🐝 Happy New Year

Good Morning Franklin and Happy New Year!

This is the first edition of the newsletter in 2025. To the 10,000+ of you who joined last year, thank you for being a part of this community.

I’m excited for 2025 and I hope you are too.

Is anyone else ready for it to warm up?! Here are some low-temperature tips from the Franklin Fire Dept.

Highlights
🐝 New Home Community in Franklin
🐝 Yale A Capella Group Coming to Town
🐝 Franklin Lands Big Time Play

Let’s get to it.

- Beau

BUZZWORTHY NEWS 

New Community Coming to Franklin
Toll Brothers, Inc., the nation's leading luxury home builder, announced yesterday that Franklin Ridge is coming soon to Franklin. Construction of the model home and sales center will begin this summer, with sales expected to commence later in the year.

Conveniently located near the McEwen I-65 interchange, Franklin Ridge will feature 34 spacious single-family home sites with breathtaking views of Ropers Knob. The new Toll Brothers luxury homes in Franklin Ridge will feature 4 to 5 bedrooms and offer up to 4,350 square feet of living space. Homes are anticipated to be priced from $1.5 million. Prospective homeowners will select from three stunning home designs, each offered with three distinct exterior designs.

Toll Brothers’ portfolio of new home communities in the greater Nashville area includes Toll Brothers at The Nations in Nashville, Tomlinson Pointe in Mt. Juliet, and upcoming communities Meadowlark in Murfreesboro, which is set to open in early 2025, and Toll Brothers at August Park in Spring Hill, scheduled for a spring 2025 opening.

For more information on Franklin Ridge and other Toll Brothers communities in the Nashville area, prospective home buyers can call (855) 949-8655 or visit TollBrothers.com/TN


Pitch Perfect - Yale A Cappella Group
This Thursday night, Yale University's award-winning contemporary a cappella group, Out of the Blue is coming to The Franklin Theatre! Out of the Blue (OOTB, pronounced OOT-bah) is known for its tight vocals and electric performance style. Founded in 1986, OOTB has evolved into Yale's most dynamic vocal group, entertaining audiences near and far with an eclectic repertoire of contemporary genres. OOTB has performed in diverse venues from the United States Embassy in Singapore to Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The group has opened for major recording artists and performed for Nobel Laureates and Supreme Court Justices. In addition to performances, OOTB leads master classes for students all over the world, many of which have inspired kids to start their own school a cappella groups. Each year, OOTB embarks on tours to share our music with audiences across the world. Past tour destinations have included London, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Singapore, Geneva, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Colombia, and cities all over the United States. You can get tickets here.


Williamson Health delivers First Baby of the New Year 
On January 1st at 9:23am, Williamson Health welcomed its first baby of 2025, Louis Michael, born to parents Madi and Brandon, who live in Franklin. He was born weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 20 inches long.

In celebration of his arrival as the first baby of 2025, Williamson Health presented the family with a special gift basket provided by the Williamson Health Foundation and filled with goodies from the hospital gift shop. Baby Louis is part of the world’s new “Generation Beta,” or babies born in 2025 through 2039.

EVENT SPOTLIGHT 

Local theatre-makers Franklin Theatrical Fellowship (“FTF”) have secured the rights to Tony-winner Good Night, Oscar - the 2023 smash hit play by Doug Wright. FTF is proud to be the first company in the nation to produce Goodnight, Oscar post-Broadway. “This play is not only a major award winner in New York, it’s also a crowd-pleaser for all kinds of audiences,” says FTF Co-Founder & Artistic Director Melanie Sutton. “We feel it’s a huge win and an honor for the growing Nashville theatre scene to have this caliber of title premiere in our city first, outside of New York and Chicago.”

The limited-run production will include 5 performances from January 16-19, 2025 at the beautiful new FSD Performing Arts Center near downtown Franklin. Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, Good Night, Oscar is based on true events in the life of brilliant but troubled pianist turned comic actor Oscar Levant. This riveting play combines both humor and heartbreak, while exploring the fine line between genius and insanity. It has been heralded as “hilarious” and “a tour-de-force” and “must- see theatre” by critics since its opening.

FTF’s inaugural production of Twelve Angry Jurors last summer was met with high praise from audiences and critics alike. The new company has a unique emphasis on the building and betterment of community through the performing arts. Their mission statement is “bringing human beings together through the shared experience of live theatre.” Free talk-backs after each show, a free hospitality item, and more are a part of every unique theatre-going experience at FTF. Tickets for Good Night, Oscar are on sale now at www.ftfshows.org

EVENTS

Tuesday, January 7th
Trivia Tuesday
7pm at The Factory

Wednesday, January 8th
Babies & Books Story Time
10am & 10:45am, The Franklin Public Library

Pop-Up Adult Consignment
10am - 8pm, The Factory

Thursday, January 9th
Teen Retro Movie Night (Mighty Ducks)
4 - 6pm, The Franklin Library

Yale Out of the Blue: Contemporary A Cappella
7 - 9pm, Paddle Dog (Westhaven)

Friday, January 10th
La La Land Movie
7pm and 10pm, The Franklin Theatre

Peter Pan Play
7:30pm, Tennessee Performing Arts Center

Saturday, January 11th
Franklin Farmer’s Market
9am - 12pm, The Factory

Marshmallow Hikes
9:30am, 11am, & 1pm, Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary

Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators
7pm, Bridgestone Arena

Sunday, January 12th
Live Jazz Music
5pm - 8pm, Amendment XVIII Cocktail Club (speakeasy)

LIVE MUSIC

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FRANKLIN TRIVIA

What year was the Battle of Franklin fought? (One of the most significant battles in the Civil War).

A. 1861
B. 1863
C. 1864
D. 1865

*Answer at the bottom

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Make it a great week!

Trivia answer: C, 1864


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