‘A job well done’: Decatur assistant city manager retiring after 35 years with the city

Growing up in Decatur, Linda Harris spent much of her time walking around downtown. She would visit the local bookstore or library to pick out books, go to the Saturday matinée at the Decatur Theatre and get 35-cent banana splits at a local drugstore in downtown.

She graduated from Decatur High School in 1969 and graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1988. She has seen the city change over the years and played a part in some of that change as a city employee over the last three decades.

Harris never thought she would work in government, but after about 35 years with the city, she will retire on Dec. 29.