Former Green Bay east basketball player is investing in the community that invested in him. Eddie Boyce is owner of Studio 112 on Main in Green Bay. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — From point guard to proprietor, former Green Bay East High School basketball player Eddie Boyce continues to reinvest in the community that invested in him.
“I was seven or eight years old and I would be gone for five or six hours. ‘Where’d you go?’ Well, I come back with $200. I was mowing lawns because I always just had this entrepreneurial liking,” said Boyce.
Years later, after he finished college and his basketball career came to an end, Boyce continued to dig deep into that entrepreneurial spirit.
“With ball, there was so many different, changing dynamics with that every day. You go to practice, you got all these different challenges every day, different scouting reports. Business has that same aspect to it. There’s a thrill in doing things outside the box,” he said.
In addition to founding Better Days Mentoring, which helps lost youth find the best in themselves, in 2022, Boyce became the owner of Angelina, an authentic Italian restaurant in Green Bay. He was the brainchild behind the restaurant’s revamped outdoor space, which features a retractable roof that can be used year-round.
“To just bring something new here that hadn’t been done. My mind works that way. I get really creative and once I start to think, I want it. So, point me to who can do it,” he said.
Boyce recently bought Crown & Common Bar in Green Bay, rebranding it as Studio 112 on Main. The name is a tribute to his basketball number, 11, his birthday on the 12th and 90s R&B group 112.
“There’s some 2000s hip-hop playing and it’s just a good vibe. That’s what I was really after with that, is to kind of have that space where friends and family, we can get together and have that,” said Boyce.
Always willing to hire those he’s mentored, Boyce hopes the success of his businesses will continue to inspire the next generation.
He said, “To just show those kids, despite their circumstances or the environment or wherever you come up, that a lot of things are achievable. You can attain things. It’s not going to be easy, but I’ll tell you, it’s worth it.”
In addition to the restaurant and bar, Boyce recently bought a 12,000-square-foot commercial space in Hobart he’s hoping to develop.
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