5 The year 2022 once again demonstrated that Franklin is one of America’s most desirable communities both for residents and businesses. Franklin stayed in the top 25 of Money Magazine’s Top 50 Best Places to live in the US, along with being in the top 15 of Livability’s Best Places to Live in the US and the Best Place to Live on their Southeast list. Developers, businesses, and citizens all agree that Franklin is the place to be. Franklin continues to work towards a connected community and made huge strides by completing over a mile segment of the SR-96W multi-use trail that now connects Downtown Franklin to Westhaven. Along with a new multi-use trail, an award-winning bridge over the Harpeth River into the Southeast Municipal Park was completed, creating access to the park, and accomplishing Phase 1 of the future 188-acre park. This year we also kicked off the 5-year update to our land use plan, Envision Franklin, the first update since the adoption in 2017. Our community is dedicated to intentional growth and continuing Franklin’s reputation as an exceptional place to live and do business. In order to do our due diligence, we’ll be reviewing the original document to see if what was true in 2017 is still true in 2022 and beyond. Look out for opportunities to be involved throughout 2023! For the first time since COVID-19, Franklin was able to host our German sister city, Bad Soden. We were so grateful to host 10 German delegates from October 2-9 so they could experience and learn more about our community. Activities included the Franklin Trolley tour, visits to several local attractions, and friendly exchanges of ideas. We value our sister cities and look forward to cultivating those relationships even more in the coming year. Franklin, Tennessee continues to be a thriving community and I’m proud of all the progress we have made in 2022 and will continue to make in the future. LETTER FROM THE MAYOR
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