Reader question: I read your article about Brown County population growth being not equal. You said Allouez is not growing. So my question is why is it not growing?
Answer: Allouez is, at its core, unchanged from decades prior. Its environment is stuck between Green Bay and De Pere, sandwiched by the Fox River and Bellevue. Its character is steadfast on prioritizing aesthetics in development.
From this setting and sense of self, its circumstances follow. The village grew ahead of the other suburbs and was praised once for its attractive growth. It ran out of room before the others, starting a decades-long population stagnation resulting today in a snapshot of all suburbs adding residents with Allouez’s exception .
By the state’s estimations, there were 139 fewer Alloueznians (al