General Meeting Feb. 4, 2021

The first FDP general meeting of 2021 is scheduled for Thurs., Feb. 4, 2021. Please mark your calendars.

$284 Billion Small Business Relief Bill

The U.S. Congress has approved a $900 billion bill that includes an extension of last spring’s Paycheck Protection Program, allowing another $284 billion or so in forgivable, federally backed loans for ailing small businesses. Read the details here.

Buy Local - Support Franklin Businesses

Check out our Franklin Holiday Happenings and Gift Guide newsletter!

Keep It Local - Support Franklin Businesses

All Dressed Up for the Holidays

Franklin Downtown Partnership extends a big thank you to Eileen Mason, volunteers and the DPW for decking out our downtown for the holidays!

Look for Keep It Local Signs

As part of its Keep It Local - Support Franklin Businesses campaign, the Franklin Downtown Partnership is distributing these signs to local businesses. Please look for these signs on businesses doors or windows and support our local establishments!

Light Up Downtown Franklin and Beyond

FDP General Meeting Nov. 5

Join us for the FDP General Meeting on Thurs., Nov. 5 at 8:30 a.m. on Zoom. Join the Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89563299189?pwd=Mk5aMnhiSkg0dkpIZTh3RW4yOVFrUT09 Meeting ID: 895 6329 9189 Passcode: 184179

Attention Business Members We hope you join us Thursday when we will be discussing opportunities to partner with other business owners and share new ideas on how to attract customers during these challenging times.

Franklin Kindness Rocks Garden Finds New Life

 Franklin Downtown Partnership, Berry Insurance and other local volunteers are spreading kindness and positivity by breathing new life into the Kindness Rocks Garden located in the green space next to Rockland Trust in downtown Franklin. 

Originally installed in the summer of 2018, the Kindness Rocks Garden was a huge hit with people who took rocks painted with inspirational messages and pictures. Now, a new push is on to create more painted rocks to place at the Kindness Rocks Garden. 

“We’re excited to continue the new tradition of a Kindness Rocks garden in downtown Franklin. Together we can help spread more kindness one rock at a time.” said Kaitlyn Pintarich of Berry Insurance.

The project is an extension of a popular national initiative called The Kindness Rocks Project that has a mission of promoting random acts of kindness to unsuspecting recipients by painting and dropping inspirational rocks.

Franklin Downtown Partnership Executive Director Lisa Piana is pleased that the Kindness Rocks Garden will offer just one more reason to visit the downtown area. “We hope that the Kindness Rocks Garden reminds people that our residents care and support others, especially during these challenging times.”

Visitors are encouraged to visit the Kindness Rocks Garden next to Rockland Trust, 58 Main St., Franklin, and take a rock. They are also invited to leave a rock as an inspiration to someone else.