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      <description><![CDATA[Top Spots Chapter 02. Three reader threads named 36 coffee shops across Franklin, Brentwood, Spring Hill, and beyond — 20 make the atlas, ranked by the community and scored by the Frontline on coffee, food, seating, vibe, and work. Plus a 12-shop scouting list the comments haven't caught up to yet.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Franklin annexed 311 acres of the old Harlin dairy farm and cleared a new village of roughly 250 homes, an 80-key inn, and shops, 5 to 3. A plain-English walkthrough of what got approved, what neighbors won on traffic, and why the Mack Hatcher Southeast widening they want most is still a 2032 TDOT project.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[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. Mortgage rates settled at 6.3%, inventory up 8.9%, and the math finally changed.]]></description>
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