Around the Corner with John McGivern

>> WE'RE ON THE DECK AT THE BACK STAGE OF THE MEYER. THIS IS GREEN BAY. >> I AM THRILLED TO BE IN GREEN BAY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING. I WAS THINKING, GREEN BAY HAS GOT TO BE MORE THAN THE GREEN BAY PACKERS. I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T FOUND THIS CITY, RIGHT? SO I CAN'T WAIT TO TALK TO JOHN GURDA AND I SAW HIS BIKE AND HERE HE IS. GET UP OFF THE STOOP. >> HEY JOHN. >> HOW ARE YOU? >> JUST FINE. >> WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT GREEN BAY, BESIDES THE PACKERS. >> A WHOLE LOT, JOHN. THIS IS THE OLDEST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN WISCONSIN. AND THE FIRST FRENCH CANADIAN FUR TRADERS COME FROM MONTREAL IN THE 1600'S AND WHAT ATTRACTED THEM WAS THE MOUTH OF THE FOX RIVER WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AND FROM HERE, THEY COULD PADDLE UPSTREAM IN TO LAKE WINNEBAGO AND DOWN TO PORTAGE WHICH FLOWS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI, SO WHAT YOU HAD HERE WAS A WATER HIGHWAY THATS COULDED THE ENTIRE STATE AND GREEN BAY WAS THE FRONT DOOR. THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE. SO OF THE FRENCH BUILT A FORT RIGHT HERE IN LAKE PARK, BACK IN 1717, 15 YEARS BEFORE GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS BORN AND THE FLAG KEPT ON CHANGING, YOU HAVE THE BRITISH COMING HERE AND BUILDING A FORT IN THE SAME SITE BACK IN 1761, WHEN THEY TOOK OVER, THEN THE AMERICANS TOOK OVER AFTER THE WAR OF 1812, SO 1816, THEY BUILT FORT HOWARD, WHICH IS STILL KIND OF A COMMONPLACE NAME. HALL THREE OF THE FORTS WERE BUILT ON THIS SITE AND ALL BUILT TO PROTECT THE FUR TRADE. >> A LOT OF HISTORY. >> SURE IS. >> WHEN DID THEY STOP FUR TRADING. >> 1830'S OR SO THAT WAS PRETTY WELL GONE, BUT THE SETTLERS BEGIN TO ARRIVE HERE, DIDN'T GIVE A DARN ABOUT FURS, BUT THE ATTRACTION WAS THE SAME AS IT HAD BEEN FOR ITS FRENCH. YOU HAVE THE FOX RIVER, THE OPEN DOOR TO MILLIONS OF ACRES TO FOREST AN POTENTIAL FARMLAND, SO PEOPLE WERE SURE THAT A MAJOR CITY WOULD DEVELOP HERE, IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT GREEN BAY BECAME IN THE LATER 1800'S, AN IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING CENTER, AS WELL AS A COMMERCIAL CENTER AND BY 1900, THERE WERE ROUGHLY 20,000 PEOPLE HERE, LARGELY EUROPEANS, GERMANS, BUT ALSO, BELGIUMS, POLES, DUTCH, AND FRENCH, SO KIND AN UNUSUAL WISCONSIN MIX. >> WHAT DID THEY MANUFACTURE? >> THEY PRETTY MUCH PROCESSED THE PRODUCTS OF THE SURROUNDING FORESTS AND FARMLANDS. EARLY ON IT WAS TIMBER AND RIGHT ALONG THE BANKS HERE, THERE WERE SAW MILLS THAT PRODUCED MILLIONS OF BENEATH THAT WERE TURNED INTO HOUSES IN MILWAUKEE AND CHICAGO. WHEN THEY EXHAUSTED THAT RESOURCE, THEY TURNED TO PAPER, ESPECIALLY TISSUE PAPER AND THERE'S MAJOR TISSUE MILLS IN GREEN BAY, BUT THEY ALSO PROCESSED FARM PRODUCTS, YOU STILL HAVE IMPORTANT CHEESE MANUFACTURING CENTER HERE, AS WELL AS MEAT PACKING WAS AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY HERE. ONE OF THE PACKING PLANTS WAS CALLED INDIAN PACKING LATER KNOWN AS ACME AND THEY HAD A SHIPPING CLERK, WHO WAS A STANDOUT AT GREEN BAY EAST HIGH SCHOOL, HIS NAME WAS EARL LAMBEAU, BETTER KNOWN AS CURLY. >> CURLY LAMBEAU, COME ON. >> IN 1919, HE PERSUADES HIS COMPANY TO SPONSOR A FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ARE BORN AN THEY ARE THE SMALLEST FRANCHISE IN THE NFL, ALSO THE WINNINGEST, THEY HAVE 13 CHAMPIONSHIP TIGHT ELSE. >> THERE YOU GO -- TITLES. >> THERE YOU GO. >> GREAT STORY, BUT IT BEGINS WITH A LOCAL FOOTBALL HERO AND A LOCAL PACKING PLANT. >> POPULATION? >> 104,000 AND MORE DIVERSE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. STILL HEAVILY EUROPEAN, BUT ABOUT 13% LATINO, 5% AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND 