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BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – There still isn’t a deal done to move the coal piles out of downtown Green Bay with a Tuesday deadline of 5 p.m. approaching for when a $15 million state grant could be rescinded.
The deadline to get a deal done was May 30th, but the state extended the deadline to Tuesday saying, “Significant positive progress has been made in this effort, and we remain optimistic that the parties involved will come to an agreement.”
The $15 million grant is nearly half of the $33 million Brown County has accumulated to expand port operations to the former Pulliam Power Plant site at the mouth of the Fox River.
The coal piles have sat on the western edge of the river, just south of the Mason Street Bridge, for the past 125 years. A study has shown the land could garner about $150 million in new development if the coal piles were to be moved.
Brown County and C. Reiss have been focused on negotiating two proposals.
One is to lease the former Pulliam Power Plant site, and the other is to lease about 13 acres of county-owned land next to the Fox River Terminals, which is owned by C. Reiss’ parent company.
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