FDP Reminds People to Shop Local

The Franklin Downtown Partnership has published a Holiday Happenings and Gift Guide to remind residents to shop local! See the guide here. 

Light Up Downtown Franklin and Beyond!

The Franklin Downtown Partnership is inviting everyone to participate in “Light Up Downtown Franklin and Beyond” with lights and winter decorations in businesses from Nov. 20 to Jan. 31 from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thank you to our sponsors: Dean Bank and Fenton Financial Group!

Volunteers Needed for Downtown Holiday Decorating

Winter Decorating will take place on Nov. 20 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Volunteers are needed to help with the effort! Please email Eileen Mason to let her know you can help.

November General Meeting

Join us for the next general meeting of the FDP. It will be held on Thurs., Nov. 4 at 8:30 a.m. via Zoom. Email downtown.franklin@yahoo.com for the Zoom link.

Vote for Franklin in America's Main Street Contest

Franklin's town center is among 114 American Main Streets nominated in the "America's Main Streets Contest," a movement of independently owned businesses dedicated to educating communities about buying local. Learn more about the nomination in the Country Gazette article. You can vote multiple times. All votes must be cast by Nov. 7. Vote here. 

FDP Partners with The Ellie Fund

The Ellie Fund’s Do Good Franklin Goes Pink Campaign will run from Oct. 24 to Oct. 30, during National Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Local businesses can participate by decorating their storefronts pink, hosting events, donating a percentage of sales or collecting contributions in support of the Ellie Fund. Proceeds from the campaign will benefit Ellie Fund patients by providing these essential support services: nutritional & grocery assistance, transportation to appointments, housekeeping, childcare reimbursement, prepared & delivered meals, and integrative therapies. Learn more about the Do Good Campaign here.

To register your business to participate, please complete this form.

Attention Harvest Festival Vendors

 All Harvest Festival vendors should have received your set-up instructions and map last week.

If you have not received them, please email FDPEvent@gmail.com.

The FDP information booth will be located at Dean Bank on Saturday if you have any questions during Saturday's event set-up.

Harvest Festival Registration is Open

If you are a Franklin Downtown Partnership member and have paid your 2021 membership, you can receive a free booth space. Non-members of the FDP will pay $125, with the exception of food vendors. Non-member food vendors will incur a separate fee and need to contact the FDP office prior to registering. 

Booth spaces are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and we expect to sell out of booth spaces this year.

Businesses on Main Street need to contact the FDP office if they plan to participate so committee members can reserve their space. Remember: ALL businesses and restaurants need to register online in order to secure a space.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would like to volunteer to help with this event, please contact the FDP office.

SPONSORS NEEDED: If you would like to be a sponsor of the Harvest Festival, please contact the FDP office.

Scott Martin is the Harvest Festival Chair. Chris Peterson is the Harvest Festival Vendor Relations Coordinator. If you have questions, contact Chris at fdpevent@gmail.com.