What do you want to tell the Survey about Arts & Culture in Franklin?

The survey to provide input on arts & culture in Franklin is open ->   https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4AWODps2aVQd_tzHIGfcJBRwUdpvYB9jK3hgfxploSWc7zw/viewform

Or use the QR Code in the image to get to the survey -> 

The Arts & Culture Survey is open for your input!

You can also participate in the Listening Tour; next stop Apr 28 at the Franklin Library. Additional details on the tour stops -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/youre-invited-franklin-arts-culture-listening-tour

   

The Arts & Culture listening tour

More folks interested in virtual session on Redistricting Analysis; get their questions answered on Monday, Mar 13

More folks participated in the Redistricting Analysis Forum, the second and last one held to share the three options, answer questions and ask for feedback via the survey form. While less than 20 participated in person at the first forum held a week ago, over 70 participated on Monday, March 13. 

Unfortunately a few internet trolls attempt to disrupt the session and were being removed as quickly as they identified themselves. Fortunately, it did not interrupt the Q&A session and all who wanted had time to ask a question, or make a comment, some of them with more than one chance to do so.

The presentation document used will be posted to the Redistricting page (at some point). All the prior presentation documents are there ->   https://www.franklinps.net/district/redistricting-analysis

The survey is open until March 15, yes that is Wednesday, March 15. 

The Survey facilitates your feedback on the three options: https://buff.ly/421zoTp

The Story Map outlines the case for redistricting and the three options: https://buff.ly/3l2fRlm

The audio recording of the March 7 session is available -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/03/less-than-20-participate-in.html

My notes taken during the Monday, Mar 13 session can be found in one PDF file

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VaUQ-OfIOZ4U8Fg0e7hEFG3JTVWNtYfk/view?usp=share_link

Redistricting Analysis Forum - March 13 at 6 PM

The Arts & Culture Survey is open for your input!

The survey to provide input on arts & culture in Franklin is open ->   https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4AWODps2aVQd_tzHIGfcJBRwUdpvYB9jK3hgfxploSWc7zw/viewform

Or use the QR Code in the image to get to the survey -> 

The Arts & Culture Survey is open for your input!

You can also participate in the Listening Tour; next stop Apr 28 at the Franklin Library. Additional details on the tour stops -> https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/youre-invited-franklin-arts-culture-listening-tour

   

The Arts & Culture listening tour

Participate in the virtual Redistricting Analysis Forum - March 13 at 6 PM; or at least provide input to the survey

Did you miss the first Redistricting Analysis forum on March 7? Join us March 13, at 6 PM, via Zoom https://buff.ly/3miXR6e 

The same information as presented on March 7 will be covered as well on March 13. Unable to participate in either session? We encourage you to review the presentation & complete the corresponding survey.

The Story Map outlines the case for redistricting and the three options: https://buff.ly/3l2fRlm The audio recording of the March 7 session is available -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/03/less-than-20-participate-in.html

The Survey facilitates your feedback on the three options: https://buff.ly/421zoTp

Redistricting Analysis Forum - March 13 at 6 PM

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/FranklinPSNews/status/1633588658484953088

Arts & Culture Listening Tour Updated; Your feedback is needed

The Town Council Ad Hoc Subcommittee for Arts and Cultural Initiatives is seeking input from residents and community stakeholders on all things arts and culture. Take the survey today: https://buff.ly/3mEA7Kh 

Access event details here: https://buff.ly/3F9YoOv

Shared from Twitter- > https://twitter.com/TOFranklinMA/status/1633603520065863680 

Arts & Culture Listening Tour Updated; Your feedback is needed

Schmidt's Farm Open Space and Recreation Plan Meeting Recording

Schmidt's Farm Open Space and Recreation Plan Meeting Recording

In case you missed it, the Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) Schmidt's Farm meeting was last Thursday, February 23, 2023 and can be viewed here or by copying/pasting the link https://www.youtube.com/live/l7c7wy_RT1Q?feature=share into your web browser. 

The Franklin Conservation Commission will be receiving public comment for Schmidt's Farm until the end of the OSRP process - around mid-August. Public comments can be submitted via this Google Form (copying/pasting https://forms.gle/UTSrtG9VgeBNdhbi6 into your web browser), by emailing bgoodlander@franklinma.gov, or by filling out this contact webform. 

https://forms.gle/isJqEyuaih4ePPDV6

Please see the QR code to the right to take the OSRP survey or visit https://forms.gle/isJqEyuaih4ePPDV6.   

