Greenleaf is a rural community in the Green Bay area
Greenleaf is a small, rural community in Packers country, set back from the bigger cities in the area like Green Bay and Appleton. The community is just a few blocks of streets, a handful of restaurants and a traffic circle instead of a stoplight. “When you’re coming up from Appleton and heading to Green Bay, there’s a spot where people say they feel like you hit a time warp,” says real estate agent Molly Daanen with Coldwell Banker. “A lot of the families remain there. They raise their kids, and then their kids raise their kids.” Residents can also access amenities, shopping and entertainment in nearby towns like Wrightstown or in cities like Appleton and Green Bay, both about 30 minutes away.
Greenleaf's housing options and different lot sizes
For a small community, Greenleaf offers plenty of housing options, some rural, some in small neighborhoods. Ranch-style homes line Klaus Street, while New Traditionals are abundant along Cascade Court. Manufactured homes are available in the Greenleaf Acres community. Throughout the village, front yards feature small bushes and flowers alongside metalwork décor. With few homes available, houses are slow to come on the market. Ranch-style homes recently sold for $170,000 to $250,000, while New Traditionals sold for $380,000 to $540,000.
Greenleaf students attend Wrightstown's schools
Greenleaf doesn’t have its own school system, so students fall into the Wrightstown Community School District. Wrightstown Elementary and Middle schools both receive A ratings from Niche. Wrightstown High School receives an A-minus and offers AP and Career and Technical Education courses.
Local parks with annual picnics and the Fox River State Trail
Greenleaf Volunteer Fireman’s Park is the village’s main green space, featuring a playground and a baseball diamond. On the third Saturday in July, it’s the site of the Greenleaf Volunteer Fire Department Annual Picnic, a 100-year-plus tradition with food and live music to celebrate the fire department. The Fox River State Trail also goes through the village along Highway 57. Visitors can follow it for 25 miles on foot or bike to Green Bay or Forest Junction.
Getting to Wrightstown, Green Bay and Appleton
Day Street and Highway 57 are the main roads through Greenleaf, converging at a traffic circle, the only major intersection in town. Day Street also links the community with Wrightstown, about 4 miles west. Downtown Green Bay is 15 miles away, while downtown Appleton is about 21 miles away. “Green Bay has the Packers, but Appleton has better shopping and a bigger mall,” Daanen says. Prevea West De Pere Health Center is about 14 miles away in Green Bay, and Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport is about 17 miles.
Greentown's local bars and diners and the nearby winery
As a smaller village, Greenleaf doesn’t have many shops and restaurants, but what they do have is mostly along Day Street. D&G Restaurant is a diner full of farm-themed knickknacks and trinkets on the walls. De Belgian Saloon and Eats is a bar that also serves burgers and sandwiches. Outside of village limits, Ledgestone Vineyards and Gnarly Cedar Brewery has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating, right off the Fox River State Trail. In the summers, they do concerts on Thursday evenings, where visitors bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets to listen to music while sipping wine on the lawn. Dick’s Family Foods is the nearest grocery option, over 3 miles away in Wrightstown. West De Pere’s Walmart Supercenter is about 12 miles, and the Piggly Wiggly in Kaukauna is 13.
Written By
Caroline Ernst
