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ADMINISTRATION <br />August 15, 2022 <br />Contact: Erik Thorson, Communications Director, 763-324-4612, or e-mail: <br />Erik.Thorson(i)co.anoka.mn.us <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />Anoka County Board Welcomes Economic Development Director <br />The Anoka County Board of Commissioners at its July 26 meeting approved an <br />employment agreement with Gregory Frahm -Gilles; he will serve as the county's new economic <br />development director. <br />Frahm -Gilles comes to Anoka County with a robust and varied background in economic <br />development, urban planning and entrepreneurship. He has a bachelor's degree in political science <br />and sociology from Iowa State University and a master's degree in business administration from <br />the University of Wisconsin -Madison. <br />He started his career as a planner/zoning administrator in DeForest, Wisconsin. After less <br />than three years in this position, he advocated for and then developed the city's first director of <br />economic development and planning position, which he filled for the next three years. After his <br />time at the municipal level, Frahm -Gilles spent nearly five years as a commercial real estate broker <br />for Alexander Real Estate Services, where he specialized in tenant representation, commercial <br />listings and brokerage, with a particular focus on entrepreneurs or newer companies going through <br />early growth stages. <br />-more- <br />ILA „ II ill ll'll l r a :,! r II II II ' l i1 ll'(:'. <br />II II 'II, of I "I r:; '; I\/ <br />"r'II'"1f'111nni.I1) II d'" igd:,'ll'114'.'rllll / V qu„Ild 11 a: II IIIIuIillIIIl'p/ V mil IIull4.'r!pY-~u" <br />II k" III°II.\; II <br />