Remembering Greg Niles
by Jeff
Greg Niles passed away on Saturday. When I received the call I was just stunned. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening wrestling with mortality, in intimate prayer, cleaning out gutters, and keeping in my thoughts on his three children–one named Aiden (like my own son).
Greg was a real professional. He enjoyed his job and was about transforming the Planning Department in to a customer service driven operation while respecting planning best practices. I remember last month he showed me a new pictography software program they had developed with GIS. We installed it internally in our office within a week. He was really giddy about showing it to me and how it would benefit the end user. I felt a real kinship with him as a young, energetic Department Director working to transform county government.
I will really miss him. He helped me raise my game so to speak and I keep him, his wife, and his children in my prayers.