January 31, 2012 Developers, Franklin officials discuss upscale retail project FRANKLIN – After hitting the recession’s brick wall, new development finally has shifted into a higher gear around the Nissan Americas headquarters and could pick up the pace soon. That’s important because the deal that state and local economic development officials used to lure Nissan from… Read more »
Middle Tennessee communities dominated a statewide drop in the December unemployment numbers, with five area counties ranking among the top ten localities with the lowest rates, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development . Unemployment in Davidson County dropped to 6.9 percent from 7.3 percent in November, while Williamson County registered the… Read more »
January 20, 2012 New gateway to interstate expected to flourish soon FRANKLIN — This could be the year McEwen Drive finally becomes the boon for drivers that Franklin officials envisioned. It also could be the year that commercial real estate dreams start to be realized. Five years after the more than $35 million McEwen Drive/Interstate 65… Read more »
January 5, 2012 Facility to be called Spark, focus on evening and weekend classes Lipscomb University officials announced Thursday the university will launch its first satellite campus in early 2012, as it opens Spark in the Cool Springs area of Williamson County. University officials recently finalized a lease on a nearly 5,000-square-foot facility located at… Read more »