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direct flights between Green Bay and foreign destinations. Miller says once another commercial airline comes on board and makes public its intent to fly from Green Bay to international destinations, U.S. Customs will go along with the proposal. Miller says the FIS building project would receive funding from the FAA and that Brown County and Austin Straubel have already invested $300,000 in infrastructure improvements. "We feel good about this happening," he says, adding that a study has shown a full-service FIS will add 46 local jobs in the airline and tourism industry and have an annual economic impact of $2.5 million to the community. Much like Austin Straubel, the Port of Green Bay is another community entry point. The Port doesn't have its final numbers in for 2012, but Brown County Port and Solid Waste Department Director Dean Haen predicts the numbers will be close to those of 2011, which saw a "As the economy rebounds, so does the business at the port. We don't expect as much salt coming in this year since we didn't have a harsh winter last year, but we did see an increase in cement because of the Lambeau Field construction project and U.S. 41 construction." –Dean Haen, Brown Count y Por t and S olid Waste D epar tment D irec tor 25 percent increase over 2010. "As the economy rebounds, so does the business at the port," he says. "We don't expect as much salt coming in this year since we didn't have a harsh winter last year, but we did see an increase in cement because of the Lambeau Field construction project and U.S. 41 construction." The 14 port businesses moved more than 2 million metric tons of commodities, including coal, limestone, cement, salt, pig iron, fuel oil and forest products, in 2011. Those commodities were valued at more than $300 million. We've Moved. Haen says he continues to work to draw more businesses to the port. The Port is also part of a $20 million project to restore the Cat Islands, which will recreate more than 270 acres of upland habitat that will protect 1,400 acres of shallow water, which will lead to a better environment for vegetation, fish and waterfowl. "This is a huge, multi-year project that will generate immediate environmental improvements and keep the channel open," Haen says. "It's an exciting project and one that's been in the works for awhile." We've moved. But our promise remains the same. A promise that we'll work as hard making your business a success as we do our own. Because to us, the only true measure of our success is yours. OUR NEW GREEN BAY OFFICE ADDRESS: 200 South Washington Street Suite 100 Green Bay, WI 54301 TE L • 920.432.9300 (Remains the same) OFFICES IN MILWAUKEE, MADISON, WAUKESHA, GREEN BAY AND APPLETON, WISCONSIN AND WASHINGTON, D.C. © 2013 Godfrey & Kahn S.C. w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m F e b r u a r y 2 013 • Insight | 47