Frontline 01 · City Hall
How the city raises and spends money, and the civic decisions shaping the next ten years. Budgets, ordinances, and meetings translated out of jargon and into plain English.
Coverage
Development · Walkthrough
Franklin annexed 311 acres and cleared a village of roughly 250 homes, 5 to 3. What got approved, what neighbors won on traffic, and why the big road fix they want most is still a 2032 project.
Budget · Walkthrough
An interactive, side-by-side comparison of the proposed FY 2027 budget against FY 2026. Where the money comes from, where it goes, and what changed line by line.
Housing · Report
A plain-English walkthrough of the national picture, the Middle Tennessee story, and what Franklin's $850K median actually means for buyers and sellers right now.
On the watchlist
Parcel-by-parcel zoning maps and what each change means for traffic, schools, and density along the McEwen and Carothers corridors.
In reportingEnrollment projections, building plans, and the funding gap, visualized.
In reportingA sankey-style breakdown from collection to spending. Sourced from FY 2027 line items.
DraftingA rolling, plain-English summary of decisions: what passed, what stalled, and who voted how.
DraftingTell us what to watch
City Hall moves on a calendar most residents never see. If something on the agenda matters to you, or a decision already passed that didn't get explained, tell us. We'll dig in.