4% ASIAN, WHICH LARGELY IS HMONG IN THIS AREA. >> BOUNDARIES. >> 56 SQUARE MILES, BOTH SIDES OF THE FOX RIVER, AT THE FOOT OF GREEN BAY, SO A RIVER STILL RUNS THROUGH IT, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. >> THERE YOU GO. ARE YOU BIKING? >> HEADING DOWN TO THE FOX RIVER, AROUND DEPERE, ANOTHER OLD FRENCH SETTLEMENT. >> SORRY YOU HAD TO WAIT FOR ME ON THE STOOP. >> THAT'S OK. SEE YOU JOHN. >> THANKS, JOHN. >> I'M GETTING YELLED OUGHT. IT SHALL >> I'M GETTING YELLED OUT. >> HOW MANY BOXES COME OUT OF HERE A DAY OR MONTH? >> WE SHIP 30 TRUCKLOADS A DAY. IN TOTAL, IT'S ABOUT 12 MILLION SHIPPING CONTAINERS EXIT HERE IN A MONTH. A LOT OF BOXES. >> HAS THE BOX INDUSTRY CHANGED IN YOUR 30 YEARS HERE? >> I THINK IT'S CHANGED A LOT. I MEAN, THE MAKEUP OF THE BOXES CONTINUES TO CHANGE, THE PAPER WE USE, NEEDS TO IMPROVE, GET STRONGER, SO -- >> THAT'S WHAT CORRUGATED IT. >> YES. PUT THE FLUTING IN THE MIDDLE. >> WHY DO THEY CORRUGATE SOMETHING? >> THE STRENGTH, STACKABILITY, IT'S STRONGER. STACK IT UP HIGH IN THE WAREHOUSE AND IT WON'T COLLAPSE DOWN. NOW WE HAVE OVER 30 DIVISIONS ACROSS THE COMPANY. MANUFACTURING BOXES, LABELS, CARTONS, A COUPLE OF PAPER MILLS, A LUMBER YARD. THE NICE THING ABOUT OURS IS ALL OF THE PAPER THAT WE USE, IT'S ALL --

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GREEN BAY HAS 100% RECYCLE. >> I WAS SURPRISED AT THAT. 100% RECYCLING IN GREEN BAY. >> RIGHT. >> IS THERE A BIG BOX SEASON, IS SUMMER BIGGER? >> THERE ARE MONTHS HERE AND THERE THAT ARE BIGGER THAN THE OTHERS, BUT WE HANDLE IT WITH HOW WE STAFF, BUT OTHERWISE, WE TRY TO STAY A LEVEL STAFFING, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER HAD A LAYOFF HERE. >> DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME? >> I HAVE NEVER LAID ANYBODY OFF. NEVER EVER. THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE ARE. >> IN SOMEBODY'S DREAM KITCHEN IS WHERE WE'RE AT, YOU REALIZE. >> IT'S GREAT. IT HELPS US BE ABLE TO TEST OUR PRODUCTS IN HOW A CONSUMER WOULD USE THEM. >> VISITOR. >> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A CHEESE CAKE BATTER THAT WE'VE MADE, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BATTER IS NOT TOO THICK OR TOO THIN. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR COMPANY. TEMPERATURE US ABOUT SCHREIBER. >> WE ARE A MANUFACTURING CUSTOMS BRAND COMPANY. WE HAVE SOME CONTROL BRANDS THAT WE WILL SELL TO CUSTOMERS AS WELL, BUT MOST OF OUR PRODUCT IS CUSTOMER BRANDS. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT CREAM CHEESE TODAY. THESE TWO CHEESES ARE THE SAME CHEESES THAT WENT IN TO THESE TWO CAKES. THEY WERE BAKED IN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, BUT THEY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT. WE ARE STRICTLY DAIRY BASED. >> THIS IS THE TASTING LAB CHEESE. YOGURT, ARE MILK PRODUCTS. >> WE ARE GLOBALLY A VERY LARGE YOGURT MANUFACTURER. >> GENTLEMAN SO 204 WAS THE FIRST ONE I TASTED AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS TAR TAR AND I THOUGHT THESE WERE VERY SIMILAR TEXTUREWISE. BUT THESE WERE CREAMIER. >> YOU WERE WRONG AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO MAKE PRODUCTS THAT GET CLOSE TO A BRAND. 204 WAS THE SAME AS 937. >> IS IT THERE ANYTHING HAPPENING AT THIS COMPANY THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW? >> WE'RE LAUNCHING AN AUSTRALIAN YOGURT AND IT HAS A HIGHER FAT CONTENT AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY CREAMY AND OUR FLAVORS ARE PHENOMENAL. >> WE WERE FOUND IN 1935 BY AL SCHNEIDER, HE TOLD THE FAMILY CAR AND ULTIMATELY CREATED ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST RESPECTED TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS COMPANIES, BASICALLY IN THE WORLD. >> THIS IS REMARKABLE TO ME. I HAD NO