Shared from ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/conservation/news/schmidts-farm-open-space-and-recreation-plan-meeting-recording 

Franklin Open Space & Rec Planning Underway - The survey welcomes your input!

Opportunities for Your Input!

View this email in your browser Franklin Residents! Work is well underway on Franklin's next Open Space & Recreation Plan and public hearings are scheduled for Feb 21, April 25 and June 20. A survey of residents is also now open on the Town's website and we encourage everyone to let your voices be heard. You'll find QR codes in various places around town including online: https://forms.gle/a8YoZpXbg5jbGYVD7 For more info on the process and hearing dates and times, see: https://www.franklinma.gov/conservation/pages/2023-open-space-and-recreation-plan-update The OSRP sets the stage for many improvements over several years so your voice is important! Thank you and please contact MLT if you would like more information about our open space areas in Franklin.  Susan Speers, Board of Directors Franklin Resident   Membership Donations, Gifts of Land or Conservation Restrictions, or donations of items to be auctioned are deductible to the extent permitted by current IRS rules. Our Federal Tax-Exempt ID is: 04-3020897.  We Love Where We Live -- And We Know You Do, Too! Copyright © 2023 Metacomet Land Trust, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Metacomet Land Trust P.O. Box 231 Franklin, MA 02038 Telephone: (508) 271-7131

Town of Franklin: The 2023 OSRP Survey is Now Open for your input!

Good Morning Neighbors,

It's the moment we've all been waiting for - the 2023 OSRP survey is now LIVE!

We welcome your participation in this survey to help the Town draft an OSRP inclusive of your priorities for our Open Space and Recreation areas. Can't remember what the OSRP is or why it's important? No problem! In its basic form, the OSRP is a "plan for plans"; it is a guiding path and checklist the Town can utilize to improve Open Space and Recreation areas and receive funding through grants from various organizations. The last OSRP was finalized in 2016 and can be read here. To learn more about the 2023 OSRP process, feel free to watch this brief video. 

By participating in this survey, you are helping the Town prioritize Open Space and Recreation projects reflective of what you think is most important for your home. The survey is available digitally and physically between February 13 and April 16 at various location around Town, and at the first and second OSRP public hearings. You can also access the survey by visiting the QR code below or by visiting https://forms.gle/a8YoZpXbg5jbGYVD7. Hardcopy surveys are available upon request to bgoodlander@franklinma.gov.

To further follow the OSRP process, please subscribe to Conservation News Alerts by visiting https://www.franklinma.gov/subscribe and selecting "Conservation" under "News or Announcement". We can't wait to see your responses and we thank you for helping recreate the future vision of Franklin!

Town of Franklin: The 2023 OSRP Survey is Now Open for your input!

Breeka LÍ Goodlander, CWS, PWS, CERPIT

Conservation Agent/Natural Resource Protection Manager

Town of Franklin

Office: 508.520.4929

bgoodlander@franklinma.gov

Polling strategy study by New York Times: "partisan polls tend to be more inaccurate"

"Not for the first time, a warped understanding of the contours of a national election had come to dominate the views of political operatives, donors, journalists and, in some cases, the candidates themselves.

The misleading polls of 2022 did not just needlessly spook some worried candidates into spending more money than they may have needed to on their own races. They also led some candidates — in both parties — who had a fighting chance of winning to lose out on money that could have made it possible for them to do so, as those controlling the purse strings believed polls that inaccurately indicated they had no chance at all.

In the election’s immediate aftermath, the polling failures appeared to be in keeping with misfires in 2016 and 2020, when the strength of Donald J. Trump’s support was widely underestimated, and with the continuing struggles of an industry that arose with the corded home telephone to adapt to the mass migration to cellphones and text messaging. Indeed, some of the same Republican-leaning pollsters who erred in 2022 had built credibility with their contrarian, but accurate, polling triumphs in recent elections.

But a New York Times review of the forces driving the narrative of a coming red wave, and of that narrative’s impact, found new factors at play."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/politics/polling-election-2022-red-wave.html

    

Source: New York Times analysis of Washington Senate race polls aggregated by FiveThirtyEight

Notes: Trends are calculated with a 14-day average. Polling groups considered Republican-aligned include those identified by The New York Times and FiveThirtyEight. Polling groups considered nonpartisan are those not known to be aligned with or funded by a political party.

