Benefits from OBI
Business Support: Free business assistance
Group business training, i.e. workshops, speakers
Over 100 volunteers working to improve the Broadway District and support the businesses
Free design assistance
Communication link, i.e. city to businesses, business to business, etc.
Networking events
Business resource library or consultant referrals
Business listing on On Broadway, Inc. website- linked with many other highly traveled websites
Individual business assistance
Mediation services
Marketing: Downtown business directories, brochures, maps
"Branding" the area as a fun, lively place to live, work and play
Significant media exposure
Participation in business expo
Cooperative advertising coordination
Introduction of new businesses with ribbon cuttings
Marketing of Broadway District as Green Bay’s Mall-Ternative for shopping, dining and service destinations
Merge: a 16-page, four color magazine informing people on how to use downtown
Events drawing over 150,000 people of various markets to the area annually
Retail event coordination- Winterfest On Broadway, Lighting Ceremony On Broadway
Special event coordination- Green Bay’s Taste on Broadway, Farmers’ Market on Broadway
Economic Development: Analysis and reporting of the downtown market / economy
Identify and target new businesses
Workforce development
Support the on-going development of the “business synergy”
Façade grant
Sign grant up to $2,500 (if guidelines met)
Landlord-tenant or seller-buyer referral network
Historic preservation ethic which created a distinct environment for the businesses
Downtown public improvement projects, i.e. docking, streetscaping, park development
Continual enhancement of street decorations
Advocacy: Foster community support of the Broadway District
Act as spokesperson for the District
Leverage money for the District
Promote and solidify Broadway as a business district