IDEA, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? >> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT JOHN IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA OF THE ORGANIZATION. THERE'S ABOUT 550 PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW. >> WE KNOW YOU GUYS, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO IS LIKE, SCHNEIDER, IT'S THE BIG ORANGE TRUCK THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. OMAHA ORANGE, JOHN. YOU KNOW, ORANGE IS KIND OF ACROSS-THE-BOARD SAFETY COMPANY AND SAFETY CERTAINLY IS THE NUMBER ONE CORE VALUE OF THE ORGANIZATION. OUR BUSINESS MOVES ABOUT 16,000 LOADS A DAY. IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FROM THE ORIGIN TO THE DESTINATION, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE A 10.8 MILLION MILES OF FREIGHT. >> YOU'RE KIDDING? >> 10.8 MILLION. >> IF YOU BOUGHT IT, IT CAME ON A TRUCK AND I HAUL IT. SO BY FAR, THE BEST JOB I'VE EVER HAD. >> ARE YOU LETTING ME DRIVE. >> I THINK YOU CAN HANDLE IT. I GET PAID TO DRIVE AROUND AND SEE THE COUNTRY. >> READY? >> ALL RIGHT. >> SO DO YOU LIVE HERE? DO YOU LIVE IN GREEN BAY? DID YOU SEE HER? SHE WAS LIKE, IDIOT, I LIVE IN THE TRUCK. I'M SHOCKED, IT'S BIG. >> IT'S A FULL SIZED BED. A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP TO A DRIVER IS A BIG DEAL. >> I MAY WANT TO DO THIS. >> YOU THINK? >> REALLY. I LOVE DRIVING ANYTHING. I LOVE DRIVING ANYTHING. >> NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO STOP, RIGHT? WE SHOULD HAVE COVERED THAT BEFORE. >> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. >> THIS ISN'T YOUR FULL-TIME JOB. >> NO. NO. THIS IS JUST A HOBBY, A FUN THING TO DO, GET OUT, GET EXERCISE, MEET A LOT OF REALLY COOL PEOPLE. >> HOW ARE YOU. >> HOW MANY BIKES DO YOU HAVE? >> JUST THE ONE. MY HUSBAND DESIGNED AND BUILT THIS, USED AN OLD TREK MOUNTAIN BIKE, SO IT'S WISCONSIN MADE AND SO ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO, WE STARTED BLACK AND TAN. THIS IS OUR TAB. IT HAS TO HAVE ALL THE SAME EQUIPMENT THAT A TAXI WOULD HAVE AND WE'RE INSPECTED EVERY YEAR BY THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> ARE WE READY? OH MY LORD. HOW FAR IS THE USUAL FARE? >> YOU CAN DO IT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS, REALLY. THE CROWD REALLY STAYS AROUND THE STADIUM DISTRICT HERE. SO IT'S NOT A LONG RIDE AT ALL. >> HOP IN. >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING, SIR? >> I'M GOING WHEREVER YOU'RE TAKING ME. >> IS THIS THE ONLY PLACE YOU USE THIS CAB IS FOR PACKER GAMES? >> NO, WEDDINGS, BAR MITZVAHS, WHATEVER PARTIES, WHEREVER THERE'S PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE, WE'RE THERE. >> IT'S KILLING ME. >> I LIKE TO SHOW OFF OUR CITY. GREEN BAY IS A GREAT FUN PLACE. WE WERE HERE ALONE FOR A LONG TIME IN GREEN BAY AND THEN THE GROUP FROM MILWAUKEE STARTED COMING UP. I THINK THE MORE PEOPLE SEE PEDI CABS OUT THERE AND PEOPLE IN IT AND HAVING A GOOD TIME AND RIDING, THE MORE BUSINESS FOR ALL OF US AND THERE'S PLENTY OF BUSINESS FOR EVERYBODY HERE. >> THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO THINK OF IT. >> OK. THEY LET ME IN. WE'RE ON THE FIELD OF LAMBEAU FIELD. FIELD. ALLEN JOHNSON THE FIELD MANAGER. >> I PLANTS IT IN THE FIELD AND GROW IT IN FROM SCRATCH EVERY SPRING. YOU START IN THE SPRING AND YOU SEE IT COMING ALONG AND I WAS WALKING ALONG THE KNEELED AND SAUL THE GRASS PLANTS GROWING AND I GOT EXCITED AND I SAID, I HAVE A NICE JOB. THAT'S A NICE OFFICE. >> IT'S PRETTY GOOD. >> ON A DAY LIKE TODAY. >> I CAN'T COMPLAIN. ONE OF THE INTERESTING PARTS ABOUT OUR FIELD, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE PLAYING SURFACE WE HAVE IS IDENTICAL TO ALMOST ALL THE SOCCER FIELDS IN EUROPE. IT'S NOW THE ONLY ONE THAT'S LIKE THIS IN THE NFL. THIS HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE 2007 SEASON. BRETT FAVRE'S LAST YEAR, WE HAD THIS. IT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS. FIELDS ARE PRIMARILY BUILT OUT OF STRAIGHT SAND, OK. WE ALSO DO HAVE SYNTHETIC FIBERS IN THIS -- JUST INTO THE FIELD. SEE THE FIBERS? AND THE PURPOSE OF THOSE FIBERS IS TO STABILIZE THE SANDS, IF WE REACH A POINTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE GOOD GRASS COVER. PERFECT SURFACE IS THE ONE THAT ALLOWS THE PLAYER TO MAKE ALL THE CUTS AND TURNS, BUT STILL HAS GIVE AND YOU WOULD RATHER THE FIELD GIVE THAN THEIR -- THEIR THEIR JOINTS. >> SAFER? >> A GOOD FIELD MANAGER, YOU DO YOUR JOB WELL, THEY WON'T THINK ABOUT THE FIELD. AND YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK ABOUT IT, YOU WANT THEM DOING THEIR JOB, WHICH IS WINNING FOOTBALL GAMES. >> AS WE WERE TALKING, THIS GROUP CAME IN. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, DO YOU KNOW? >> IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE COME THROUGH TO THE FIELD. IT'S BASICALLY TWO GROUPS. >> ARE THEY TOLD TO STAY OFF THE FIELD? >> THEY ARE. IF ONE PERSON PUTS THEIR FOOT ON THE GRASS, WOULD IT BE THE END OF THE WORLD, NO. BRUCE GUADALUPE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE COME THROUGH HERE, 100,000, 200,000, 300,000. IF EVERYBODY DID THAT, IT WOULD TAKE A TOLL. >> SOMEBODY SAID DO THE LAMBEAU LEAP AND I SWEAR, I THINK I COULD DO THIS. COME ON. LEROY BOUGHTLEROY BUTLER CAN DO IT. HE'S LIKE THIS BIG. OK. IF LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE -- IF YOU LIVED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE FIELD FROM LAMBEAU FIELD, YOU WOULD BE AN ENTREPRENEUR AS WELL. I WOULD. IN GREEN BAY, THEY PARK ON THE GRASS. MY DAD WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT. WAIT A MINUTE. THEY GET $25 A CAR. MY DAD WOULD BE HIKE, COME ON. PARK IT IN THE BACK. GUESS WHAT I'M DOING? CUTTING THROUGH. THANKS, GUYS. >> YOU BET. >> THIS IS THE PACKERS HERITAGE TRAIL. IT'S A NEWER MONUMENT, A PLAZA, WE HAVE A LOT OF DOWNTOWN CONNECTIONS TO OUR WONDERFUL FRANCHISE. IT'S REALLY A NICE DRAW, A GREAT PLACE FOR PHOTOS. AND YOU KNOW, BEING IN AN NFL CITY, WE WANTED TO HAVE CONNECTIONS LIKE THIS IN THE DOWNTOWN. >> THE BEST PLACE FOREFOOT TELLS. THIS IS NOT THE -- FOR PHOTOS. THIS IS NOT THE DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY I REMEMBER 20 YEARS AGO. >> THINGS OF HAPPENING, EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE. IT'S A VERY GOOD CHEMISTRY, VERY GOOD ENERGY. A LOT OF SYNERGY IN THE DOWNTOWN. >> WE ARE HERE ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT A THING CALLED DINE ON THE DECK, AND THE PEOPLE COME OUT. >> IT IS AMAZING. IT'S CALLED NICOLET BANKS DINE ON THE DECK. WE HAVE TO HAVE EVENTS LIKE THIS. WE'RE ABLE TO FEATURE SOME OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS, AWE THENICALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS. MORE -- AUTHENTICICALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS. WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING HERE AND WORKING HERE BUT THE RESTAURANTS ARE DOING AWESOME. OUR DOWNTOWN IS BUSY ALL THE TIME. IT'S NOT JUST IN THE SUMMER. IT'S NEAT TO SEE HOW FAR THE COMMUNITY IS RESPONDING TO PROGRESS. >> STANDING NEXT TO VINCE LOMBARDI -- IT'S NOT VINCE LOMBARDI. IT'S GEORGE CALHOUN. HE NEEDS TO TAKE THE COAT OFF. IT'S 93 IN GREEN BAY. IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP IN, I DID GO AWAY TO SCHOOL, AND I CAME BACK. IT WAS -- IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT JUST -- IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY, IT'S YOUNG PROFESSIONAL FRIENDLY. THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE I WOULD WANT TO LIVE. IT HAS ALL THE BIG CITY AMENITIES WITHOUT THE HEADACHES. >> YOU REMEMBER THIS, WHEN IT