Franztalks shows local managers | Local news

During the discussion of Friday on Monday, July 14th, three community leaders were faced with a public in France Talk during the Franco-Talk's discussion.

The event entitled “People to Know” took place in the Moore-Morris History and Culture Center in downtown Franklin. Franklin Tomorrow was organized as part of his monthly discussion series to clarify the public about topics that are important for the community.

More than 60 spectators heard from William Scales, chairman of the Heritage Foundation of the Executive Committee by Williamson County; Neily Boyd, Managing Director of HOPH HOPES Development Center; and Dr. Shane Hall, Vice President of Community Engagement at the Williamson Campus of the Columbia State Community College.

Heritage Foundation

Scales is a veteran of the US Army and partner at GSRM Law in Nashville. In addition to the Heritage Foundation, he also works on the Franklins board member for Zoning.

He said he and his family had moved to Franklin from Moines, Iowa because they “fell in love with the feeling of Main Street Community in the city”.

“I like to deal with the places where I live and give myself back to places that gave me and my family so much,” said Scales.

He emphasized the three pillars of the Heritage Foundation of Education, Lawyers and Conservation of Historical Seats and Aspects of the District. He described the former projects of the non -profit organizations such as the renovation of the McLemore house and the old, old prison in the Bridge Street.

The foundation is also committed to the balance of preservation and development.

“We all take care of the nature and the feeling of Williamson County,” said Scales. “We want intelligent growth. We try to have this voice:” Hey developers, here is why this area is so important. “

The work of the foundation delivers important resources for the municipality, including 5 million US dollars a year from Franklin Theater and 10 million US dollars from the Main Street Festival, Pumpkinfest and Dickens of a Christmas.

“We keep the places, objects and stories that Williamson County give such a rich history and such a rich tradition,” he said.

“Such a blessing”

Boyd grew up in Nashville and has been working in education for 15 years. She described the services of high hopes and the good thing that brings it to the community.

The development center was opened in 1984 and offers preschool classes and therapy clinics for children with special needs as well as generally developed students. It now serves 1,000 children aged 6 weeks to 5 years from 17 counties.

The high hopes began as an idea of centralizing services for children with special needs that were previously distributed in the region.

“Families spent most of their weeks going around in different places,” said Boyd. “These families came together and said: 'What if we had a building that made everything our children need?”

High Hopes delivers five types of therapies, including work and behavior. The most important thing is, Boyd said the “unique relationships that our therapists take the time to establish themselves with the patients they see”.

The advantages of these relationships were exhibited in a video in which Boyd was shown by local mother Rachel Dobson, whose son Asher was born more than three months earlier and a brain paralysis was diagnosed with 18 months.

Asher receives physical, professional and speech therapy in high hopes that have helped him thrive, said Dobson.

“He has things he does with Miss Kelly,” she said. “He has things he does with Miss Sharon. He takes lessons and fun. It's such a blessing.”

Columbia State

Hall told the story of his educational trip and how important Columbia State is for Williamson County.

Hall completed the high school in Maury County in 1988, but initially successful in college.

“I haven't really loved authority,” he said. “I didn't understand that college is a job.”

Hall worked a number of jobs in the field of health care until 2004 when it was released by an independent shared apartment in Murfreesboro and had problems finding work.

“I didn't have the training to get the jobs for which I had qualified,” he said.

Hall went back to Columbia State and received his Associate's Degree in Language Arts in 2008. He made a bachelor's degree at Vanderbilt University and a Master of Fine Arts and a doctorate at Murray State University.

Hall came to Columbia State as an English professor and was appointed to his current position at the beginning of this year. He said that the school's dual registration program, which enables high school students to take lessons for College credit, has grown by 40% since 2021.

Career and technical education programs and Tennessee Connect Workforce Development courses for adults who return to school are also available for CSCC students.

According to Hall, Columbia State offers affordable and high -quality training for everyone who wants to continue their training, regardless of age or background.

“Please remember us,” he said. “We are here.”