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🌱 How TenKey’s land grab could reshape Franklin’s edge and county control

Franklin, Kentucky Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How TenKey’s land grab could reshape Franklin’s edge and county control
  • What Franklin’s latest commission meeting means for jobs, parks, and housing
  • Franklin grad Aniah Anderson finds a welcoming start at Lindsey Wilson

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 83 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Saturday: High thin cloudiness, temps: high: 85, low: 72.
  • Sunday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 78 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• TenKey acquires land near proposed data center campus (franklinfavorite.com) — A data center developer, TenKey LandCo, has quietly added more than 100 acres near Steele Road and now controls about 450 acres by Franklin’s edge, raising big questions about annexation and zoning. With preliminary plans already approved by Franklin Planning & Zoning, county leaders are debating how to keep a say over future industrial projects and protect rural land if deals fall through.
   

• Kroger development advances, commission approves economic development funds (franklinfavorite.com) — Franklin’s city commission has advanced a $3.44 million incentive for Kroger’s new distribution center on Steele Road, expected to add hundreds of jobs, while also backing another manufacturer bringing nearly 300 positions to Simpson County. Commissioners approved street closures for local events, funding for parks, arts, housing, and nonprofits, and accepted two city staff resignations.
   

• Lindsey Wilson University community begins to welcome Class of 2030 - Adair County Community Voice (adairvoice.com) — A Franklin-Simpson High School graduate, Aniah Anderson of Franklin, is joining Lindsey Wilson University’s Class of 2030 as a theatre major and says campus already feels welcoming. She and other new students attended early June orientation sessions that introduced them to college life, support services, and ways to get involved beyond their dorm rooms.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Bowling Green

  • Bowling Green, Simpson County to benefit from funding for railway projects - WNKY News 40 Television (wnky.com)
  • Sally Sue Burd, Bowling Green (wcluradio.com)
  • New executive director leads Community Education (bgdailynews.com)

Scottsville

  • Allen County pauses data center development for two years - WNKY News 40 Television (wnky.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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