WASN'T HERE? >> I DO. IT WAS A VIV VERY UNDERUTILIZED WATERFRONT. IT'S UNBELIEVE WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY HAS COMPLETELY REVITALIZED ITSELF AND INVESTED IN THE WATERFRONT, WHICH IS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE. >> THAT'S REALLY THE HEARTBEAT OF A COMMUNITY, MOST USUALLY IF YOU'RE ON THE WATERFRONT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. >> RIGHT. FOR SO LONG, WE IGNORED IT AND NOW WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT AND WE'LL RECEIVE THE BOATS TIED UP. AT -- SEE THE BOATS TIED UP. FRIDAY NIGHT, DUELING PIANOS ON THE DECK. THERE'S ENTERTAINMENT. REALLY, IT GETS USED EVERY DAY, BECAUSE THE FLASH BED YOU SEE BEHIND ME AND THE FOX RIVER TRAIL TRAFFIC AND NOT JUST IN SUMMERTIME, BUT BEAUTIFUL IN THE FALL, IN THE WINTERTIME WITH THE ICE RINK, THERE'S REASONS TO COME OUT AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT. I REMEMBER WHEN THIS WAS A NONFACTOR IN DOWNTOWN, SO TO SEE IT TO WHAT IT IS TODAY IS REALLY REWARDING. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT GREEN BAY OR TALK ABOUT THE DECK? WHAT DO YOU DO DOWN HERE? >> WE BRING TOYS OR BRING AN AIRPLANE. >> YEAH. >> KIND OF LIKE PLAYING A GAME, RUNNING AROUND. >> I HAVE NO IDEA, BOOYAH PEOPLE, TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. >> IT'S LOCAL, THEY HAVE THE CHURCH PICNICS. HEARTY, SAVOR RESUMES. YOU GET 20 MILES OUTSIDE OF GREEN BAY, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT. THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO MAKE IT. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN RESUMES. >> WILL YOU SHARE YOUR RECIPE? >> WELL, NO. YOU ASK A LOT THERE. I WILL SHARE BOOYAH PEOPLE. >>, IT SMELLS REALLY GREAT. >> BEANS, CHICKEN, CABBAGE, CELERY, ONIONS, CARROTS, TOMATO BASE, SEASONINGS, STUFF LIKE THAT. >> THAT IS GOOD STEW. >> THAT'S WHY WE DESCRIBE IT AS CHICKEN SOUP ON STEROIDS. >> YOU SELL THIS BY THE CUP, BOWL? >> CUP, BOWL AND QUART. >> PEOPLE BUY A QUART? >> WE HAVE PEOPLE COME DOWN AND ORDER, I HAD LAST WEEK A SEVEN GALLON ORDER, A FIVE GALLON OFFERED. THEY BRING CONTAINERS AND DISH 'EM UP. WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING AND WANTING IT FOR GRADUATION PARTIES RIGHT NOW. >> WHO MADE THE FIRST -- >> THE BELGIUM. OUR RESEARCH WENT BACK TO 1800. >> YOU SHOULD BRING THIS TO MILWAUKEE. >> IN THE GREEN BAY AREA, 30 TERROR MILES OF GREEN BAY. >> THIS IS DELICIOUS. THIS IS REALLY GOOD. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? >> 25 YEARS, JUST ABOUT. >> DID YOU BUY AND ESTABLISH IT FROM SOMEBODY? >> I BOUGHT A DRESS SHOP. A HIGH-END DRESS SHOP. 26 DAYS LATER, WE OPENED UP AS A BAR. >> HOW MANY SEATS WERE AT THAT BAR 25 YEARS AGO? >> 40. AND THEN WE BUILT ON HERE THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. >> IT'S CRAZY, ISN'T IT. >> YES. >> ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE KICKOFF AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR PLACE RIGHT NOW? >> WE'RE THINKING AROUND 6,000 TO 8,000. >> AND WHAT ARE THEY EATING AND DRINKING? >> EVERYTHING THEY WANT. >> THE PACKERS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR GUYS? >> YES. >> JUST A LITTLE BIT. >> ABOUT WILL YOU BE AT THE GAME? DO YOU EVER GET TO THE GAME? >> NO. AND I HAVE 21 SEASON TICKETS. I SAT IN MY OWN SEAT ONCE. >> IS THAT RIGHT? >> THREE YEARS AGO, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAT IN ONE OF MY OWN SEATS. >> YOU SHOULD TAKE A NIGHT OFF. >> I WON'T. >> THAT'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR WORK ETHIC, DOESN'T IT? >> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. I LOVE IT. >> THAT'S 25 YEARS LATER. >> I HAVE A BALL EVERY DAY AND SAY IT'S WORK. IT'S NOT WORK. >> RIGHT. >> IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO, IT'S NEVER WORK. AND