GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Fresh off a record-setting weekend that saw a collective 600,000 fans descend on Titletown for the NFL Draft, local experts have high hopes for what’s next for Green Bay and the region.
“We have the infrastructure in place, we certainly have the talent,” Brad Toll, Discover Green Bay president & CEO, said. “Public safety and public works, they work so well together.”
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During the draft, the economic development organization New North hosted site selectors from 14 different companies from across the country that are looking to relocate to or develop in northeast Wisconsin.
“They’re in a position to advise their clients the best place to locate,” New North president & CEO Barb LaMue said. “Could be a manufacturing plant, could be a data center, could be a corporate office, could be a food production facility.”
It could be years before the full effects of the draft are realized, but there are some projects already underway in northeast Wisconsin.
“There were some site selectors who were working on projects in our region,” LaMue said. “They are working on that in the background. We wanted them to be able to see another component of our community.”
With a growing population and stable climate and weather conditions, LaMue says the wind is blowing in the right direction for the region.
“They do look at weather and climate fluctuations, and we score well in being a safer community in that component,” she said.
The next major events over the next couple of months in Green Bay are gymnastics and bowling championships, and also a Jehovah’s Witness conference. But when will planning for the next bid to bring the draft to Titletown again begin?
“We haven’t had that chat yet, I think everyone’s been resting up, but I think we’ll look down the road where it makes sense again,” Toll said, a key member in piecing together Green Bay’s successful bid for 2025.
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Toll was kept busy during the draft, hosting eight prospective draft host cities. He is also eyeing another small football market to be thrust into the national spotlight.
“I just had a chat with Buffalo. Once they get their stadium built, they’d love to throw their hat in the ring.”
