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Bill Freehling departs June 21
Kate Andrews //June 20, 2024//
Bill Freehling. Photo courtesy City of Fredericksburg
Bill Freehling. Photo courtesy City of Fredericksburg
Bill Freehling departs June 21
Kate Andrews // June 20, 2024//
Bill Freehling, Fredericksburg’s director of economic development and tourism, will leave his position Friday, he wrote in a farewell blog post on the economic development department’s website this week. A former Free Lance-Star reporter and editor, Freehling served eight years as the city’s economic development director and two years as assistant director.
In an email Thursday, Freehling said he plans “to take a little time off and then jump into my next thing,” and that there is a process underway to hire his successor. In his blog post, Freehling wrote that there has been close to $1 billion in construction activity in Fredericksburg during his 10 years with the city, including the $40 million baseball stadium for the Fredericksburg Nationals Single-A minor league team and the renovation of the former Free Lance-Star property into a mixed-use development.
“I am looking forward to the next chapter of my life, but I will miss many aspects of working for the City of Fredericksburg, where I have spent the last 10 years,” Freehling wrote. “It has been my great honor to work alongside such a talented and dedicated group of civil servants.”
