The Downtown Franklin Association, a subsidiary of the Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County, has been designated as an accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards set by the National Main Street Center. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its Coordinating Program partners announce the list of accredited Main Street…
The September 7 and October 7 Battle of Franklin Trust movie nights on the lawn have both been cancelled. If you have any questions please contact India Mayer or Susan Andrews at (615) 242-4400.
August 15, 2016 Franklin Home Page by Corey Little Brentwood, Spring Hill, Nolensville, Fairview and Franklin all were at the top of a new list of Tennesee’s safest cities. A financial services web site called CreditDonkey used the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report data for 2014 to help formulate the rankings. The study is based violent and…
August 14, 2016 Franklin Home Page by Zach Harmuth The county will host a meeting on Tuesday to begin figuring out creative ways to fund recommended road improvements during the next 15 years. On Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of the Williamson County Administrative Complex, consultants AECOM and McBride Dale Clarion will lead the…
August 14, 2016 Franklin Home Page by Corey Little Nearly 50 Williamson County students were among a group of budding engineers working with today’s robot technology at Lipscomb University’s BisonBot Robotic Camps, sponsored by Nissan North America. This summer, Lipscomb and Nissan offered six weeks of the popular summer BisonBot Robotics Camps including its WeeBots Robotics camp…
August 12, 2016 Brentwood Home Page Two Williamson County high schools are among the top public high schools in the nation, according to Newsweek. The magazine released its annual list of the best public high schools August 11 with only four high schools from Tennessee making the list. The top school from Tennessee is Ravenwood High…
August 12, 2016 Brentwood Home Page by Samantha Hearn A more than $4 million, two-building office complex will be developed in Nolensville as Thomas Smith Properties, LLC recently purchased 2 acres on Haley Industrial Drive. Thomas Smith Properties, a full service real estate development and brokerage company, plans to break ground in the next 60 days…
Fortune 500 automotive supplier to create up to 200 jobs Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and Tenneco officials today announced the global manufacturer will open a new facility in Spring Hill and create up to 200 new jobs during the next three years. Tenneco’s new Clean Air manufacturing plant…
August 11, 2016 Brentwood Home Page by Zach Harmuth Two developers have teamed up to create plans for a $270 million mixed-use project on McEwen Drive just west of Interstate 65. Boyle Investment Company and Northwood Ravin announced this morning that they want to build about 750,000 square feet of Class A office, more than…
The 10th annual Franklin Tomorrow Exemplary Community Volunteer Awards are set for Aug. 17 at the Franklin Theatre and the wide array of nominees shows that many people in our community are doing good works, either as individuals or part of a group, and few seek recognition. The event will begin at 7 p.m. following…