Beautification, Harvest Festival Reminders

Beautification Day

Saturday, May 19

8:00 a.m. to Noon

Volunteers needed

Please consider coming out to help! If you have a truck available please contact Eileen Mason at emason11@verizon.net.

Harvest Festival -- Important Update

Space is limited.  This year we will be offering FDP members their free booth space prior to non-members. Registrations will be mailed out in mid June to 2012 FDP members.


If you have not paid your 2012 membership fee please make sure you send it in soon so you don't miss out on your FREE Harvest Festival booth. Registrations only will be sent to 2012 members. Click here for the 2012 membership registration form.

2012 Strawberry Stroll Handout

This is the listing of businesses participating in this year's Strawberry Stroll on Thursday, June 7. Please join us downtown!2012 Strawberry Stroll Handout

Master Plan Hearing this Saturday

FRANKLIN - Franklin’s Master Plan Committee will hold its second of two public hearings on Saturday morning to hear from residents about what they want for the future of Franklin. The hearing is scheduled for Saturday, May 19 at 10:00 in the conference room at Franklin Public Library.

“This hearing will afford Franklin residents another opportunity to provide input on the planning process, and get involved early in developing the Franklin’s Master Plan,” noted Committee Chairman and Town Councilor Jeffrey Roy. “We have been meeting for several months formulating a structure for our work, and we want to hear from the Franklin community about priorities and concerns. We have scheduled the two hearings to afford citizens a good opportunity to participate in the process.”

The committee held its first public hearing on Tuesday, May 9, 2012. You can read the Milford Daily News report on that meeting at http://tinyurl.com/7q5pxbc

In December 2011, following the election of a new Town Council, the Master Plan Committee was formed to develop documents, review research and data, and obtain public input to outline and compose a Master Plan for the community. In addition, the Committee will incorporate a strategic plan into this effort that will invite residents to visit the questions of who we are and what we want for our community.

“Attending a public hearing will provide Franklin’s residents and organizations a great opportunity to provide the Town’s Master Plan Committee with input as the Committee works toward development of a vision for the Town’s future,” said Bryan Taberner, the Director of Franklin’s Planning & Community Development Department. “The public process is an extremely important component of any comprehensive planning process, as the resulting goals and objectives will help to focus the decision making of Town officials well into the future.” 

By law, a Master Plan is a statement through text, maps, illustrations or other forms of communication that is designed to provide a basis for decision making regarding the long-term physical development of the municipality. In that context, the committee is looking at the following elements: Land Use, Housing, Economic Development, Circulation, Open Space and Recreation, Natural, Cultural and Historic Resources, Community Services, and Facilities. The Committee will establish recommendations for goals and policies in these areas and develop an implementation plan. The report is expected to be delivered to the Town Council by June 2013.

Beth Dahlstrom, Franklin’s Town Planner is hoping to learn how the residents of Franklin view the community in which they live. She is interested in learning about what the residents see as the most important aspects of the community and what can the Town can do to enhance areas within the community to make it a better place to live. “I then hope the Master Plan Committee will be able to then use the information obtained at the Public Hearing to help formulate goals and objectives for use in the Master Plan,” noted Dahlstrom..

The Master Plan Committee members are Jeffrey Roy, Chairman, Matt Kelly, Vice Chairman, Andy Bissanti, Secretary, Christi Apicella, Nathan Carlucci, John Carroll, David F. Dobrzynski, Jay Duncan, James Esterbrook , Gene Grella, Jeff Livingstone, Greg Rondeau, Timothy C. Twardowski, and Chris Vericker. 

The Committee has a website on the Franklin Town page athttp://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_BComm/Masterplan. It also has a presence on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/FranklinMasterPlan. In addition to the public hearings, residents can offer input online at either site.

Trucks Needed for Beautification Day

Dear FDP members:


Eileen Mason, our Beautification chair, is in need of 5 pick-up trucks this Saturday, May 19, in order to transport the flowers to the downtown for Beautification Day.


The trucks are needed at 7:30 a.m. at Fairmount Fruit Farm on Lincoln Street, Franklin.


Please e-mail Eileen at emason11@verizon.net if you have a truck and can help out.


Thank you!

Public Hearing Notice

Click here to read the entire press release from the Master Plan Committee.
Public Hearing Flyer

Strawberry Stroll & Reminders

Last call if you would like to be a sponsor or participant of the Strawberry Stroll on Thursday, June 7. Please email us with your sponsorship information and we will get you listed.


Strawberry Stroll Sponsorship
We have extended the deadline to Wednesday, May 9, for Strawberry Stroll Sponsorships. Please email the FDP office at Downtown.Franklin@yahoo.com if you would like to be a sponsor and be included in Sponsorship Row and listed in the press release, flyers and posters. 


Attention Downtown Merchants
If you are planning on participating please email our event chair Nicole Fortier at nfortier@deanbank.com so she can include your business on the flyer. Final deadline is Wednesday, May 9. 




Spring Reminders...


Beautification Day
Saturday, May 19, 9:00 a.m.
Sponsors Needed
Please consider being a sponsor so we can continue with our beautiful flowers. 
Flower invoices due this week!


Membership
Did you forget to send in your 2012 renewal?


Thank you to all of you who continue to support the FDP with your membership and sponsorships.


Please check our website and make sure your business link is in the column to the right of this page.


Harvest Festival 
Sunday, September 30
Information coming soon!
Mary Graff is the booth event chair and can be reached at mgraff@berryinsurance.com

Car Crashes into Emma's Quilt Cupboard

Franklin shop to reopen after car crashed into it
By Alison McCall/Daily News staff

Milford Daily News

Posted May 01, 2012 @ 02:27 AM

Last update May 01, 2012 @ 10:02 AM

FRANKLIN -- A downtown quilt store which was heavily damaged by a car early Sunday morning is expected to reopen today, the shop’s owner says.

“(The police) called me at 2:30 in the morning to let me know somebody had driven into the building,” said Cyndi Rich, owner of Emma’s Quilt Cupboard.

Police did not return phone calls yesterday.

According to the arrest log, a Waltham man was arrested Sunday after driving into 12 Main St. — the address of Emma’s Quilt Cupboard — at 2:27 a.m.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x515662772/Franklin-shop-recovering-after-car-crashed-into-it#ixzz1tdedw2eY