Contact: Paul Jadin, (920) 593-3405
MEDIA ALERT

Green Bay, Wis.¬ (March 9, 2009)— Paul Jadin, president of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Jim Schmitt; and Brown County Executive Tom Hinz will host a press conference at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, outside the Brown County Central Library.

They will unveil the area’s priority list of infrastructure projects for which a unified lobbying effort will be made to obtain a representative share of available stimulus funds. This list represents a narrowing of the original 139 projects valued at $420,678,999 that were under consideration.
The list represents a collaborative and concerted effort among the municipalities in Brown County. Jadin, Schmitt and Hinz will reference this priority list in the lobbying efforts they anticipate will be required with Gov. Jim Doyle and the Joint Finance Committee at the State level. Other appropriate governmental entities will also be contacted in order to assure an appropriate allocation of the stimulus monies. 
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Established in 1882, the mission of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce is to promote economic and community development. Chamber programs include Advance, Partners in Education, Leadership Green Bay, Brown County Teen Leadership, Current--the Young Professionals Network, Good Government Council, the International Business Development Consortium and the Small Business Council.
For more information about the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and its programs, call 437-8704 or visit www.titletown.org.
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