Franklin Tomorrow is a non-profit community organization that engages the community, foster collaboration, and advocates for a shared vision for the future of Franklin.
BREAKFAST WITH THE MAYORS
Register now for first Breakfast With Mayors
set for Jan. 31 at Rolling Hills Community Church
Franklin Tomorrow will kick off its third year of the "Breakfast With the Mayors,' presented by First Farmers Bank, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with Franklin Mayor Ken Moore and Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson.
The event will be held Jan. 31, 7:30 a.m., at Rolling Hills Community Church, 1810 Columbia Ave., Suite 100, in The WareHouse complex. Breakfast will be served beginning at 7 a.m., with the program to begin at 7:30 a.m.
Due to the generous sponsorship of First Farmers Bank and other sponsors, the event is free to the public. Make your reservation by following this link.
Franklin Tomorrow has just completed a Vision process of more than a year, involving hundreds of individuals working in the nine goal areas which encompass Franklin Tomorrow's area of work — Business, Community Character, Education, Environment, Government, Growth & Development, Housing, Recreation, and Transportation.
The refocused goals and strategies to accomplish them were then taken to the public at various locations to seek their input on those which are most important to the future of Franklin. The results of the Vision Fair process will be disclosed during the Breakfast With the Mayors on Jan. 31 and the mayors will speak to how local governments can respond.
Additional sponsors for the Breakfast with the Mayors series for 2012 include Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon; Williamson County Association of Realtors; Windstream Communications; and Ryan Search & Consulting.
To learn more about sponsorships, contact Franklin Tomorrow Executive Director Mindy Tate at 794-0998.
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Friends of Franklin Parks' president honored
as Darrell Waltrip Automotive
Hometown Hero of January 2012
Darrell Waltrip Automotive has continued to make headway with the Hometown Heroes campaign, awarding their 10th hero this January, with the award going to Dr. Monty McInturff of Tennessee Equine Hospital and president of the Board of Governors of Friends of Franklin Parks, LLC.
The award was presented Friday, Jan. 27, in a ceremony with Darrell Waltrip.
Darrell Waltrip (center left) congratulates Friends of Franklin Parks, LLC, President Dr. Monty McInturff (second from right) on being Darrell Waltrip Automotive Hometown Hero for January. On hand for the presentation Jan. 28 were (from left) Nancy Conway, president/CEO, Williamson County Franklin Chamber of Commerce; William Billington, Franklin Synergy Bank; Kathie Moore, president of Franklin Tomorrow, Inc.; Mindy Tate, executive director, Franklin Tomorrow & Friends of Franklin Parks; and Mike Binkley, a local attorney and friend of McInturff's.
McInturff is being awarded for his leadership role in the conservation of his community and for his selflessness while serving.
In April 2011, Franklin Tomorrow founded Friends of Franklin Parks, LLC, in which Dr. McInturff serves as the founding President of the Board of Governors. Friends of Franklin Parks was created for private donors to make tax-deductible contributions to fund improvements of area recreational facilities and preserve the cultural and natural resources for future generations. McInturff has been a practicing equine veterinarian in our community for over 20-plus years and is also the co-owner of Tennessee Equine Hospital. His passion is to promote and preserve our area parks by focusing on our history and our community.
Read more about McInturff by following this link.
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Columbia State Community College
claims its land for future campus
Friday, Jan. 20, 2012, was a day of celebration for officials with Columbia State Community College and many community leaders as they held a "pounding ceremony" to symbolize the realization of CSCC's longtime dream of a site for a new and modern college campus.
CSCC President Dr. Janet Smith went back to her rural roots with the pounding ceremony, saying she had done a little fencing in her life and the post pounded into the ground Friday represented the corner post of the college's future at the 36-acre site on Liberty Pike just east of Carothers Parkway.
To see photos or read more about this event, follow this link.
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Franklin Tomorrow forms partnership
with Sharing Spree which benefits all
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TRANSPORTATION
Commuter bus service to Nashville in peril
Additional bus runs to Nashville won’t start early this year, as some commuters had hoped, because the required $15,000 in local funding isn’t yet in place, according to an article in The Tennessean.
Staff Writer Jill Cecil Wiersma reports on the possibility that a lack of local funding may block expansion of the service and leaves an unclear future for the service provided through federal grant funding.
Read more from this article by following this link.
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The Tennessean. Jan. 25, 2012
Franklin aims for poor kids to mingle
By Julie Hubbard
Staff Writer
Some parents in Franklin’s poorest neighborhoods are preparing to send their children to different schools next year after district leaders voted to spread them out more evenly.
Changing housing patterns in the city mean the majority of students who receive free or reduced-price lunches — 40 percent of its 3,700 student enrollment — attend two of five elementary schools. Read more of this story by following this link.
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Franklin will be a dynamic community that is influenced strongly by its rich history and natural assets. It will be a community recognized for carefully managed growth that is inspired by historic Franklin and active community involvement. The strong desire to foster small town character will manifest itself through the creation of interconnected traditional neigborhoods that mix land uses, provide a variety of housing choices, and help protect natural and cultural features.
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Welcome to Franklin Tomorrow
Franklin Tomorrow is a non-profit civic and citizen participation initiative that began in early 2000 in response to concern by citizens, business leaders, preservation groups, and local government officials who wanted to maintain the charm, cultural history, landscape and unique attributes of Franklin in the face of tremendous growth and development. We are a community wide effort to create and implement a shared vision for the future of Franklin, Tennessee. We want Franklin to be the most livable historic small town in America. Franklin will be a dynamic community that is influenced strongly by its rich history and natural assets. It will be a community recognized for carefully managed growth that is inspired by historic Franklin and active community involvement. The strong desire to foster small town character will manifest itself through the creation of interconnected traditional neighborhoods that mix land use, provide a variety of housing choices, and help protect natural and cultural features. Franklin will be known for nurturing a diverse citizenry by providing first-rate education, a variety of employment opportunities, and wide-ranging neighborhood and houseing choices. We invite involvement from those who live, work and play here. Together we can continue to contribute to our wonderful community.