May 22, 2013 The Tennessean By Kevin Walters FRANKLIN – Roads in the city’s three highest-profile areas — Cool Springs, Goose Creek and downtown — will get renewed focus in the years ahead as Franklin adds new infrastructure to keep pace with its growth. Using a replica of a schoolteacher’s desk complete with an apple… Read more »
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Americana Music Triangle links TN, 4 other states to lure tourists
Americana Music Triangle marks the spots of roots music May 7, 2013 The Tennessean By Kevin Walters FRANKLIN — The music that changed the world started as the music of slaves, plowboys and outlaws in five states along the Mississippi River. Today, that roots music carries a host of names, such as Americana, which Grammy-winning songwriter Rodney… Read more »
Metro Nashville leads the nation in job growth
May 1, 2013 Nashville Business Journal By E.J. Boyer The Nashville metro area is leading the nation in job growth, according to a revised report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics highlighted by theNashville Area Chamber of Commerce. According to the report, Nashville’s total job numbers increased 3.9 percent in 2012 over 2011, the… Read more »
New office mid-rise coming to Cool Springs area
March 26, 2013 Nashville Business Journal By Nevin Batiwalla A new 32,000-square-foot Class A office building is coming to the Cool Springs area of Franklin at the west corner of Liberty Pike and Edward Curd Lane. Site work on the two-story project should begin within 30 to 45 days, said David Rosenblum, vice president of Alliant Commercial… Read more »
National builder plans project on Brentwood’s eastern edge
NVR homes off Concord will sell for $410,000 and up March 14, 2013 Nashville Post A division of national home builder NVR says it plans to build two dozen homes north of Concord Road near the eastern boundary of Brentwood. Officials at Ryan Homes say the houses at Hidden Creek will feature up to five… Read more »
Why real estate agents expect big things from Del Webb’s Williamson Co. project
February 25, 2013 The Nashville Business Journal By Nevin Batiwalla Williamson County’s aging population and retirees looking to move to Middle Tennessee need somewhere to live. Del Webb, a retirement-community developer and subsidiary of home-builder Pulte Group Inc., hopes to provide that place. The developer is in the process of buying a large tract of farm… Read more »
Williamson County Again Has State’s Best Jobless Numbers
January 28, 2013 WMOT Middle Tennessee Public Radio By Mike Osborne MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) — The Tennessee Department of Labor has released the county level unemployment numbers for December and Williamson County is once again reporting the state’s lowest jobless rate. Williamson County’s unemployment rate in December stood at five percent, well below the state average… Read more »
Cool Springs owns regional office market – Dominance expected to last for years
January 23, 2013 The Tennessean By Josh Adams BRENTWOOD — The market for high-quality office space in the Nashville area has been absolutely dominated by suburban Williamson County in recent years and, according to one projection, that trend could continue for the next decade. A 200-page study paid for by Metro government and released earlier this month… Read more »
100 Best Companies to Work For – Mars Incorporated: A pretty sweet place to work
January 17, 2013 Fortune By David A. Kaplan, contributor Research associate: Marilyn Adamo From free candy to pet-friendly perks, working at America’s third-largest private company is a toothsome gig. An exclusive look at the secretive empire of Mars Incorporated. FORTUNE — Sshh! Don’t look suspicious. Keep your head down. We’re on our way to a… Read more »
Factory’s roots draws Americana Music Association, Sugar Hill Records to Franklin
January 14, 2013 The Tennessean By Kevin Walters FRANKLIN — Two Nashville mainstays of Americana and country music — the Americana Music Association and Sugar Hill Records — are staking out newly renovated office space inside The Factory at Franklin. The relocation of the Americana Music Association and Sugar Hill, coupled with construction of two, new… Read more »