Monday, January 11, 2021

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting - Jan 13, 2021 - Business Listening & Networking Session #5

Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting

Agenda & Meeting Packet

January 13, 2021

6:30 PM

Agenda:

1. Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) Sector Specific Relief Grant Program Update.
https://www.empoweringsmallbusiness.org/covid-19-response/sector-specific-relief-grant-program-massachusetts-businesses

2. Business Listening & Networking Session #5: Real Estate, Construction, & Housing.
The members of the EDC will host the third in a series of five Business Listening & Networking Sessions on sectors of the Town’s economy. Anyone is invited to attend and offer public comments.

Agenda doc with connection info:

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/2021-1-13_edc_listening_session_agenda_.pdf

Jan 13, 2021 - Business Listening & Networking Session #5

Nature Photography, Capturing the Beauty Surrounding Us - Jan 12

Event Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 11:00 AM

Join us for a slide show featuring the beautiful Nature, Bird and Animal photography of Renata Gilarova. Slide show will be followed a Q&A. Send us your favorite nature shots for a quick slideshow share at the end of the event.

Email Ariel for the link to join at adoggett@franklinma.gov.

along the main dam at DelCarte (my photo)

FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016

From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:

Gymnastics = North Attleboro, 131.95 @ Franklin, 138.60 – Final

– Junior Emma White impressed on Sunday afternoon, taking the top spot for the Panthers in every event and won the All Around. White had Franklin’s top scores in the vault (9.6), the bars (8.7), the beam (9.4) and the floor (9.2). It marked Franklin’s first win over North since rebooting the gymnastics program in 2016.

Top 3 Scores (Franklin only):

Vault: Emma White (F) – 9.6 | Kate Rudolph (F) – 9.2 | Caroline Woelfel (F) 9.0 ||

Bars: E. White (F) – 8.7 | Elizabeth Schirduan (F) – 8.3 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.2 ||

Beam: E. White (F) – 9.4 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.6 | E. Schirduan (F) – 8.6 ||

Floor: E. White (F) – 9.2 | K. Rudolph (F) – 8.6 | C. Woelfel (F) – 8.5

For other results around the Hockomock League

https://hockomocksports.com/sundays-schedule-scoreboard-01-10-21/

FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016

FHS Gymnastics: Meet Caroline Woelfel and Kate Rudolph

FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) tweeted

Meet Caroline!
@FHSSports

@FranklinHS

@FranklinMatters

@R_Lanigan

@BostonHeraldHS

@MetroWestSports

@HockomockSports

@CarolineWoelfel https://t.co/CFqU3qwRqZ

Meet Kate!
@FHSSports

@FranklinHS

@FranklinMatters

@R_Lanigan

@BostonHeraldHS

@MetroWestSports

@HockomockSports

@katerudolph17_
https://t.co/MnAsFHzdOW.

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1348086046517551104

and Twitter: https://twitter.com/fhs_gymnastics/status/1348086305129967618

Meet Caroline! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @CarolineWoelfel pic.twitter.com/CFqU3qwRqZ
— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021

Meet Kate! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @katerudolph17_ pic.twitter.com/MnAsFHzdOW
— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021

FHS A World of Difference explains implicit bias (video)

FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) tweeted on Sat, Jan 09, 2021:

What is implicit bias? What is an example? Check out this short video by World Of Difference members Angelina and Jake, explaining implicit bias in just 20 seconds! https://t.co/NYtIjIiVpF

Shared from Twitter: https://twitter.com/Franklin_AWOD/status/1348009048143241219

What is implicit bias? What is an example? Check out this short video by World Of Difference members Angelina and Jake, explaining implicit bias in just 20 seconds! pic.twitter.com/NYtIjIiVpF
— FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) January 9, 2021

Session #1 - 50+ Jobseeker - elf-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism

Session #1: Self-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism

3 dates! Attend any one or all three.

Tuesday, January 12^th 10:00 am – 12 pm

Friday, January 15^th 1:00 pm – 3 pm

Monday, January 18^th 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Virtual Doors open 15 minutes before the start time

Facilitators: Melody Beach and Ed Lawrence

If you are already registered with the 50+ program, you have already received an email inviting you to join the sessions. (Same link works for all three sessions)

Not yet in the program? Pre-Registration is required:

https://50plusjobseekers.org/outreach/registration/

For additional information, please contact: Susan Drevitch Kelly, Founder/Program Director at susan@sdkelly.com or 781-378-0520.

Session #1 - 50+ Jobseeker - elf-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism

Franklin Art Association: Demo Meeting - Tuesday, Jan 12 at 6:30 PM

Dear FAA Member,

"Dear folks,

In light of the horror of the seditious actions taking place today in Washington DC, this evening's FAA Zoom Demo is being postponed.

It will take place next Tuesday, Jan 12th at 6:30pm, when this chaos has been brought under control."

The 1/12/21 Demo Artist will be our very own Peg Munson, who is going to demo "Paint Pouring". Peg describes her Paint Pouring or Poured Fluid Art: "Paint pouring involves combining various additives with acrylic paints, and using different techniques and tools the prepared paints are combined and poured onto a surface. The surface can then be tilted, spun, swiped and manipulated to achieve an endless variety of results.

By using some basic knowledge of color theory (color wheel) and learning what additives and techniques will give the desired results almost anyone can create a successful painting. It will require some practice and probably some 'failed' paintings along the way, but it is a lot of FUN."

Peg's background: I have always been interested in art and have done watercolors, stained glass, pastels, alcohol inks and most recently paint pouring with acrylic paints. My interest in photography has been ongoing and is a great pairing with the other art mediums. I am mostly self-taught, but I took weekly pastel classes with Joanne Willoughby for two years and attended several pastel workshops.

I have had several solo shows of my pastel paintings and have participated in several juried art shows in person and online. As a member of the Franklin and Foxboro Art Associations I participated in many art shows and been pleased to win some ribbons. I recently started a Facebook art page "Margaret L. Munson Art".

In pastel my focus has been landscapes, and since discovering alcohol inks and acrylic paint pouring, I have really enjoyed the abstract art form. I have discovered that paint pouring is a lot of fun and somewhat addictive!