City Council met Thursday night to discuss possible community engagement for downtown development of purchased property from Franklin Synergy Bank.
Assistant City Manager Jennifer Moody recommended several ideas towards making this happen.
Strategies included neighborhood meetings, utilizing main street's Jazzfest, the farmer's market on the square, reaching through social media, and onsite public participation consisting of making a large board for people to write their ideas of what they want.
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The council agreed on the idea and will move forward with the community engagement plan.
The city brainstormed for the property recently this month in a special meeting workshop where they made points to focus on including: identifying potential development partners, marketing, development goals, and more.
