Franklin passes plan to help guide growth
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Franklin’s proposed Principles of Growth flew past town aldermen Monday night in a mere 15 minutes, earning unanimous approval and setting a new policy for directing future growth.
Divided Franklin board OKs Super Wal-Mart
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
With the announcement of plans to bring a new Wal-Mart Supercenter to Franklin, some say town aldermen have given away their only real bargaining chip that would aid negotiations to make the Big Box store more visually appealing — water and sewer rights.
Artists at work: Franklin downtown blooms with Art Quarter Gallery and Studios
By Michael Beadle
Like artists inspired by the drama of their own lives, some art studios have their own back story.
Franklin VA clinic to open in April 2007
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
A new outpatient clinic designed to serve 3,200 area veterans will open in Franklin in spring 2007, Department of Veterans Affairs officials said Thursday, Aug. 24.
Alcohol vote reveals changing attitudes, new demographics
Ho-hum.
Franklin voters approved the sale of mixed drinks and beer in a vote held last week. Few were surprised the measure passed. In truth, few seem to care too much.
Franklin OK’s alcohol sales
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
The Franklin Board of Elections went to work Tuesday morning (Aug. 1) to certify results of a referendum in which voters passed beer and liquor sales, opening the door for local businesses to begin submitting permit applications to the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Franklin’s new urban neighborhood plan complete
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Preliminary master plans and architectural designs for Franklin’s new mixed-use, smart growth style development were presented last Thursday night (July 17). It was the first chance local residents and government officials had to see what the future looks like for the 23-acre housing complex to be located just outside downtown.
Franklin residents to help design new neighborhood
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Macon County residents have the opportunity to help design the first New Urbanist traditional neighborhood in Western North Carolina — a neighborhood that will rely on mixed use and smart growth development practices to create a 22-acre housing complex just outside downtown Franklin.
Franklin hires Main Street coordinator
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
A month into her new job as Franklin’s Main Street Program Coordinator, Nancy Deeks is just starting to get things organized.
She helped out with the town’s annual Taste of Scotland Festival, held this past weekend. And now, with town aldermen having recently appointed the last remaining board members to which Deeks will answer, Deeks is sorting through the bylaws of eight other Main Street organizations trying to come up with something specifically tailored to Franklin’s needs.
A Taste of Scotland
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Western North Carolina boasts more people of Scottish descent than Scotland itself — and for that Franklin hosts its annual Taste of Scotland this weekend, June 16 and 17.
