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Plan Commission approves PUD for library expansion and interim surface parking after debate over redevelopment and accessibility
Summary
After extended debate about whether new surface parking would impede future redevelopment, the Green Bay Plan Commission approved a Planned Unit Development allowing Brown County to expand the library and create interim surface parking on the former Bank Mutual parcel; the county said accessible stalls are essential for ADRC clients and urged flexibility for long-term redevelopment.
The Green Bay Plan Commission on March 23 approved a Planned Unit Development (PUD) that will let Brown County expand the downtown library campus and add surface parking on the adjacent former Bank Mutual site, after commissioners debated how to balance short-term accessibility needs with long-term downtown redevelopment goals.
Brown County planning director Dan Teeters told the commission the county seeks to expand the library at 515 South Pine Street and add semi-public uses — including an ADRC (aging and disability resource center), the Grounded Café and the Wisconsin Job Center — on nearby county-owned parcels. Teeters said the north half of the former Bank Mutual parcel would be raised and converted to roughly 54 surface stalls to serve library and ADRC visitors. "This is for the…
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