I LOVE WHAT I DO. >> WE'RE IN MILWAUKEE TALKING GREEN BAY. >> WE ARE. GREEN BAY-NOTRE DAME, THE TROYTANS ARE PLAYING FOR THE STATE SEMIS. >> HAVE THEY DONE THAT BEFORE. >> SEVEN OF THE LAST TEN YEARS. COACH RIKER DOES A GREAT JOB. GREAT STAFF. YOU KNOW WHAT'S COOL ABOUT A CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN GREEN BAY? >> NOTRE DAME ACADEMY. >> AND THEY DON'T HAVE A YOUTH PROGRAM. SO A LOT OF KIDS FROM AROUND GREEN BAY THAT PLAY IN DIFFERENTIATE PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER TO PLAY AT GREEN BAY, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THEY REALLY HAVE. THESE KIDS INTRODUCE EACH OTHER TO EACH OTHER FRESHMAN YEAR AND THEY START THE SOCCER PROGRAM AS FRESHMEN, THEY PLAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH, MULTISPORT ATHLETES THAT LOVE THE GAME OF SOCCER. >> THEY CAME DOWN TO MILWAUKEE TO PLAY. >> STATE SEMI CHAMPION FINALS. >> THEY BROUGHT YOU A T-SHIRT. >> YOU LIKE THAT? >> NOTRE DAME SOCCER, AND YOU'RE STAYING TO WATCH THE GAME, SO THEY CAN GET THE BOWL. >> ARE YOU STAYING WITH ME? >> I HAVE TO GO. >> BYE, MIKE. >> BYE JOHN. >> THIS IS THE WAY GREEN BAY IS TEN DAYS A YEAR. FAMILY NIGHT. AND YOU PRAY THAT IT WILL BE 13 NIGHTS A YEAR. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> JOHN! >> HERE WE ARE. "AROUND THE CORNER." >> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO SET UP? >> FIVE MINUTES, I HOPE. >> IT'S A PRODUCTION. YOU GUYS PARK AT THE SAME PLACE EVERY TIME. >> WE USED TO BE PARKED OVER THERE, BUT NOW WE PARK HERE. >> ARE YOUR WIVES IN THERE? >> I DON'T KNOW IF MY WIFE DOES ON THE DAYS I'M HERE, BUT SHE LIKES ME GOING TO PACKER GAMES. >> YOU DON THE HONORARY FOOTBALL HELMET. THERE YOU GO. >> YOU'RE PART OF IT. THERE YOU HAVE GO. -- THERE YOU GO. >> GO PACK, GO! GO PACK GO! >> THERE ARE FANS IN GREEN BAY AND THERE ARE FANS IN GREEN BAY. OF COMPANY IS -- >> ROBINSON METAL. >> OUT OF GREEN BAY? >> YES. >> WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO? >> WE'RE A METAL FABRICATING, MACHINING SHOP, A SMALL MANUFACTURER FOR DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES. >> YOU DON'T LIVE HERE. >> NO. >> HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? >> LONG STORY SHORT, WE USED TO TAILGATE IN THE LOT. THERE COULD COME A DAY WHEN THE WHOLE PARKING LOT IS JUST CORPORATE TENTS. I DON'T BLAME THE PACKERS FOR THAT, BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WANTED TO SECURE OUR OWN PLACE, AND WHAT BETTER WHEN WE'RE -- I MEAN, EVERYONE SAYS, DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED OF COOKING. I SAID WITH A VIEW LIKE THIS. >> THIS IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE LEAGUE. >> WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THE HOUSE. THAT'S WHY THE GARAGE IS DESIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN UP AND HAVE THAT OPEN AIR FEEL. >> AND A LOT OF EMPLOYEES COME. >> OH, YEAH. WE WANT THEM TOO. THAT'S THE TYPE OF COMPANY WE ARE. WE'RE KIND OF LIKE A FAMILY COMPANY, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CUSTOMERS THAT WILL COME HERE FROM FIVE STATES AWAY, AND THEY'LL SEE THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ARE RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOME CORPORATE MUCKY-MUCK EVENT. THEY ENJOY BEING ABLE TO MEET OUR PEOPLE AND WE'RE ALL HERE HAVING FUN TOGETHER ON A PACKER GAME DAY. >> SO YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP COOKING? >> YEAH. >> IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> YOU DON'T MIND, BILL? >> NO. WE TORE THE GARAGE DOWN, BUILT ALL OF THIS. WE CHANGED THE BEDROOMS. WE MADE THEM INTO BATHROOMS. >> THAT'S FOR PUTTING YOUR BOTTLE OF BEER? >> YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. >> I'M GOING TO GO STAY HERE FOR THE GAME. >> I'M ON SHADOW LANE