This time, neighbors want Wal-Mart’s drawing power
With Wal-Mart’s future in Franklin in limbo, business owners near the existing big-box store continue to worry they’ll lose the economic engine that drives their bottom lines.
Franklin declines to help shopping center owner keep Wal-Mart
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Franklin town officials have turned down a request made by the owners of the Wal-Mart plaza in Franklin to help encourage expansion in the store’s current location along the U.S. 441 bypass rather than move forward with company plans to build a new Supercenter.
Franklin hires planner, GIS specialist
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff writer
The Town of Franklin is taking steps toward implementing its recently adopted Principals of Growth, hiring both a town planner and GIS mapping specialist.
Franklin passes plan to help guide growth
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Franklin’s proposed Principles of Growth flew past town aldermen Monday night in a mere 15 minutes, earning unanimous approval and setting a new policy for directing future growth.
Divided Franklin board OKs Super Wal-Mart
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
With the announcement of plans to bring a new Wal-Mart Supercenter to Franklin, some say town aldermen have given away their only real bargaining chip that would aid negotiations to make the Big Box store more visually appealing — water and sewer rights.
Artists at work: Franklin downtown blooms with Art Quarter Gallery and Studios
By Michael Beadle
Like artists inspired by the drama of their own lives, some art studios have their own back story.
Franklin VA clinic to open in April 2007
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
A new outpatient clinic designed to serve 3,200 area veterans will open in Franklin in spring 2007, Department of Veterans Affairs officials said Thursday, Aug. 24.
Alcohol vote reveals changing attitudes, new demographics
Ho-hum.
Franklin voters approved the sale of mixed drinks and beer in a vote held last week. Few were surprised the measure passed. In truth, few seem to care too much.
Franklin OK’s alcohol sales
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
The Franklin Board of Elections went to work Tuesday morning (Aug. 1) to certify results of a referendum in which voters passed beer and liquor sales, opening the door for local businesses to begin submitting permit applications to the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Franklin’s new urban neighborhood plan complete
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Preliminary master plans and architectural designs for Franklin’s new mixed-use, smart growth style development were presented last Thursday night (July 17). It was the first chance local residents and government officials had to see what the future looks like for the 23-acre housing complex to be located just outside downtown.
