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Green Bay finance committee authorizes $500,000 for new community shelter, approves $309,000 match for JBS urban farm barn
Summary
On May 13, 2025, the Green Bay Finance Committee unanimously authorized a $500,000 allocation to the New Community Shelter capital campaign and approved a roughly $309,000 match for the JBS urban farm barn project, subject to application and compliance.
On May 13, 2025, the Green Bay Finance Committee unanimously authorized a $500,000 allocation to the New Community Shelter capital campaign to expand transitional housing capacity and approved a $309,000 allocation to match a federal grant for the JBS urban farm barn project. The approvals were made conditionally “subject to receipt of application and compliance,” committee members said.
The measures grew out of a joint request from Alders Johnson, Proffitt and Morgan to use remaining ARPA funds set aside for site acquisition and affordable housing. Alder Johnson said he had proposed pairing the shelter request with the Willow-led JBS project because “I didn’t feel comfortable with with all of that funding going towards a barn because that wasn’t necessarily the intent of what we’re trying to do there.”
Committee and staff discussion…
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