IN FRONT OF THE ROBINSON FAMILY TAILGATING HOME. YOU KNOW WHY THEY CALL IT SHADOW LANE? SHADOW OF LAMBEAU FIELD. LOVE IT! THERE ARE 20 HOUSES FROM CORNER TO CORNER, 14 OF THEM ARE NOT OWNER OCCUPIED. THEY ARE BUSINESSES THAT BENEFIT FROM LAMBEAU FIELD. PRETTY COME. -- PRETTY COOL. >> THE DEPOT IS THE COOLEST. >> IT WAS BUILT IN 1898, REPLACED THE PREVIOUS DEPOT THAT WAS THERE. THIS IS THE SITE OF THE OLD FORT, SO A LOT OF HISTORY, THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PACKER TEAMS USED TO LEAVE AND EVERYONE WELCOMES THEM BACK. IT'S THE AIRPORT OF YESTER YEAR. >> WE ARE IN YOUR NEW BREWING FACILITY NOT THE TRAIN STATION. >> IT'S A LARSON CANNING COMPANY. >> WE HAD THE BREW SYSTEM OVER THERE, THIS IS NEWER, BIGGER, MADE IN WISCONSIN, MORE AUTOMATED AND HELPS US MAKE MORE BEER. >> THIS BUILDING JUST ADDS TO THE EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE? >> IT DOES. I LIKE TO CALL THIS OUR CAMPUS, AND YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE, ENJOY THE OLD TRAIN STATION, HAVE DINNER, LUNCH OVER THERE, COME ON OVER HERE, ENJOY A BEER, AND KIND OF MORE HISTORY. OUR BEST SELLING BEER IS OUR JOHNNY BLOOD IRISH RED AND JOHNNY BLOOD WAS A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR GREEN 19IDA, THOSE ARE THE TWO WE BOTTLE. BOTTLE. >> IT'S KINDS OF RIDICULOUS. >> IT IS GOOD. IT GOES GREAT WITH ROOT BEER, GRANDMA'S RECIPE. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THE GREATEST NFL FRANCHISE IN THE WORLD. >> PEOPLE LOVE YOUR PLACE. >> WE HAVE GREAT FOOD BESIDES OUR GREAT BEER. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A MARK ON DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY. WE BRING IT BACK TO WHEN IT USED TO BE VIBRANT AND I THINK IT'S GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> PERFECT. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A PARK. THIS IS NOT A PRIVATELY RUN, OWNED ORGANIZATION. THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S. >> YES. IT'S A CITY PARK, OWNED BY THE CITY OF GREEN BAY SINCE ABOUT 1920 WHEN IT WAS DONATED TO THE CITY AND THE ONLY STIPULATION PUT ON IT, THAT IT REMAIN A PARK AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE HAD TO THINK OF THIS PLACE AS WITH RIDES IN IT, A PARK WITH RIDES. THE BOATS AND JEEPS CAME ON IN 1952 AND THE FERRIS WHEEL AND TRAIN HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1955. >> WHAT'S NEW? >> WELL, IN 2011, WE ADDED A ROLLER COASTER. WE TRY TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE. IT'S 25 CENTS A TICKET AND YOU KNOW, THE MOST EXPENSIVE RIDE OUT HERE IS A DOLLAR, -- >> IT'S A DOLLAR? >> DOLLAR FOR THE ROLLER COASTER. MOST OF THE OTHER SIDES ARE 50 CENTS OR 20 CENTS. >> IS THIS THE ONLY ONE LIKE THIS IN THE COUNTRY? >> THERE'S NONE THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE REALLY OWNED BY MUNICIPALITIES. >> SO YOU'RE A CITY PARK EMPLOYEE? >> YES. >> ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS JOB IS LIKE, YOU'RE WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? >> YEAH AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WORKING HERE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WORK. YOU'RE MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY AND BEING A PART OF PEOPLE AND NEXT TO THE PACKERS, THIS IS THE MOST VISITED SITE IN GREEN BAY. >> ISN'T THAT GREAT? >> YEAH. >> EVERYBODY HAS GOT SOME KIND OF A MEMORY. MIGHT BE A, YOU KNOW, A SMALL TRAIN AT A PARK, YOU KNOW, OR A ZOO, BUT IT'S STILL THAT THRILL OF YOU'RE ON A TRAIN, ON TWO STEEL RAILS, AND WHAT CAN I SEE AND WHERE CAN I GO? THISIT'S OUR 26,000 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBIT FACILITY. YOU LOOK AROUND, THERE'S SOME BIG TRAINS. >> BIG TRAINS. >> YEAH. >> HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR COLLECTION. THAT'S TWO