Allouez leader will retire after 30 years of service, 10 as village administrator

ALLOUEZ — Brad Lange, the village administrator for Allouez, will retire after almost 30 years in the community's service in early 2025. He is the second administrator to retire in the coming months after De Pere announced its city administrator, Larry Delo, will retire Dec. 18.

Lange filled the position in 2014 after Tracy Flucke's resignation that May , chosen out of four other finalists. Before then, he was the village's Parks, Recreation, and Forestry director since 1995.

"Brad has maintained a standard of excellence in all his endeavors and he will be missed by all!" read a statement drafted by the village's clerk, Carrie Zittlow.

Under his watch, Allouez began cleaning the East River with $500,000 in federal funds for the East River Water Trail, demolished a strip mall and started plans to turn the site into mixed-use development , and conflicted with the Department of Corrections over closing a state prison .

The next village leader will face several issues laid out in the village's "Comprehensive 2044 Plan" adopted last month : continuing Allouez's legacy of environmental protection and natural beauty while expanding the village's tax base; reducing high rental vacancy rates and rents that underlies the region's housing market ; sidestepping the problems that come with stagnating population growth.

Allouez's village board will accept opinions from the community about important qualities and qualifications to consider when choosing the next village administrator through an assessment survey . The survey will collect responses until Aug. 28.

Jesse Lin is a reporter covering Green Bay and its surroundings, as well as politics in northeast Wisconsin. Contact him at 920-431-8247 or jlin@gannett.com.

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