Editing Wake Forest, North Carolina (section)

==Government==
Wake Forest operates under the [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government. The citizens elect a [[mayor]] and board of commissioners as the town's governing body. The town manager is appointed by the board to serve as the chief operating officer administering all municipal affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wakeforestnc.gov/mayor|title=Mayor - Wake Forest, NC<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=www.wakeforestnc.gov|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wakeforestnc.gov/board-commissioners/board-members|title=Board of Commissioners - Wake Forest, NC<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=www.wakeforestnc.gov|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref> The current mayor is Vivian A. Jones ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]], term expires 2025) and the board of commissioners are James E. "Jim" Dyer (R, 2023), Nick Sliwinski (R, 2025), Chad D. Sary (R, 2023), R. Keith Shackleford ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]], 2025), and Adam B. Wright (D, 2023).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wakeforestnc.gov/board-commissioners/board-members|title=Board Members - Town of Wake Forest, NC|website=www.wakeforestnc.gov|language=en|access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref>

A new [[town hall]] facility opened in downtown Wake Forest in September 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/town-hall.aspx|title=Town Hall - Town of Wake Forest|access-date=October 8, 2014}}</ref> and was [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Platinum certified in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/leed-platinum-certification.aspx|title=LEED Platinum Certification - Town of Wake Forest|access-date=October 8, 2014}}</ref> All town departments are housed in the facility, except police (which has its own building nearby) and public works.