Breakfast with the Mayors

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Breakfast With Mayors set for Jan. 31

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 by Chick-fil-A 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.

Additional sponsorships are available ranging from the Platinum level of $1,500 for all four breakfasts to individual breakfast sponsorships at reduced levels. Contact Franklin Tomorrow Executive Director Mindy Tate at 794-0998 for additional details.

Presenting sponsor

Platinum Sponsors

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HUD Southeast Regional Director Ed Jennings Jr.
speaker Sept. 20 at Franklin Tomorrow’s
'Breakfast With the Mayors' at Franklin Theatre

By Donna O'Neil

Williamson Herald Managing Editor

Southeast Regional Housing and Urban Development Director Ed Jennings Jr. spoke to a nearly full house at the historic Franklin Theatre Sept. 20 at this year’s final Franklin Tomorrow Breakfast with the Mayors.

Jennings noted the “extraordinary vision” local and county organizations, including the Franklin Housing Authority, have on affordable housing. He cited the lack of barriers to the government leaders with regard to open discussions and leadership abilities when making decisions to pursue options for the needs of the community.

He also noted an understanding of the Volunteer state moniker after reviewing news stories and videos about the area’s pull-ourselves-up-by-our-bootstraps and take-charge recovery efforts after the May 2010 flood. “It showed what showed what can be done by men and women with inspired hearts,” he said.

Read more about Jennings' remarks and those of Franklin Mayor Ken Moore and Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson by following this link.

Franklin TV, the city's cable channel, is broadcasting the "Breakfast With the Mayors" at the following times: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 28, 9:52 a.m., 1:52 p.m., 7:52 p.m. and 10:52 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 29, 10:02 a.m., 2:02 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Oct. 1, 8:30 p.m.

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Franklin Tomorrow's Business Strategy Group began our Breakfast with the Mayors series in the fall of 2009 in an effort to encourage communication between our government and our business community. The process began by seeking information, which produced a Business Task Force Report in late 2009. The 2011 Breakfast with the Mayors series presented by First Farmers Bank will see three breakfast events highlighting three seperate topics of interest as posed by the business community. All business leaders are welcome to participate. If you would like to be included on the next invitation list, contact the Franklin Tomorrow office to make your request. We thank you for your interest in our business community.

Franklin Tomorrow's 2011 Breakfast with the Mayors, presented by First Farmers Bank, have been held March 17 on the topic of workforce education, and June 7, with TDOT Commissioner John Schroer speaking on transportation. The next breakfast is set for September 20th on the topic of housing. Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson and Franklin Mayor Ken Moore have joined with Franklin Tomorrow to host the breakfasts as a means of increasing communication with the business community.

Franklin Tomorrow is a non-profit community organization that communicates a shared and evolving vision for the future of Franklin and focuses that Vision through education, advocacy, evaluation, implementation, and recognition of the vision's specific goals and strategies.

For information about the Breakfasts with the Mayors or other Franklin Tomorrow events, please call Executive Director Mindy Tate at 794-0998, or email her at mindy@franklntomorrow.org or visit the Web site at www.franklintomorrow.org.

Additional sponsorships are available for the "Breakfasts with the Mayors" and could be a great opportunity to market your business to the community. For more information, check out the sponsorship form or email Co-Chairs Susan Minor at susanm@battlegroundacademy.org or Elizabeth Mefferd at emefferd@goBBB.org.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Presenting Patron Sponsor

Platinum Partner Sponsors

September Event Sponsors

Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County

Franklin Theatre

Haury & Smith Realtors

Windstream Communications

Greater Nashville Association of Realtors

Williamson County Association of Realtors

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