Longtime county economic development chief to retire

Mike Meidel has worked at the county since 2004. He plans to leave the job at the end of next month.

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  • | 12:50 p.m. March 9, 2021
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COURTESY PHOTO — Mike Meidel, the director of Pinellas County Economic Development since August 2004, intends to retire at the end of next month.
COURTESY PHOTO — Mike Meidel, the director of Pinellas County Economic Development since August 2004, intends to retire at the end of next month.
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Mike Meidel, longtime head of Pinellas County’s economic development efforts, has announced plans to retire at the end of next month.

Meidel has been director of Pinellas County Economic Development since August 2004 and worked in the economic development field for nearly four decades, according to a statement. His last day at the county will be April 30.

 

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