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| Franklin Senior Center Update for 03/20/25 (audio) |
The second floor will not be available THursday/Friday so some programs/events will shift within the building.
The Fire Dept will be preparing the St Patrick's dinner & bingo so some events/activities will be canceled and she provides that listing.
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| Children's Museum Update Erin & Meg |
🎯Saturday, March 1 and Sunday, March 2 are the target dates for our first Masses in our primary worship space “upstairs.”
"CONCERTS ON THE COMMON UPDATE:Due to this evenings weather we will be canceling the Reminicents concert and Back to the Future Movie. We will hold a makeup day on September 6thMike Tarrara will still play tonight from 3-5PM"
So friendly reminder: for day of updates, check for the host organization first. Given the Facebook algorithm, there is no guarantee I'll get it in time.
Concerts on the Common updates by Franklin Recreation -> https://www.facebook.com/FranklinRecreationDepartment
Franklin Farmers Market - > https://www.facebook.com/FranklinFarmersMarketMA
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| Friday's Concerts on the Common rescheduled to Sept 6, 2024 |
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| Franklin (MA) Elections Voter Turnout History: from 2003 - 2023 (updated for 6/11/24) |
"The Town Council has established the Master Plan Update Committee to update the 2013 town-wide Master Plan.The Committee will:
- Review the current Master Plan and existing planning documents, data and achievements;
- Identify the key issues facing the community in the next ten years;
- Assist in the identification of existing conditions and conduct trends analysis;
- Recommend goals and objectives related to Franklin's future;
- Develop a clear action plan for the Town of Franklin; and
- Make a final report to the Planning Board within 18 months from the date of ratification of the Committee members."
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Hello!
Thank you for being patient as we took a brief pause to evaluate our process to make sure that we are asking for donations people actually need. There have been a lot of disparate community asks for donations and many of those asks overlapped which created a glut of some things and a scarcity of others.
While the outpouring of donations is immensely appreciated, we want to make sure 1) that we receive things that will be used in a timely manner and 2) that we don't put too many asks out at one time and burn people out.
This is not a "short term project." This is a long-term effort. We need to make sure that the process of assessing and meeting needs is sustainable. So, we needed to take a pause, meet with all the stakeholders, and create a new procedure.
Here is how we are operating as we move forward:
If you have any questions about this process, please don't hesitate to ask. I'll do my best to answer any/all your questions. The Franklin Interfaith Council, SAFE Coalition, and others are meeting weekly, outside of the town-called stakeholders meeting, to communicate and collaborate with one another. I hope to send out an updated call for donations by the end of this week.
In the meantime, we are continuing to train volunteers for the After-school Program which is anticipated to begin on Wednesday. If you'd like to help with that, please contact Rev. Kathy McAdams (rector@stjohnsfranklinma.og).
We will need volunteers to help sort and put things in storage at Franklin United Methodist Church. We are finalizing lists of donations for the welcome/hospitality bags. And, we are making plans for a weekly sit-down meal for emergency shelter residents that will include a "carry-out" option for those not able to be seated for the meal (space is limited).
Thank you for your patience during this pause. And, most importantly, thank you for your generosity as seek to meet the needs of those placed in the emergency shelter so that they might come to #LOVEfranklin as much as we do.
Peace.
Jacob
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| #LOVEfranklin // Emergency Shelter Humanitarian Aid UPDATE - 10/23/23 |
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| Master Plan Update Committee & Subcommittee meetings 9/18 to 9/27 |
FM #1048 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1048 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Master Plan Update Committee meeting held on Wednesday, August 23, 2023.
The Master Plan Update Committee met in the 3rd floor Training Room/ RM 326
Discussion on branding efforts complicated by heavy web presence of Franklin Tennessee and wanting to avoid confusion with them
Will have booth at Harvest Festival, discussion on logo, branding desire to have something ready to handout or engagement with community at booth
Proceeding with "Form Franklin's Future"
Recommendations from multiple members to obtain input in map based form, for multiple good reasons to help visualize and work with qualitatively, if not quantitatively
extended discussion on survey and use of an incentive to increase participation, action to run this by the Town Attny for 2 answers, one if the committee could do so (per meeting likely not); alternatively, might another non-town org (i.e. Dean College) run the survey (and include incentive) to enable the data to be used by the committee. Amy to get answers
Amy to create spreadsheet for committee members to use to add orgs and other contact points for outreach effort
The 2020 update to the Master Plan is the one to use for status of which of the prior plans objectives and actions items were completed or not. Ginelle has marked up the spreadsheet with color coding on completion status and will share to the drive from other members to work with
Meeting adjourns
Listen to the recording of the Master Plan Update Cmte meeting held on August 23, 2023. The meeting runs about 2 hours.
Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1048-master-plan-update-cmte-mtg-08-23-23
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The agenda doc is rich with links to the prior master plan and associated materials
The Master Plan update Committee page -> https://www.franklinma.gov/master-plan-update-committee
My notes captured during the meeting can be found in one PDF file ->
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aIOl7qtMIACVrUlp5-hYD6KkQRleMdo_/view?usp=drive_link
The meeting video is available for replay ->
https://www.youtube.com/live/1sLTy6XZK48
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| Master Plan Update Committee discusses timeline, outreach, survey and more in 2 hour session (audio) |
