Member Announcements: Welcome Interlink Commerce, Zinc Day Spa

New Members

Welcome Interlink Commerce, LLC to the Downtown Partnership! Interlink Commerce is located at 9 E. Central Street, next door to the FDP office. The company specializes in EDI, the Electronic Data Interchange of business documents, and helps companies automate and improve their IT processes. Learn more about Interlink Commerce by visiting their website, www.interlinkcommerce.com, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. 

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Zinc Day Spa has joined the Downtown Partnership! Zinc is located at 37 E. Central Street and offers full service treatments options at their nail bar and spa rooms. Zinc offers makeup for special occasions and uses natural products. Go to their website, www.zincspa.com, or follow them on Facebook.

October Stroll Sponsorships Available

Friendly Reminder: Deadline is this week so let us know if you plan to sponsor the exciting October Stroll so we can get you listed in the Press Releases and the Posters! This is going to be a Great Event! Don't miss out!

October Stroll Sponsorship

We are so excited for the upcoming October Stroll on Thursday, October 15th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Music, pumpkins, scarecrows and hot cider!  And dancing....and food....and characters from the "Addams Family"...and so much, much more!

We are looking for sponsors for this wonderful fall event.  Please see the attached levels and details. Bronze level sponsorship is only $300 and your booth gets to be on Sponsorship Row! Sponsorship levels start at $200 so please consider supporting this fun event.

The deadline to be included on posters and in all press releases is September 11th so let us know if you would like to be a sponsor!  See attached forms for all the details.

Click here for Sponsorship Opportunities

Click here to download and print a Sponsorship Registration Form

October Stroll Information, Registration Form

We are excited about another new event! Join us for the Franklin Downtown Partnership October Stroll on Thursday, October 15.

This autumn-themed stroll through our downtown will be much like our other successful events with musicians, activities for kids, seasonal crafts and treats, and a sidewalk sale. 

We are planning a pumpkin decorating contest at Dean Bank, dance demonstrations and appearances by costumed characters from a beloved TV show. 

FDP Members get a free booth, non-members pay only $75, and food vendors pay $150 for a booth. Registrations are due by September 25. See the registration form for additional information and deadlines. 

Click here to download and print an October Stroll Registration Form. 

Interested in sponsoring our event? Contact the FDP office for details. 

Questions? Contact the FDP office at downtown.franklin@yahoo.com or Communications Coordinator Terri Frank at terrifrank1@gmail.com.

Milford Daily News Covered FDP General Meeting

Town Administrator Jeff Nutting and reps from Walsh Construction and the Town of Franklin DPW updated the group on the streetscape improvement progress last Thursday.

The Milford Daily News joined us for our General Meeting last Thursday morning. We had a packed house and delivered a lot of good information. Here's the story:

Franklin Officials look to promote business

• By Mike Gleason/Daily News Staff

  Posted Sep. 7, 2015 at 12:01 AM 
  
  

  FRANKLIN - Business officials discussed ways to encourage Dean College

  students to buy locally at a Franklin Downtown Partnership meeting last 
  week.
  
  

  Partnership members, speaking at the organization's Thursday morning

  session, said they had been in touch with the college about creating a 
  formal program - to be called something along the lines of "Dean 
  Discounts" - to attract students. The college will resume classes on 
  Tuesday.
  
  

  "Our members can offer a discount to students," partnership Executive

  Director Lisa Piana said, noting that, while the original plan was a 
  blanket discount, it had been loosened somewhat. "(The business 
  owners) come up with the discount - 10 percent off, buy one get one 
  or something else."
  
  

  Piana said the plan would be to have a visual marker - possibly a paw

  print sticker - at the business to indicate that it participates in the 
  program.
  
  

  "We really want to make sure the students know about it at all the

  different places they see it," she said.
  
  

  A Dean College official present at the meeting noted that many students

  opt not to get in their cars to shop or get food, instead preferring to 
  frequent downtown establishments. This program, he said, would be a 
  good way to build off that.
  
  

  Brian Taberner, the town planning director, also noted that there is a

  project underway to "brand" the downtown area, and that some Dean 
  marketing students were taking part in it.
  
  

  "The idea is to develop a brand, logo and message (for downtown),"

  he said. "This brand and logo will relate directly to what downtown is."
  
  

  Some partnership members asked that efforts focus not only on

  downtown businesses, but also establishments elsewhere in town.
  
  

  Taberner noted that the process would be public, and there would

  be opportunities for community members to provide input.
  
  

  "I think I see a lot of great things in the near future," he said.

  Mike Gleason can be reached at 508-634-7546 or

  mgleason@wickedlocal.com. For news throughout the day, follow 
  him on Twitter @MGleason_MDN.
  
