February 24, 2012 Nashville Post Published by Philip Nannie Affinion adding key support staff to existing 500-employee base If there was a local academy award for “Most Job Announcements” made in a given year, Williamson County would get the nod, few questions asked. Just ask Matt Largen, the county’s director for economic development, who confirmed… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: February 2012
Nissan plans to add 1,000 jobs at Middle Tennessee plant
February 21, 2012 The Tennessean G. Chambers Williams III SMYRNA — Nissan’s first $40,000-plus luxury Infiniti JX crossover rolled off the assembly line here at midday Monday, but that’s just the start of a giant boost from the Asian carmaker’s plant over the next year. Total employment at the Smyrna plant could be pushing 6,000 workers — nearly… Read more »
Mars Petcare headquarters could spur development in Thompson’s Station
February 17, 2012 Nashville Business Journal by Annie Johnson Thompson’s Station City Hall is closed on Fridays. But that could soon change. The sleepy town nestled between the sprawl of Spring Hill and the hectic hum of Cool Springs is positioned for a massive wave of development when Franklin-based Mars Petcare begins construction this summer on… Read more »
City staff wants faster commercial project review Residential plan review may also be coming to Franklin
February 15, 2012 Williamson Herald By Brent Andrews, Staff Writer Big changes are afoot in Franklin’s Building and Neighborhood Services Department where staffers want to bring in consultants to streamline commercial reviews and for the first time ever, begin individual reviews of residential home plans. City Administrator Eric Stuckey told Franklin’s Board of Mayor… Read more »
Mars Petcare tax break plan receives OK from county
February 14, 2012 The Tennessean Kevin Walters Incentives include $2.2 million discount on property taxes FRANKLIN — Pet food giant Mars Petcare will fetch a $2.2 million property tax break from Williamson County over the next decade in exchange for building its first U.S. regional innovation center and new corporate headquarters in Thompson’s Station. Commission… Read more »
Franklin policeman designs app
February 8, 2012 The Tennessean Sandi Van Orden City is first police department in state to have mobile device link FRANKLIN — Franklin Police Department has a free app for the public that was designed by one of its traffic officers. The app, available through the Android market, is the first police department app in the… Read more »
Picking up where we left off
February 10, 2012 Nashville Ledger by Bill Lewis Middle Tennessee poised for new construction in rejuvenated office, residential, retail markets Cranes, which lately have been an endangered species, are returning to Cool Springs. Not the kind that fly, but the kind that dot the skyline over construction sites and have made the Interstate 65 corridor… Read more »