TONS. JUST THAT. THAT IS A UNION PACIFIC RAIL ROAD BIG BOY. TEMPERATURE WILL GET UP TO 2,000 DEGREES IN THERE. WE BUILT IT FIRST, PUT THE BUILDING AROUND IT IN THE 1960'S. CONGRESSMAN BURN WORKED THROUGH A RESOLUTION, NAMING US AS THE NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM. WE GOT THE TITLE. YEAH, WE'RE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND THEN THE COLLECTION JUST STARTED GROWING TO REFLECT RAILROADING HERE IN THE U.S. AND WOW, HERE WE ARE, TODAY. ABOUT 40% OF ALL FREIGHT IS MOVED BY RAIL. NEXT TIME YOU GO TO WAL-MART, TAKE TEN SIGH ITEM, NINE OUT OF THE TEN ITEMS WERE ON A TRAIN BEFORE IT GOT TO YOUR WAL-MART. >> THEY LET ME DRIVE A LOT OF STUFF, BUT THEY WON'T LET ME DRIVE THIS. BOB, YOU'RE SO MEAN. >> I'M THINKING WE NEED A NEW FRONT WALL FOR THE BUILDING. >> THIS HAS SERIOUS HISTORY. THAT SAYS HISTORY. ART, SCIENCE, CIVIL RIGHTS. >> IT PLAYS A HUGE ROLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. THE RAIL ROADS HELPED BUILD THIS, IT WAS A TOOL WE CREATED TO BUILD OUR NATION. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. >> GREEN BAY, PODS EARN AND FAST, GROWING WITH AN EVOLVING DOWNTOWN AND STRONG HISTORY, IT FEELS LIKE A HOMETOWN AND ALL OF THAT THE PACKERS. WE'RE IN BEAUTIFUL GREEN BAY WITH MAYOR JIM SCHMITT. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL US WHY GREEN BAY IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. >> IT'S A WONDERFUL CITY. I'VE BEEN TO EVERY STATE IN THE UNION, GREEN BAY IS THE BEST. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, BAR NONE. WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY, A D1 SCHOOL, SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED, MEDICAL COLLEGE, BEST TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES, SO IT'S GREAT FOR EDUCATION. THE DOWNTOWN IS AWESOME. WE HAVE THE WATERFRONT, WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER, GREAT COFFEE SHOPS, FARMERS MARKETS, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES HERE. WE'VE GOT A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY. >> 3, 2, 1. MAYOR, YOU'RE DONE. YOU'RE DONE. >> I GOT JOHN GURDA HERE. >> OH, NO, I DON'T. SORRY. >> I'M SORRY. >> NO, NO, NO. >> WHAT AM I DOING? >> ARE YOU NERVOUS? DO YOU SMILE ALL THE TIME? >> I DO. >> ALL RIGHT. MY CHEEKS HURT FROM ALL THE SMILING. >> I'M MASSAGING THE FIELD, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DO. I'M A FIELD MASSAGER. >> THERE HE GOES. DRIVING ON THE GRASS. OH MY LORD. I'M GETTING NERVOUS. MY DEBBIE IS SCREAMING. 25 BUCKS, I FORGOT. >> YOU CAN DRIVE ON MY KIDS IS WHAT MY DAD WOULD SAY. >> THIS EPISODE OF "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN MCGIVERN IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH FUNDING PROVIDED IN PART BY THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S ERNEST C. AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE FUND. THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION IS HONORED TO BE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR A SECOND CENTURY. >> THE W.E. ENERGIES FOUNDATION, PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST FOR ENERGY YOU CAN DEPEND ON. >> WHAT GOODWILL CAN DO WITH YOUR DONATIONS IS PRETTY AMAZING. >> MAKING SURE ELECTRICITY IS THERE WHEN YOU NEED IT. AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY, HELPING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, BUSINESSES RUNNING AND COMMUNITIES STRONG. >> "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN MCGIVERN IS PRODUCED BY MILWAUKEE PUBLIC TELEVISION, WHICH IS A VIEWER SUPPORTED SERVICE OF MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, MATC, TRANSFORMING LIVES, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY. NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE SUCH A GOOD FIT.