 The city of Pikeville has found a new Executive Director of Community Relations. Former Executive Director of Economic Development Jill Dotson will now be taking on several new responsibilities, including the roles of Main Street and Tourism Director. Dotson plans to continue the work of previous Main Street Director, Minta Trimble, since her retirement. Part of the Main Street Director job is taking over for Minta Trimble, who had been with the city for 16 years, Main Street Director for a large portion of that 16 years, and she has just done a tremendous job of revitalizing our downtown area, making sure that everything is beautiful. Part of what the Main Street Director does is to take the downtown area and go along with the national Main Street points of what they see as revitalization for the downtown area. So just continuing her efforts and making sure the Main Street organization and what Main Street does is continuing in the city of Pikeville is what I will be doing. Are you ready for a new school year? What better way to start a new school year off right than with a new device on the network that keeps our students and teachers connected? Appalachian Wireless Whether you need a new smartphone, wearable, or an iPad, we have your back to school solution. Visit AppalachianWireless.com or go into one of our 26 retail locations for our back to school deals that will help you show up and show out this school year. We are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. Dotson is prepared to listen to community feedback and contribute to quality of life improvements for the city. Her goal is to live up to the expectations of the citizens of Pikeville and her peers. I'm just excited about this opportunity going forward. I've been with the city for four years and a lot of different components and aspects of my job have are so enjoyable. And this is certainly something that I look forward to. Like I said before, Main Street, Tourism, Economic Development, the arena, the Appalachian Center for the Arts are all things that provide our visitors and our guests a wonderful opportunity to experience what our region and specifically Pikeville has to offer. And I just look forward to the opportunity to expand those elements and those offerings. Reporting from Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.