GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – There are big plans in the works for about 65 acres of undeveloped land on the UW-Green Bay campus.FOX 11 has been telling you about the ideas for several years, but for the first time, there is now a conceptual map showing where new development could be built.
A hotel, destination restaurant, mixed use buildings with commercial opportunities and new academic buildings are all part of the conceptual map for the area being called the Phoenix Innovation Park.
“We have over 2,100 students living on campus, but they have to hop in a car and drive about 10-15 minutes just to get the basic goods for their dorm room, so some convenience and retail opportunities are also needed,” said Alan Peters, UW-Green Bay’s economic development executive, who was hired to lead the planning for the innovation park.
The new innovation park would be on the west end of campus, mostly near the STEM Innovation Center. It is being modeled after University Research Park at UW-Madison, which is about 125 acres, according to Peters...
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