Editing Forest City, North Carolina (section)

==Government ==
[[File:Forest-City-Town-Hall-nc.jpg|thumb|Town hall]]
The Town of Forest City<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofforestcity.com/home.html |title=Welcome to the Town of Forest City |publisher=Town of Forest City, NC |access-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512230028/http://www.townofforestcity.com/home.html |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is governed by a mayor and a board of commissioners. Steve Holland is currently serving as the mayor of The Town of Forest City. The Town Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofforestcity.com/mayor.html |title=MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS |publisher=Town of Forest City, NC |access-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512231116/http://www.townofforestcity.com/mayor.html |archive-date=May 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> includes: Mayor Pro Tempore Dr. Dee Dee Bright, Commissioner Chris Lee, Commissioner Shawn Moore, Commissioner Joey Brandle, and Commissioner Dr. John Mark Bennett. The Board of Commissioners appoints a town manager to serve as chief administrator. The current town manager is Janet Mason who has served since September 1, 2019.

In 1929 the mayor was Charles Z. Flack. He is noted for building the original City Hall and was the first mayor to begin the tradition of decorating Main St. by stringing Christmas lights over the road.