  
  

Networking Luncheon Dates Announced

The Networking Events committee has announced the days of upcoming Networking Luncheons. Mark your calendars for the third Friday of the month:

• Friday, September 18
• Friday, October 16
• Friday, November 20
• Friday, December 18

Luncheons are held at 1 p.m. at the Dean College Smith Dining Center. 

Contact Dave Drucker, ddrucker@dean.edu, or Gary Donelan, gary.donelan@middlesexbank.com, with questions. 

Buy Progressive Dinner Tickets Using Our Eventbrite Link

Our Inaugural Progressive Dinner happens Sunday, September 27. Join us to celebrate our vibrant downtown restaurants! 

The evening begins with the first dinner Flight starting at 5:30 p.m. Start at the first restaurant with an appetizer, then move on to the second restaurant for a soup course. At the third restaurant you will enjoy an entree, and finish the evening with dessert* and a performance at The Black Box. 

"The Rome Flight" includes Crab Rangoon at Hang Tai, Tofu with Vegetable Soup at Bamboo House, Chicken Parmesan with Penne at The Rome, and a Chocolate Whoopie Pie from Making Whoopie*.

"The Artistry Kitchen Flight" includes an Assorted Sushi and Appetizer Plate at Maguro House, Manchow Soup with Vegetables at Chinese Mirch, Butternut Squash Flatbread with Arugula at Artistry Kitchen, and a Sticky Toffee Cupcake from The Cake Bar*.

Follow the link below to our Eventbrite page to choose the Flight that appeals to you. More details about the event, start times, menu options and costs are available on the ticketing site. 

Franklin Downtown Partnership Progressive Dinner Ticketing

Questions? Please contact event organizers Jane Curran, janeframe@verizon.net, or Joel Carrara, jcarrara@printsmartoffice.com.

General Meeting Agenda for Thursday, September 3

Franklin Downtown Partnership General Meeting Agenda

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Dean College Campus Center @ 8:30 am

Golder Room

1. Open Meeting
2. Adoption of Agenda

3. Introductions
   
   

4. Streetscape Project & Town Update

- Jeff Nutting - Town Administrator

- Brutus Cantoreggi - DPW Director

- Anthony Tavalone - MA DOT

5. Update from Executive Director - Lisa Piana

- October Stroll - Thursday, October 15th

- Signage by-law presentation - November meeting

6. Progressive Dinner - Jane Curran, Joel Carrara

   - Sunday, September 27th

7. Networking Committee - Dave Drucker, Gary Donelan  

8. Economic Dev Committee - Lisa Piana, Bryan Taberner

- Bryan Taberner, Lisa Piana

- Dean College Discount Program

- Branding the Downtown and other ideas

9. MetroWest Tourism and Visitors Bureau

- Susan Nicholl, Michele Marotta

10. New Business

11. Adjourn  

Upcoming Events:

• Networking Luncheon - September 18
• Progressive Dinner - Sunday, September 27
• October Stroll - Thursday, October 15
• General Meeting - Thursday, November 5
• Winter Beautification - Sunday, November 22
• Holiday Stroll - Thursday, December 3

  

Downtown Streetscape Project Update #9

The latest information from the Town Administrator's office:

Dear FDP Members:

Please read the Town Streetscape Project Update below.  This information will be helpful to you and your customers and clients.  Please note that the FDP will have a more detailed overview on the project at our September 3 General Meeting.

September 1, 2015


DownTown Project Update #9

• Proposed work for the weeks of September 5 and September 12
• Mill transitions on side streets and continue to raise castings and prep for paving.
• Pave Main Street from School Street to Pleasant Street (from the Library to St. Mary's Church). 
• Install bollards and finish sidewalk at Dean College pedestrian crosswalk.
• Complete boxcut and binder coat at Emmons and West Central streets.
• Work on underground utilities for site lighting and signals at Emmons and West Central streets.
• Begin curb installation on West Central Street on approximately September 10.
• Begin landscaping and seeding on Lincoln and Main streets.

If anyone has a question please feel free to reach out to the DPW Director, Brutus Cantoreggi, or Town Engineer, Michael Maglio, at 508-553-5500, or Jeffrey Nutting, Town Administrator, at 508-520-4949.

Member Announcements: Summers Law Office, Susan Stivaletta

New Members

Welcome new member Summers Law Office to the Downtown Partnership! Summers Law, located at 9 E. Central St. (and across the hall from the FDP office), specializes in Bankruptcy law and brings 26 years of experience to the firm's cases. Learn more about Summers Law Office on their website, www.summerslaw.net. 

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Welcome Susan Stivaletta, new FDP member. Susan is a realtor with RE/MAX. Check out Susan's website, www.susanstivaletta.com, follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and several other social media channels. 

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The Franklin Downtown Partnership is made up of businesses, residents and community leaders who want to make positive changes and improvements to downtown Franklin. If you're not yet a member, please consider joining us!