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Friday, July 24, 2009
NE Real Estate Journal features Franklin
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"dropped in rank, from 22nd lowest, to 28th lowest"
In 2008, Franklin's rank jumped to seventh highest, with the average Franklin teacher's salary at $66,361, compared with the total average of $63,520.
The group generally agreed that Franklin teacher salaries only appeared to outpace those of their peers because the district has laid off or lost a great percentage of its younger, lower-paid teachers.
Read the full article on the work of the Financial Planning Committee in the Milford Daily News here
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Trail meeting in Blackstone
"It would be great if every community had a trails committee and would give it some support," said Lisa Mosczynski, president of the Metacomet Land Trust, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting open space and natural resources in south central Massachusetts.Help make this dream a reality!The trust and the Grand Trunk Trail Blazers trail group are inviting the public to the gathering at Blackstone Public Library, at 86 Main St., at 7 p.m., to collaborate on establishing a non-motorized, 80-mile, east-to-west trail linking Franklin and Blackstone with the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
Cafe Dolce's coffee source spotlighted
The multiplier in this case is a federal stimulus loan recently provided to Red Barn Coffee Rosters of Upton. Red Barn is the coffee supplier for Cafe Dolce in Franklin.“It’s all about the multiplier,’’ he said. “If people are spending money on a new roaster, say, that starts flowing through the economy of whoever produced that, and then more people can be serviced out of the coffee shop, and that means more money coming in.’’The idea behind stimulating one small business is that the company will then buy more things wholesale and help other companies and their employees, said Ted Welte, president and chief executive officer of the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce, based in Framingham.
I have tried several of the blends during my visits to Cafe Dolce and found them to be good and tasteful.
Have you visited Cafe Dolce recently? Try their Red Barn coffee and keep the multiplier effect going!
Read the full article from the Boston Globe West edition on the Red Barn stimulus loan here
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Downtown Partnership and Chamber of Commerce on LinkedIn
Both of these organizations have groups on LinkedIn.
You can request to join the Franklin Downtown Partnership on LinkedIn here
You can request to join the United Regional Chamber of Commerce on LinkedIn here
If the links don't work for you, you can
- Sign in to LinkedIn with your account
- Go to Groups
- Search for each by name
- Request to join the group
The group owner will approve your membership. You can adjust your group profile settings (how many emails, etc.) at any time after your membership is approved.
Once a member of a group, connecting directly to others within the group becomes easier.
My LinkedIn profile can be found here
School Committee Mtg 07/21/09
- Live reporting - closing items
- Live reporting - Superintendents report
- Live reporting - Action Items
- Live reporting - FHS facility review submitted
- Live reporting - FY 2010 update
- Live reporting - FHS update - part 5
- Live reporting - FHS update - Part 4
- Live reporting - FHS update - Part 3
- Live reporting - FHS update - part 2
- Live reporting - FHS update - part 1
- Live reporting - School Committee 7/21/09