Pinnacle stages a raid in Franklin
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 9:27 amPinnacle Financial Partners has recruited three bankers — all with at least 19 years in the industry — from GreenBank to work at one of its Franklin offices. The details:
Long-time resident and Williamson County banker Steve King joins Pinnacle as a senior vice president and financial advisor. Paula Sanders will serve as the Alexander Plaza office manager. Amy Jones, who has worked side-by-side with King for the past 10 years, serves as a financial advisor assistant.
“Steve and Paula have worked together for more than 15 years. Along with Amy, they are tremendous additions to our team at Pinnacle,” said Larry Whisenant, senior vice president and manager of Pinnacle’s Nashville client services group. “Their outstanding reputations in the financial services community demonstrate our success in continuing to attract the most knowledgeable professionals in the market.”
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Millions of stimulus dollars for area water projects
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 8:03 am
Officials in Nashville, Franklin and Dickson County can expect a stimulus check in the mail for water and wastewater system improvements. The total money being allocated to the three as part of the third round of Recovery Act spending is a shade under $14 million.
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Frankin Civil War groups in JV
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 7:20 am
The boards of Franklin’s Carter House (pictured here) and Carnton Plantation have joined forces to market their Civil War sites as one. One of their goals is a linkup with big-name national organizations.
“Together, The Carter House and Historic Carnton Plantation will have a more powerful significance. This venture has the potential of joining the ranks of Gettysburg, Richmond and Charleston as more local battle sites are reclaimed for public access by such groups as the City of Franklin, The Heritage Foundation and Franklin’s Charge. Certainly, the opportunity to affiliate with the National Park Service and the National Heritage Area are greatly enhanced by this joint venture.”
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Car care center eyes Franklin
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 8:18 amThe Memphis company behind the Cecil’s Automotive group of auto maintenance stores wants to buy into Franklin next year. One site we’re guessing they’ve already looked at: The former Driver’s Way building on Mallory Lane.
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Franklin hunts for private-equity manager
Posted on September 18, 2009 at 11:50 am
The City of Franklin has issued an RFP for an investment manager to handle up to $2 million of its pension plan in a private-equity fund of funds.
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Reliant on a roll
Posted on August 3, 2009 at 4:23 pmThe Brentwood-based bank has completed its acquisition of Magna Bank’s Maryland Farms office. Next up are offices in Franklin (slated for October) and Green Hills (January) that will have the three-year-old bank hiring another eight people, pushing its payroll over 60.
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Designer leaves Giarratana team
Posted on July 30, 2009 at 8:22 am
David Koellein, who was a project manager and designer with Giarratana Development, has been named director of the interior design department at the O’More College of Design in Franklin. Before teaming up with Giarratana, Koellein worked at MDHA.
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Main Street grants for area towns
Posted on July 28, 2009 at 12:26 pmThe Tennessee Department of Economic & Community Development has awarded 22 Main Street Innovation Grants to communities around the state. The cash is to be used for beautification and other downtown revitalization efforts. Among the Middle Tennessee cities getting cash are Franklin, Gallatin and Murfreesboro.
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The Judds get into the museum business
Posted on June 8, 2009 at 5:17 pm
For four days, anyway…
The country musician sisters are piggybacking on this week’s CMA Festival to highlight their quarter-century career this week in downtown Franklin.
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Alexander buys Cool Springs dealerships
Posted on May 20, 2009 at 8:11 amAutomotive retail entrepreneur R.C. Alexander was the big winner at the bankruptcy auction of The Auto Collection dealerships on Bakers Bridge Avenue. The dealers’ Ohio owner had placed them in voluntary receivership early this year during a fight with KeyBank.
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A Headline Home of the future
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Even if this hilltop Avalon mansion sells for half the price LeAnn Rimes now has it listed for, it’ll be one of the region’s biggest home sales of the year. Celebrity-watching blog Real Estalker has the details and some architectural repartee on the 13,380-square-foot home’s features.
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Tennessee Commerce losses as expected
Posted on April 29, 2009 at 7:41 amA much larger loan loss provision resulted in the Franklin-based bank losing $2.6 million in the first quarter versus a $1.4 million profit in early 2008. The company (Ticker: TNCC) had warned of the red ink early this month.
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Eyeballing GM’s planned dealership closings
Posted on April 27, 2009 at 2:41 pm
UPDATED at 10 p.m. to include Murfreesboro and Dickson dealers.
General Motors this morning said it will kill off the Pontiac brand and sell or phase out Saturn, Saab and Hummer by the end of this year, which is more quickly than planned. Locally, those four badges account for the following 11 dealerships, most of which are attached to other brands’ outlets.
Crest Saab, MetroCenter
Crest Hummer, MetroCenter
Beaman Pontiac, downtown
Dunn Pontiac, Broadway
Franklin Pontiac, Madison
Cunningham Pontiac, Springfield
Rockie Williams Pontiac, Lebanon
Alexander Pontiac, Murfreesboro
Faulkner Pontiac, Dickson
Saturn of RiverGate, Madison
Saturn of Cool Springs, Franklin
In all, GM now plans to trim its dealer network from more than 6,200 a year ago to 3,600 by the end of next year. In January, the company had said it was looking to get to 4,700 dealerships.
Franklin bank director retiring
Posted on April 24, 2009 at 12:52 pmFrom a release:
Franklin Financial Network, Inc., parent of Franklin Synergy Bank announced today that William W. Harlin, Jr. has retired from the Board of Directors. Mr. Harlin was a Founding Director of Franklin Synergy Bank in 2007. He has agreed to accept Director Emeritus status with the bank.
“Bill Harlin was instrumental in building a foundation of stability for Franklin Synergy Bank,” said Richard Herrington, president. “We are truly grateful to Bill for his wisdom as well as his dedication to building a legacy bank that our community can be proud of, a bank dedicated to addressing the financial needs of businesses and individuals in Williamson County. We are delighted to have the benefit of his continued interest in Franklin Synergy Bank.”
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Franklin rated tops for entrepreneurs
Posted on March 31, 2009 at 8:33 amA BusinessWeek package highlights the hotbeds of small business in each state.
HT: Jeff Cornwall’s Entrepreneurial Mind
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