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                    [post_content] => The Franklin, MA Historical Museum officially opened last Friday at its new location at 80 West Central Street in Downtown Franklin.  The former site of the Senior Center, the previously neglected but now beautifully refurbished antique building provides another boost to on-going efforts to revitalize Franklin’s Downtown area.



An impressive new Museum

It's fantastic that a town with about 31,000 residents out in the suburban I-495 loop like Franklin, MA can have such a nice facility devoted to showcasing the community's past.



Friday evening’s opening ceremonies provided town residents with a special first look at the sparkling new interior and all the historical artifacts and memorabilia from Franklin’s past now displayed there.

Here’s a video of the evening’s events with an overview of just some of what you’ll find at the Museum:



Hours of operation

The Museum is free to the public and open throughout the year on the following schedule:

Thursdays, 5PM to 8PM   (closed on days schools close due to snow)
Saturdays, 10AM to 1PM
Sundays, 1PM to 4PM

Another enhancement to Downtown Franklin, Massachusetts

The new Downtown location for the Historical Museum is just one of many recent upgrades to the Downtown area.

Franklin’s Downtown has recently benefited from the major new construction projects, including a new $9.3 million fire station headquarters and $30 million mixed-use Franklin Center Commons.

The area also received streetscape facelifts funded by separate $5 million Federal and $1 million State grants.

The Franklin Downtown Partnership strives hard to help support downtown business and keep the Downtown area on the upswing.

Interesting exhibits

The Museum’s interior is brand new, with finish work contributed by the students at the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin, MA.  All the display cases and bookshelves were built by Vo Tech students.



Displays include Native American arrowheads and stone implements discovered at archeological sites in Franklin, antique tools from Franklin’s rich industrial-age past and an extensive collection of Civil War artifacts.  There are also many photos and documents detailing everyday life in the Town of Franklin from the 1920s through the 1950s.

The Historical Museum in Franklin, Massachusetts is well worth a visit!

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                    [post_content] => The MBTA commuter rail service on the Franklin line got a major upgrade last week with the opening of the Dolce Express coffee shop at the Downtown Franklin station. 



High quality food and drink

This is not the typical muffin-and-danish-wrapped-in-plastic place you may be used to. 



Dolce Express offers weary commuters many of the gourmet coffees, teas, foods and baked treats that have been pleasing palates at the Café Dolce on East Central Street in the heart of downtown Franklin, MA.

An upgrade from old Choo Choo Stop

The new coffee shop replaces the old Choo Choo Stop which closed last November.   With fresh paint and new décor, Dolce Express makes the former establishment seem a bit shabby.



More than just a coffee shop

The new eatery offers an impressive menu ranging from on-the-run snacks to sit-down meals.



It makes an interesting, active spot for breakfast or lunch for anyone working in the downtown area. 

Dolce Express is a wonderful addition not only to the commuter rail station, but to the general downtown area of Franklin - it will bring more life to Depot Street and is certainly not just for commuters!

Click to learn more about Franklin, MA.

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                    [post_content] => Franklin, MA will benefit from $1 million in new state funding for economic development and transportation infrastructure improvements.  The funds will be targeted to certain streets and the muncipal parking lot in the downtown area.



The money will be used to pay for upgrades to the sidewalks, streets and public parking in the Franklin downtown area bounded by Depot Street to Ray Street, Dean Ave and Main Street.  The municipal parking lot on Depot Street will also get a facelift. 

The blue shaded area on the map below shows the downtown area that will benefit from the $1 million in improvements.


View Franklin MA Downtown Improvements in a larger map

The work will take up to 2 years to complete.  This project is separate from the $5 million federally-funded work to the downtown’s Route 140 streetscape.

As announced earlier this week by State Representative Jim Vallee, the funds will come from a program administered by the state’s Executive Office of Transportation and come from the state’s Public Works Economic Development program (PWED).

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                    [post_content] => Despite suffering from many of the adverse economic influences that have plagued "Main Street" America over the last 3 decades, the downtown area of Franklin, MA has a number of special strengths that are contributing not only to its survival but also to its early 21st Century renaissance.



Dean Collegebrings approximately 1000 students to the downtown area during every the academic year.   Dean students, faculty and staff bring important spending to downtown Franklin, supporting the various restaurants, pubs and eateries that thrive downtown. 

The downtown commuter rail station in Franklin, MA also generates daily pedestrian traffic for  Franklin's town center.  

The presence of the downtown commuter rail station figured significantly in the decision of a private developer to commit millions of dollars to the Franklin Center Commons, a mixed use condominium/retail project well under way in the center of Franklin.

The latter half of the first decade of the 2000s saw millions of dollars of public investment being made in downtown Franklin, MA aimed at sparking a downtown renewal.

Franklin's downtown  is also materially helped by the Franklin Downtown Partnership, an advocacy and support organization which works to support the downtown.

Click here to see what Family Circle Magazine has to say about Franklin, MA.

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An impressive new Museum

It's fantastic that a town with about 31,000 residents out in the suburban I-495 loop like Franklin, MA can have such a nice facility devoted to showcasing the community's past.



Friday evening’s opening ceremonies provided town residents with a special first look at the sparkling new interior and all the historical artifacts and memorabilia from Franklin’s past now displayed there.

Here’s a video of the evening’s events with an overview of just some of what you’ll find at the Museum:



Hours of operation

The Museum is free to the public and open throughout the year on the following schedule:

Thursdays, 5PM to 8PM   (closed on days schools close due to snow)
Saturdays, 10AM to 1PM
Sundays, 1PM to 4PM

Another enhancement to Downtown Franklin, Massachusetts

The new Downtown location for the Historical Museum is just one of many recent upgrades to the Downtown area.

Franklin’s Downtown has recently benefited from the major new construction projects, including a new $9.3 million fire station headquarters and $30 million mixed-use Franklin Center Commons.

The area also received streetscape facelifts funded by separate $5 million Federal and $1 million State grants.

The Franklin Downtown Partnership strives hard to help support downtown business and keep the Downtown area on the upswing.

Interesting exhibits

The Museum’s interior is brand new, with finish work contributed by the students at the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School in Franklin, MA.  All the display cases and bookshelves were built by Vo Tech students.



Displays include Native American arrowheads and stone implements discovered at archeological sites in Franklin, antique tools from Franklin’s rich industrial-age past and an extensive collection of Civil War artifacts.  There are also many photos and documents detailing everyday life in the Town of Franklin from the 1920s through the 1950s.

The Historical Museum in Franklin, Massachusetts is well worth a visit!

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