Main Street Fayetteville has

a new leader.

City Manager Joe Morton confirmed

Friday morning that Nancy Price will assume the position of Main Street

manager effective Monday, Feb. 26. Morton plans to make an official announcement

at Tuesday's Main Street board meeting.

Price's new job is a staff

position reporting to Morton, so her hiring requires no official vote

from either the Main Street board or the City Council.

She replaces Shellie Reed,

the former Main Street director who resigned in December.

Since then, the position has

been tweaked slightly, or "expanded" as Price put it, and she

said she was intrigued with certain aspects of that, such as making it

a manager's position and including more economic development and other

factors.

"The timing was right

for me," she said. "I decided to go for it."

Price leaves Regions Bank in

Peachtree City after seven years, during which she handled marketing and

founded the Heritage Club, an organization for senior citizens. She has

been active in a number of civic and community endeavors over the years,

something that made her very familiar to Morton and other city officials.

"We're real excited about

having her on board," said Morton. "Nancy knows key people in

the community, and they know her. She's got a proven track record. It's

a tremendous move for Main Street."