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Governor hopeful Josh Schoemann outlines vision for state agency relocation

Published December 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:14

This would provide more opportunity to developers to create real estate need, home ownership and housing needs in Madison. While The cost of real estate here in Green Bay is demonstrably cheaper, I think it's actually six times cheaper compared to Madison. So could be a cost savings by moving such a thing to Green Bay. And it absolutely could bring accountability and responsiveness to the people. (01:14–01:22)

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“This is about bringing government closer to people being more responsive to democracy, different industries here in Green Bay.”
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“Right now we send all of our tax money down to Madison and Dane county and it stays there.”
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“If that were such a thing to be able to happen while we work with the legislature, it represents 140 good paying jobs that be could come…”
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“I anticipate there would be some of the current 141 employees from DFI, for example, that would certainly relocate to Green Bay.”
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“If you look at the studies on work from home, there's definitely a loss in productivity and organizational efficiency.”
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“We have a county courthouse and a county grounds that is sprawled out over the course of 30 or 40 acres.”
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“It absolutely builds upon some, what I think are some good components of the 2030 plan, but it really expands upon that.”
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“We have to take a big long step, more than just one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind. And that is completely going statewide…”
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“You're still talking about 10,000 employees. Plus, if you move that to any one community, it would be one of the biggest economic…”
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“The cost of doing business in Madison, no matter what industry you're in, comparing to the cost of doing business in Green Bay, let alone a…”
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“You look at a place like Wausau, where you have the UW Stevens Point campus that's closing, that could be a perfect illustration of a…”
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“In the city of Madison, the return on Investment isn't just 7 years or 10 years or 20 years. It's perpetual. They're forever paying property…”
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“I'd be preempting that we'd have an executive order on day one to have all employees come back, and then we'd be very strategically moving…”
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“Having a much smaller and more focused state government is demonstrably different from what we've seen in the last Seven and a half years.”
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“A government building is minimum a 50 year move. Right? That's not something that you're going to do every five years.”
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“I do. I think that's the starting point for sure. And then as you begin to build out the strategic plan, just like we've done in Washington…”
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“We're now six years almost away from COVID and we're still implementing a lot of the same policies with really no forethought or strategy.”
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“In terms of the bureaucracy itself breaking it up and changing the culture organizationally, that absolutely is a priority.”
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“I actually have, yeah. Thanks for asking about that. Specifically the county administrator up in Marathon County.”
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