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What’s to Like About Downtown Franklin, MA?

by Warren Reynolds

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 [...]

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Franklin MA Historical Museum opens in new Downtown location

by Warren Reynolds on May 16, 2010

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 [...]

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Dolce Express opens at the Downtown Franklin MBTA train station

by Warren Reynolds on February 25, 2010

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 [...]

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Franklin MA Gets $1 Million Grant

by Warren Reynolds on June 21, 2009

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 [...]

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Downtown Franklin MA

by Warren Reynolds on February 9, 2009

Like nearly every “Main Street” business district in towns throughout the nation, Franklin’s downtown struggled to adapt to the rise of the regional shopping mall and strip shopping plaza.  US Interstate Route 495’s opening in the 1970s pulled shoppers and businesses away from downtown Franklin to new business and retail locations along the highway’s interchanges [...]

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