Packers Heritage Trail in Downtown Green Bay, showcasing Packers legends. July 10, 2024. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Removing the Packers Heritage Trail Monument would cost $109,701, a cost which will be born by the City of Green Bay, according to documents.
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.
On Thursday, the city’s Redevelopment Authority is scheduled to consider spending the $109,701 to move it.
“The City and Packers Heritage, Inc., reached an agreement, which requires the City to remove and salvage, as well as transfer to the Packers Heritage, Inc., the Packers Heritage Trail Plaza. The City will fund the project. Miron Construction will be contracted for the work, because they constructed the plaza and are uniquely situated to remove and salvage,” states the agenda item report.
The agenda does not say where the monument would be moved to. A Packers spokesperson said Tuesday morning that a new location has not been determined.
The Redevelopment Authority meets at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in room 604 of City Hall, 100 N. Jefferson St.
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