By Jason Kao

What is on your "watch list" of Franklin topics for 2023? (survey)

The Storm water fee will start in July 2023 and before time that we should get an update from the Town of Franklin on what permeable pavers will be permitted to allow homeowners to reduce their impermeable pavement and reduce their storm water footprint.

The "watch list" of Franklin topics will get updated for 2023 as we close out calendar year 2022. Storm water has been on the list for a couple of years. 

• Will storm water remain on the watch list? 
• What else should be on the watch list? 

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Storm water fee information  https://www.franklinma.gov/stormwater-division 

The map of the impervious area for each property

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e45452a3047e4c83b27170a8f4f79aa5

** Please respond to the survey to add your items to the "Watch List" for 2023 **

Share this link with your friends & neighbors -> https://forms.gle/btGoikjpCydB3dmXA

What is on your "watch list" of Franklin topics for 2023? (survey)

Attention! All members of the Franklin LGBTQIA+ Alliance! We need your help with this survey

Before planning events for the upcoming year, we would like to get a sense of when members are available, what types of events members would like to attend, and how much time members are interested in volunteering.  Your responses to the survey below will help us reach this goal.  

This anonymous survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbrOaEd08mi0CCc_U4KfVAXrEbtm_tQFx79GOgWwR9QpVlbg/viewform

Thank you for your help!

 

--Executive board, Franklin LGBTQIA+ Alliance

You can join the Franklin LGBTQ Alliance mailing list

The Charles River Watershed Association would like your input to this survey

Charles River Watershed Association (@charlesriver) tweeted Thu, Dec 08, 2022:

Have 5 minutes?? Take our quick survey to help create a climate-resilient Charles River! 

Survey link ->  https://mapc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcHNwEN99ETEGHQ 

Shared from Twitter -> https://twitter.com/charlesriver/status/1600855016377503744

The Charles River Watershed Association would like your input to this survey

Visit the Library? Please respond to the Franklin Public Library Customer Satisfaction Survey

Franklin Public Library Customer Satisfaction Survey

Let us know what you think about our services, staff, programs, and collections in this brief survey!

Franklin Public Library Customer Satisfaction Survey

Franklin Public Library Customer Satisfaction Survey

Take the Stormwater Survey for a chance to win a compost bin!

Interested in winning a new compost bin? Fill out our Stormwater Survey for a chance to win!  

Submissions will be accepted by the Franklin Department of Public Works now through June 30th!  

Take it here: https://buff.ly/3NVOLp7 

Take the Stormwater Survey for a chance to win a compost bin!

Shared from Town of Franklin Twitter account

https://twitter.com/TOFranklinMA/status/1537828425511194625

Job Searching? Help Us Design Programs that Work for You!

The 50+ Job Seekers of Massachusetts Networking Program and The Encore Boston Network invite anyone who has registered with either program to tell us how we are doing and how we can best assist you going forward.

Please take a few minutes and complete the online survey.

We plan to use the feedback to help design the next season's program (Autumn 2022).

And yes, to entice people to enter, five people will be drawn at random to win some small prizes.

I realize how free giveaways may sound like a phishing attack to some of you; so if you are nervous about clicking on the survey link, feel free to contact me.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

Thanks

Ed Lawrence

Group Leader, 50+ program

What's the best way to make sure our programs work for you? TELL US! We've gone through a lot of change over the past couple of years, and so have you. That's why we're partnering with Encore Boston Network, the Boston College School of Social Work, and others on a survey to find out what's needed now so we can design future programs with your input. Please take a few minutes to answer the survey questions. To say thank you, we're offering prizes to 5 lucky winners, drawn from those who complete the survey. Click the button below to learn more...   TAKE THE SURVEY NOW Survey link ->    https://bostoncollege.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ey5cpKqmxBaadgy?jfefe=new

Lifelong Community Learning has a Two Question Survey for you

Looking for Your Ideas

Lifelong Community Learning New Class Survey We need your help. We are looking to grow our class offerings at Lifelong Community Learning. Please share your ideas with us through this two question survey Thank you for your support. Take the Survey

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