Plans for Veterans’ Village in Green Bay One Vote Away from Becoming a Reality

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – An affordable housing development for veterans in Brown County is one step closer to coming to fruition. Veterans 1st of NEW just needs the county board to sign off on a land acquisition, and construction can begin.

Part of a 33 acre plot of land, just off St. Anthony Drive in Green Bay, could soon become home to a veteran housing community.

“We’re very excited, just to have this opportunity, just to step in and help our veterans,” said Kim Nohr with Veterans 1st of NEW.

Brown County’s Planning, Development & Transportation committee voted this week to recommend the county approve donating three and a half acres of this land to Veterans 1st of Northeast Wisconsin. The non-profit has been working for more than a year to bring a tiny home village, that would provide affordable housing to veterans, to Brown County...