Things are happening daily and it's exciting to see the walls going up and the museum taking shape.  I can begin to see where this will all be in 10 weeks when we open.  The hot air balloon welcoming the kids to a space that is truly theirs.  
 
With the drywall all up they now begin painting this week.  Our ceilings are the first tomorrow.  Keep watching and I'll share with you all as we move closer to our opening.

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Green Bay, Wisconsin.  November 23, 2011—The Children's Museum of Green Bay (CMGB) will launch a very special fundraising effort focused on a very special group of individuals on Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. on the corner of Pine and Washington Streets in Green Bay.

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The new children’s museum is under-construction and will be open by April of 2012. We are raising 4.5 million to build in new state of the art children’s museum in downtown Green Bay.

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We are so happy to see the construction of our new Children's Museum in downtown Green Bay now underway and making rapid progress! Crews are on-site daily. Today the walls are beginning to emerge from the soil!

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We have visited and studied children's museum around the country and collected the best ideas from each of them to add to this museum. Exhibits have been purchased with the funds raised to date. Our goal was to make the Children's Museum of Green Bay the best in the Midwest. We are confident that we have achieved it!

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The Children's Museum Of Green Bay breaks ground on the site of the old H. C. Prange building. At 10 am on June 25th, 2010 The Children’s Museum of Green Bay celebrates the realization of a dream with an exciting, fun, and celebratory groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the old H. C. Prange building. After 4 years of planning today a collective dream and vision finally comes true. The new children’s museum will begin construction later this summer and be open by March of 2012.

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At 10 am on June 25th, 2010 The Children’s Museum of Green Bay celebrates the realization of a dream with an exciting, fun, and celebratory groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the old H. C. Prange building. After 4 years of planning today a collective dream and vision finally comes true. The new children’s museum will begin construction later this summer and be open by March of 2012.

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The Groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 10:00 am on the corner of Washington and Pine Street the future site of the 15,000-square-foot children’s museum. The $4.5-million facility will house twelve exhibit and play areas focusing on Northeast Wisconsin. A 2500 traveling exhibit area will open with a interactive play area featuring the Green Bay Packers.

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I wanted to provide everyone with an update on the most recent information we have on the Watermark/River Center Project, future home of the Children’s Museum.

River Vision Partners has just received their letter of financial commitment from Calumet County Bank.  With this in place, they are now able to proceed with the final phase of financing. It is anticipated that this phase will require approximately eight to ten weeks for completion.  Ground Breaking and Construction will begin immediately after the loan closing.

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Since February of 2006, when the museum closed its Washington Commons location, we have remained very involved in the community with our free, hands-on programming. Some of the different events we have participated in include:

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