🐝 Sand in My Boots

Happy Monday Franklin.

It’s National Small Business Week. Did you know there are over 620,000 small businesses in Tennessee?

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Highlights
🐝 Titans Draft Class
🐝 Jimmy Gentry Statue
🐝 Morgan Wallen Concert
 

Let’s get to it.

- Beau Burns

BUZZWORTHY NEWS

The Tennessee Titans made 7 picks in the NFL Draft that concluded this weekend. The picks include: JC Latham, OT (round 1), T’Vondre Sweat, DT (round 2), Cedric Gray, LB (round 4), Jarvis Brownlee Jr., CB (Round 5), Jha’Quan Jackson, WR (Round 6), James Williams, S (Round 7), and Jaylen Harrell, DE (Round 7). 5 of the 7 picks were spent on defensive players. First-year head coach Brian Callahan will lead the Titans this year as they look to bounce back from back-to-back losing seasons.

Jimmy Gentry and the “Lost Heroes” Memorial Statue was unveiled in Downtown Franklin this morning. The “Lost Heroes” Memorial honors the 3,500 Williamson County men who deployed from Franklin’s Five Points to combat in World War II, of which 600 were killed in action. Jimmy Gentry’s unit found and liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945. He made it home from the war, but his brother David did not. Gentry went on to become a legendary teacher, coach, and the patriarch of local treasure Gentry’s Farm.

The City of Franklin is set to install 34 automated license plate readers that were unanimously approved during the April 23rd Board of Mayor and Alderman (BOMA) Meeting. The Motorola Vigilant LF cameras will be installed on state Routes 96, 31, 431, and 248 as well as the intersection of I-65 and Galleria Boulevard. The cameras can automatically read license plates and notify law enforcement if a plate number is listed as being wanted by police. The City of Franklin previously had 7 mobile readers that got 140 hits on stolen vehicles or wanted individuals. The cameras come with a $233K price tag and are funded by a state Violent Crime Intervention Fund grant. The City of Brentwood purchased 20 of these cameras in 2023 through the same grant.

WEEKLY EVENTS

Monday, April 29
Franklin Fire Department Community Mtg
Meet Fire Chief, Q&A Session, and Station Tour
6pm, Franklin Fire Station 4 (2039 Fieldstone Pkwy).

Oddity Improv
7:30 - 9pm, The Factory

The Postal Service & Death Cab For Cutie 
7:30pm, Bridgestone Arena

Tuesday, April 30
Breakfast with the Mayors
Williamson County Mayor Summit
7 - 9am, Rolling Hills Community Church

True Crime Book Club
6 - 7pm, Franklin Library

Nashville Sounds Baseball vs. Norfolk
6:35pm, First Horizon Park

An Evening of Hope w/ Walker Hayes
Music and Storytelling
7:30pm, The Franklin Theatre
9pm Meet and Greet

Trivia Tuesday
7pm, The Skylight Bar (The Factory)

Wednesday, May 1
Babies and Books Story Time
10 - 10:25am, Franklin Library

Nashville Sounds Baseball vs. Norfolk
6:35pm, First Horizon Park

The Grand Budapest Hotel
7pm, The Franklin Theatre

Franklin Laughs Live
8 -10pm, The Pond (595 Hillsboro Road)

Thursday, May 2
Morgan Wallen Concert
5:30pm, Nissan Stadium
Also on Friday and Saturday

Music in the Park
6 - 8pm, McEwen Northside

Nashville Sounds Baseball vs. Norfolk
6:35pm, First Horizon Park

Trivia Night
7 - 9pm, Paddle Dog (Westhaven)

LIVE MUSIC

WHAT ELSE IS BUZZING

Nashville Shores - the largest waterpark in the city - will open each weekend beginning Saturday, May 11th.

The Predators lost to Vancouver last night in devastating fashion, giving up 2 goals in the final 3 minutes (and the game-tying goal in the final eight seconds).

The Tennessee General Assembly concluded their session with tax cuts for businesses and no vouchers.

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