Gregory A. Mitchell

Greg Mitchell has over twenty years of experience working with municipalities and businesses to support community economic growth. His extensive experience includes:

Structuring public-private partnerships to leverage local, regional, State of Maine, and federal business assistance programs,
Designing public infrastructure projects to support industrial park and commercial development,
Developing business retention, expansion and attraction programs,
Utilizing tax increments financing districts,
Mill and downtown redevelopment projects,
Knowledge of local and State of Maine development regulatory requirements and
Designing public processes which result in project approval.

Highlights of recent successful projects include:

Recruitment of the Wal-Mart Distribution Center’s 900,000 square foot Mechanized Grocery Distribution Center to Lewiston,
Redevelopment of Lewiston’s Southern Gateway Project (Maine Turnpike entrance) to attract over $20 million dollars of private sector investment,
Bates Mill redevelopment for financial institutions, call centers and restaurants,
State of Maine District Court relocation and expansion to a historic building on the National Registry, and
Retention and expansion of the Sun-Journal, central Maine’s regional newspaper.

Education
Norwich University, B.S. Business Administration, 1983
Florida Atlantic University, B.A. Economics, 1984
Florida Atlantic University, M.A. Economics, completed all courses

Memberships and Affiliations
Economic Development Council of Maine, Member
Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, Member