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Dept. of Arts, Culture and the Creative economy has launched the Franklin Creative Database to centralize artist and creative information for our community.
Now that the 5k is in the books, the Lake St RRFBs are being installed, and the Industrial track extension is still a few years off, the Franklin and Bellingham Rail Trail Committee is looking for feedback with regards to what we should focus our attention on in order to improve the public's experience on the Southern New England Trunkline Trail (SNETT). Please provide your feedback via the survey link below so that we can focus the committee's efforts on meeting the needs of the community. You do not need to sign into Google to complete the survey, as all feedback is anonymous. Feel free to include as many comments as you want. We may not be able to implement all suggestions, but it will provide good direction as to where we should focus our energies.
The Town of Franklin website (franklinma.gov) was last redesigned in 2016, and is now in need of modernization. Since that time, the website host (CivicPlus) has upgraded their platform to incorporate new design features and components for municipalities to better communicate information to users via their websites.
Town staff are working on a comprehensive redesign the Town's website, seeking to uphold our commitment to an accessible, informative, and user-friendly experience for all. Recognizing that the key to a successful revamp comes from obtaining insight from our website users, we invite you to participate in this initiative.
Your opinions and preferences play a critical role in shaping our online presence as we seek to be more engaging and user friendly.
I've been curious about people's motivations behind the latest override election andI designed this survey to
better understand why people voted the way they did, both for and
against. I'll share the overall results and data with the public, and
local media organizations.
All questions are completely optional! Feel
free to reach out if you have any questions about the survey at max.morrongiello@gmail.com.
Reminder! - Franklin Website Upgrade Community Survey
The Town of Franklin is updating their website, and we need your help!
The administrative team is working on constructing a new more accessible website for the Franklin community. As part of this project, we're seeking valuable insight from the community through a survey that will ask various questions about your opinions on the current website. This is in order to make the most accessible, informative, and user-friendly experience for the next version of the website.
It's been one week from Franklin's inaugural PorchFest - and we'd like YOUR feedback - whether you attended the event hours, just saw clips on Instagram (or another social site); we'd love to hear your engagement in how we can make this event the best it can be.
Take a moment to take our community survey linked here. Feedback will be shared with cultural committees/council and volunteer groups to better plan music festivals throughout Franklin!
And another special SHOUT OUT to the volunteer group that made the magic happen: John LoPresti, Beth Wierling, Sue Rohrbach, Ryan Jette, Roberta Trahan, Karilyn Hammer and Karen Kearns. Thank you for coming together to create an accessible community event celebrating music in Franklin.
The Town of Franklin is updating their website, and we need your help!
The administrative team is working on constructing a new more accessible website for the Franklin community. As part of this project, we're seeking valuable insight from the community through a survey that will ask various questions about your opinions on the current website. This is in order to make the most accessible, informative, and user-friendly experience for the next version of the website.
Please click the link below to fill out the Community Survey:
Thanks to the 40+ folks who participated in the 2023 Year In Review Quiz. The results showed a great range and hence there is plenty of opportunity to do better next time around.
At the end of the results presentation, there is an opportunity to answer:
One key way to do better next time is to make sure you subscribe to the daily newsletter. Only one email a day keep you informed on what is happening in Franklin. Subscribe -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/welcome.html
2023 Year In Review Quiz Results or "Survey says ..."
"FORM FRANKLIN'S FUTURE" SURVEY - HELP US TO FORM FRANKLIN'S FUTURE!
Your participation in this survey is critical as we establish a vision for Franklin's future. Those who complete the survey can enter for a chance to win one of two $100 gift cards to local establishments!
The Franklin Senior Center was awarded a grant for $34,800 to enhance digital literacy for older adults. This grant will help replace outdated equipment, purchase additional equipment, and develop and offer a full technology curriculum specific to seniors.
Can you help complete the technology survey? This will help the Senior Center create the curriculum based on the input from you! The seniors who use or could use the Center.
There are also paper surveys available at the Senior Center and available at the library.
FM #1110 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1110 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Master Plan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, November 29, 2023.
After an update from the subcommittees, they discussed issues with the Inventory Report, the Survey launched, subcommittee outreach efforts, & approved their Meeting schedule for 2024.
The agenda:
1. Meeting Minutes: September 13 & 27, 2023 & October 25, 2023
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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Master Plan Update Cmte discusses, Inventory Report, Survey, Outreach efforts, & approves Meeting schedule for 2024 (audio)
Your participation in this survey is critical as we establish a vision for Franklin's future. Those who complete the survey can enter for a chance to win one of two $100 gift cards to local establishments!
The Master Plan Update Committee met on Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023 and started 10 minutes late. Many of the committee were present in the room; at least 3 members were participating remotely, hence the vote to adjourn was via roll call.
Subcommittees meeting, reported on progress, some are scheduled out, some working to finalize times to meet
Update from BETA and Barrett on the interviews they have been conducting (screen grab of summary slide shown below)
Discussion on the range of interview participants, it appear that some set up on the listing (approx. 60) have not responded to the interview requests (just over 20 completed) so the data may not be fully representative of what is needed. Discussion on how to get more to improve breadth of response, separate from the surveys and outreach which will also provide value later on the drafts being used at that time
Discussion on the Harvest Festival coverage, spot ready, some members of the committee there but covering other booths and available to talk on the Master Plan, seemed to conclude to use a gift card as an incentive to to get on the emailing list. Other gift cards offered would be used later to incent survey responses
Discussion on the survey, what is the value of the responses? are the questions structured to get value? Many opinions shared
What is your top concern about how climate change will effect you, your family, and your community? Are you concerned about the potential impacts of flooding from climate change? Do you think your city/town and/or the state are doing enough to plan for climate change? Take this survey (https://www.crwa.org/crfm-23) to help the Town of Franklin and the Charles River Watershed Association mitigate flood hazards and climate change.
Feel free to also share your survey results with the Franklin Conservation Agent/Natural Resource Protection Manager at bgoodlander@franklinma.gov.
