6 MACK HATCHER EXTENSION Mack C. Hatcher Memorial Parkway Northwest Extension is a new alignment that continues the existing parkway 3.1 miles from east of Hillsboro Road to south of SR 96. It’s part of a larger effort to create a complete loop around the City. The extension improves access and connectivity to the existing transportation network and increases capacity for current and future traffic volumes. Access points are also located at Del Rio Pike and Old Charlotte Pike. The project includes curb, gutter, traffic signals, and a multi-use path. FIRE STATION 7 Fire Station 7 replaced the temporary Franklin Fire Station 7, which was established in 2014 as an emergency measure, after a fatal gasoline tanker explosion destroyed the Goose Creek Bypass-Peytonsville Road bridge and critical access to the east side of I-65. The temporary station consisted of a mobile home for firefighter quarters and a metal pole barn for the apparatus on the grounds of the Williamson County Ag Expo Center. Station 7 is the first Franklin fire station to include an ambulance wing, which was funded by Williamson County and staffed by Williamson Medical Center EMS personnel. UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS SOLDIER A momentous occasion in Franklin’s history took place during the unveiling and dedication of the United States Colored Troops Soldier. The Fuller Story initiative began in August of 2017 after a white nationalist protest rally in Charlottesville, VA erupted into violence over the removal of a Robert E. Lee monument. Rev. Hewitt Sawyers, Rev. Chris Williamson, Rev. Kevin Riggs, and Historian Eric Jacobson decided to work together along with our city’s mayor and administrators to provide proactive solutions surrounding the controversy of confederate monuments. A plan arose that focused on education and representation. In 2019, five historic markers were installed around the city square, telling the stories of enslaved Africans and African Americans before, during, and after the Civil War. The final aspect of the plan involved installing a statue of a USCT soldier in a place of prominence and equal nobility on the city’s square. 2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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