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Bridges Construction Celebrates Home Build

331 S. Irwin St. (Below)
For the 2021–22 school year, Bridges
students worked on a new home at 331 S.
Irwin St. in Green Bay in partnership with
NeighborWorks Green Bay.
The house is a three bedroom, two and a
half bath single family home. Students built a
24' x 24' detached garage. They also worked
on the floors, walls, framing, siding, roofing
and finished carpentry of the house.

421 4th St. (above) and 1200 Doty St.
For the 2022–23 school year, Bridges
students worked on two new home builds in
partnership with NeighborWorks Green Bay:
A house at 421 4th St. in Green Bay
— The site was previously a vacant lot. The
new single-family home has three bedrooms
and two baths. The students built a 24' x 24'
Green Bay Area Public School District Upon completion of the program, stu- detached garage. Students worked on the
Twenty students showed off their hard dents are prepared for an apprenticeship or floor, walls, framing, siding, roofing and fin-
work at 929 N Broadway in Green Bay after additional educational opportunities at NWTC ished carpentry of the home. Because these
months of building a home as a part of the and in-demand careers with high earning homes have a smaller footprint, students had
Bridges Construction & Renovation program. potential. the opportunity to do more roof framing,
Families, friends and local leaders Beyond skills building, the program pro- most of the drywall, and most of the finished
gathered to tour the house and celebrate the vides an opportunity for students to make a carpentry.
students on May 14, 2025. Students in the positive impact on their community by build-
class represented East, Preble, Southwest, and ing and renovating safe, affordable housing. A house at 1200 Doty St. in Green Bay
West High Schools. This project was made possible by various — The site was previously a vacant lot. The
At the celebration, Bridges instructor community partnerships and with thanks to newly built house has three bedrooms, two and
Chris Ziegler presented students with a tool- the first loan made through the Greater Green a half baths, and is a single family home. Stu-
belt full of tools and shared each student’s Bay Community Foundation’s Impact Invest- dents built a 24' x 24' detached garage. Students www.gbaps.org
future plans. Superintendent Vicki Bayer, ment Program. This program provides a low worked on the floors, walls, framing, siding,
Ziegler, and industry leaders, Pam Sylvester interest loan and saves NeighborWorks Green roofing and finished carpentry of the house.
and Noel Halvorsen, spoke at the event. Bay thousands of dollars in construction loan
Bridges Construction & Renovation is an interest costs. This also allows the new home
educational pathway within the Green Bay Area to go to market at a significantly lower price Doctor Gives Back to Bridges Construction & Renovation
Public School District that offers students a com- than are otherwise available.
munity-based, hands-on learning experience in A full class of students from East, Preble,
the construction and renovation industries. Southwest and West High Schools are set to
Students work with professional con- enroll in the Bridges Construction & Renova-
tractors to learn about structural design, tion program for the 2025–2026 school year.
building safety, blueprint reading, rough Students will be able to work on two
and finish construction, modern design and projects this school year: a single family home
home improvements. Students also explore at 158 N Maple Ave. and townhome project at
the application of carpentry, masonry, home 418 4th St. on Green Bay’s westside.
wiring, plumbing and architectural design. If you have any questions about Bridges
Bridges students also have the opportu- Construction & Renovation, call West High
nity to receive OSHA 10 certification. OSHA School at (920) 492-2600 or email Chris
is the Occupational Safety and Health Admin- Ziegler cjziegler@gbaps.org
istration, and is responsible for worker safety
and health protection. Other Recent Projects: Dr. James Bailey, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Bellin Hospital, made a very generous
1162 & 1164 Day St. gift to students in West High School’s Bridges Construction & Renovation program on
For the 2023–24 school year, Bridges April 11, 2025.
students built new home builds at 1162 and Dr. Bailey catered lunch for the students from Mission BBQ and gave new Milwau-
1164 Day Street on Green Bay’s east side, in kee Tool Sawzall® reciprocating saw and a hammer drill and impact driver combo set to
partnership with NeighborWorks Green Bay. the seniors and t-shirts to the juniors in the program.
Both homes are three-bedroom, two- Earlier this year, Dr. Bailey donated new tool chests to seniors in East High School’s
bathroom homes. 1162 Day Street is 1391 sq City Stadium Automotive program.
ft, including a bedroom and bathroom in the Dr. Bailey graduated from Westwood High School located in Michigan, where he had
basement. 1164 Day Street is 1362 sq ft with participated in their automotive program. He shared that the automotive program was an
all rooms on the first floor. The basement is important experience for him and said he wanted to give back to the community.
completely unfinished, but an egress window “I felt that doing something like this would be really helpful for them and help set
was installed so a future owner could add them off on a good career path . . . this is something I knew that if I was in their position, I
additional living space in the basement. would be really excited to get and I wanted to do the same thing for them,” Dr. Bailey said.