We have a game preserve called the   Wild Life Sanctuary  where we have a large flock of resident Canadian   Geese  along with many other animals such as   cougar  ,   deer  and   wolves .  There are several miles of   trails  and a nature center.

Heritage Hill State Park is another great place to visit. It is located on the East side of Green Bay at 2640 South Webster. Return to the early days of Green Bay through the   Belgian Farm  , Traders Post, an Old School House and  others.

 The Neville Public Museum  houses our heritage and also supplies us with art exhibits of all kinds. For example, in 1971, Otto Stiller donated his personal collection of photographs, many documenting Green Bay sports and social life. At a small park located just south of the museum along the   west bank  of the Fox River we have reserved a   special  place to honor   our heroes  .

My favorite park is   Bay Beach Amusement Park .  The rides there are still only 20 cents  a ticket.  You can ride a beautiful old fashioned Merry-Go-Round, a miniature train--complete with its own   depot  , pony rides,   boats , fire engines, tilt-a-whirl, bumper cars,  helicopters and   more .  The park is located on the   Bay of Green Bay  and it is a   good place  to go for family picnics and parties.

We have three  libraries with computers with Internet access for all.  If you can't find the book you want they will search other  libraries  and get it for you.

 Bellin Memorial Hospital  is just one of the four hospitals in Green Bay.  They specialize in care and surgery of the cardiac patient.  Two of the other hospital's areSt. Mary's Hospital on the west side (a family center) and St. Vincent's Hospital on the east side (a regional trauma center). Our latest hospital opened in October, 2001 and is our first for profit hospital with state of the art equipment and a beautiful campass Aurora Bay Care Medical Center.

 The Spirit of The Northwest  is located on the  courthouse  lawn at city center.  This statue was dedicated on June 10,1931, and includes three figures--Nicolas Perrot, an early trader and representative of the French Government; Claude Allouez, the first French missionary in Wisconsin; and an Indian guide.

Located on the West side of the Fox River is a large pile of  coal --whose small pieces at the bottom have supplied the eyes for many a snow man.  This is part of the F. Hurlbut & Company, which was established in 1870, as a wholesaler of coal, bricks, cement and tile.

We have two colleges in Green Bay, Northeast Wisconsin Technical Collegeand the  University of Wisconsin .

In 1875, the administrator of the Green Bay Diocese, the Reverend Edward Daems, gave permission for the construction of a new church in the eastern-most portion of the city for a large group of German and Belgian families living there.  This church was called   St. Peter & Paul

The population of Green Bay is 207,269 more or less.  In the summer our average temperature is 80.7 degrees and in the winter the average temperature is 6.9 degrees, this is an average for January.  We get about 27 inches of rain per year and about 43 inches of snow.  Our unemployment rate is only 2.6%  We have 130.5 doctors for every hundred thousand people, 1.8 library books for every person, and the average commute time is only sixteen minutes. We are building another bridge over the   Fox River  which runs through the center of town. All in all a great place to live and raise a family.

Our major industries are our  paper mills  and shipping, we are part of the St. Lawrence sea way  and have many ships dock along the Fox River.

The  Botanical Gardens , located at  2600 Larsen Road , are open from May 1st to October 15th. There are rolling hills  and a  spring fed pond .  Some of the  gardens  are a Four Season Garden which is in bloom from late Spring to frost. A contemporary rose garden, an American  Perennial Garden , and a Place of  Discovery  and Imagination--here you will find the wonderful  children's gardens .

We also have the  Weidner Center  for  the performing arts, which features many plays and musical programs throughout the year; the  Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, will be rebuilt and possibly relocated soon--there they have such things as the circus, hockey games, basketball games, and antique shows; and the much publicized  Lambeau Field .

 Fort Howard Grade School  is one of the schools on the west side.  There is a community center located in the school with many excellent programs.  A log cabin was built on the site to further explain the early days.

We have two great newspapers in Green Bay--our morning daily paper  The Green Bay News Chronicle  and our other morning daily paper  The Green Bay Press Gazette .

There is a lot more to Green Bay, Wisconsin, than I could tell about in one Internet site.  The people who live here, the changing of the seasons, and of course our beautiful   sunsets , to name just a few.