Monday marks a new beginning

for Jim Williams.

For more than 20 years, Williams

has helped develop Peachtree City as a model community for the Atlanta

region.

Now, Peachtree City's director

of developmental services is taking his development and planning hat a

little bit north to Fairburn, where he starts as the city's administrator

Monday.

"I'm really looking forward

to it. It's going to be really fun to get up and go to work in the morning,"

Williams said.

Williams has been gradually

meeting the folks in Fairburn and observed the City Council in action

for the last month.

"I want to get a developmental

program in place that will insure the growth and prosperity of the city,"

he added.

For years, Williams has watched

the Atlanta region grow by leaps and bounds, but most of it was in the

northern suburbs.

But now...

"The new growth is like

a tidal wave headed south from Atlanta," he said.

Williams plans to first start

evaluating the city's comprehensive land use plan, and then meet with

Fairburn's leaders to determine what their plans are for the city.

In his initial observation

of the city, Williams believes its development pattern is on track, but

would like to see a higher quality of growth come to the area.

Williams replaces Tony Cox

who left earlier this year to take a city administrator's job in Virginia.