would just have to answer as to why they would want to stop the second largest investment in the state of Wisconsin history.”
He says he is not sure if all supervisors will support the plan, but said the numbers speak strongly, with it being a larger investment than the Lambeau Field renovation, and second largest project in Wisconsin behind FoxConn.
Evans says he assumes tonight’s meetings were called to keep the ball rolling at Green Bay Packaging’s pace.
