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Jingle Bell Run/Walk 2009 in Franklin TN

Saturday December 5, 2009

Don't miss your chance to burn off some of those holiday calories and help raise money for the Arthritis Foundation. Dust off those shoes and head to downtown Franklin TN at the public square and pick up jingle bells to tie to your shoelaces. Some people will wear Christmas costumes, some will bring their pets. ALL will have fun!

Here are the Details:

2009 Williamson County Jingle Bell Run/Walk

Registration begins at 8am in the Public Square

9am Race starts at 3rd Avenue North and Public Square

10am Kids and Dogs Fun Run/Walk

There is street parking available and free parking at the garages located on 2nd and 4th Avenues. There will be street closures so give yourself plenty of time.

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Connie Harveyis a local agent with Prudential Woodmont Realty, serving home buyers and sellers in Nashville, TN, Brentwood TN, and Franklin TN. Let her help you realize your Real Estate goals.

Connie can be reached at 615-661-7800 x 1300 or at HarveyC@realtracs.

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Shop Brightstone's 3rd ANNUAL Jingle Bell Sale this weekend and support a good cause!

Friday December 4th 10am to 7pm

Saturday December 5th, 10am to 5pm

Bring everyone you know and bring your checkbook! You don't want to miss this fun Annual Sale! The products on sale have been made at Brightstone by the students there. You'll find Christmas decorations, yummy gifts to give your friends and colleagues, and things to pamper yourself. Christmas cards are also available. They may be ordered from the Brightstone Store.

Brightstone helps adults with special needs in the Middle Tennessee area. They teach these adults ways to live and work in the community with assistance. Lives are changed because of the programs they provide to these individuals. Please visit their website www.brightstone.org to see their mission statement and find out more about their vision for the community.

Bring a donation for Graceworks, their neighbor. They're asking for toys or food.

Brightstone

140 Southeast Parkway Court

Franklin, TN 37064

Take Mach Hatcher south toward Columbia Highway. Cross over Lewisberg Hwy. At the stoplight that also is the West entrance to Sullivan Farms, turn right. Right at the stop sign. Brightstone is at the end of the road in the cul-de-sac.

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Connie Harveyis a local agent with Prudential Woodmont Realty, serving home buyers and sellers in Nashville, TN, Brentwood TN, and Franklin TN. Let her help you realize your Real Estate goals.

Connie can be reached at 615-661-7800 x 1300 or at HarveyC@realtracs.

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Franklin TN Christmas 2009 Events 

Franklin TN is full of Christmas events for everyone, starting this evening with the lighting of the Christmas Tree. The Franklin Trolley is very popular this time of year do to parking restrictions and runs between various points in Franklin to Cool Springs Mall on the Yellow and Blue routes. Enjoy the Following Events!

December 2009 Calender of Events

2nd - Tree Lighting Ceremony, 6pm in the Square downtown

5th - Christmas Parade, 2pm, Main Street

12th & 13th - Dickens of a Christmas, downtown, primarily on Main Street. Saturday 10-5, Sunday 12-5      

      Truly one of the highlights of Franklin's Christmas Season, this is the 24th year that Franklin's Historic Downtown travels back in time to the time of Charles Dickens with a Victorian celebration on Main Street. 

The Volunteers - over 250 - make this spectacular by dressing in period costume as pedestrians, street vendors and musicians, dancers and Dickens characters.

There will be Victorian treats such as roasted chestnuts, turkey legs, sugar plums and fish n' chips. You'll find a holiday bazaar with arts and crafts all around the Public Square. You're sure to encounter Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghost of Christmas past. There will be performances by the dancers and musicians that wander the streets, as well as hand bell choirs, carolers and many other types of entertainment. The best part is it's FREE!

So take the family. There is no better time than another. The activities go on and on. There are 2 free parking garages on Forth Avenue South and Second Avenue South. There is additional parking along the streets.

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Connie Harvey is a local agent with Prudential Woodmont Realty, serving home buyers and sellers in Nashville, TN, Brentwood TN, and Franklin TN. Let her help you realize your Real Estate goals.

Connie can be reached at 615-661-7800 x 1300 or at HarveyC@realtracs.

Follow her Blog: Nashville Tennessee Living

Buying Organic Vegetables in Franklin TN

Every Saturday you can be sure to find the Delvin Farms Organic Vegetables Booth at the Franklin TN Factory. Thousands of people shop at the Farmers Market in Franklin, and Hundreds sign up each year to b a part of the CSA program offered by Delvin Farms.

Buying Organic Vegetables in Franklin TN was not always an easy thing to do. The Delvin family has been providing local produce since 1972. Their 94 acre farm is located in the town of  College Grove, south and east of Franklin. They grow a wonderful variety of organic veggies almost all year long.

“We believe in growing methods that improve our environment by enhancing the quality of our water, building our soils for healthy plants and by not using harmful chemicals in our farming. Our organic vegetables are packed with nutrients extracted from our deep mineral rich soils, clean air and fresh water. “ says Cindy Delvin.

Hank and Cindy Delvin are the heart and soul behind this farm. Neither of them were here on Saturday because the prior Saturday, on his way to the market with a truck full of vegetables, Hank was in a head-on collision. He is doing better, but still in the hospital. You can follow his progress at their blog delvinfarmsorganic.

The Delvin family farm consists of Hank and Cindy (mom and dad) their daughter Amy, their son Hank Jr., his wife Liz and baby Ryder.


When looking for Organic Vegetables in the Franklin TN area, one usually ends up at a Community Supported Agriculture farmer, commonly known as CSA. People usually join a CSA project for fresh, ripe, and locally grown foods. Anyone who has bought tomatoes after November or before May, know that they are picked green and then shipped across the United States, hoping that they ripen along the way. They are often genetically engineered to survive these long trips. That's assuming, of course, that they're even grown in the USA.

With access to a farm, the freshness and taste totally astonds many. Cindy will tell you:  "People start eating vegetables they never liked before because they had never tasted them vine-ripened and chemical-free. By providing this service, consumers can be certain, through direct contact and knowing their grower, that their food is produced in the safest of environments."

The Delvins can be found each Saturday at the Franklin Farmers Market. Located behind the Factory on Franklin Road. You may also visit them at their farm in College Grove. For more information, or directions visit their website Delvin Farms.

About this Author:

Connie Harvey is helps Buyers and Sellers with their Real Estate needs in Nashville TN, Franklin TN, Brentwood TN and surrounding areas. She can be reached at Harveyc@realtracs.com or 615-661-7800 x 1300.

Read Connie's Blog, Nashville Tennessee Living.

Franklin TN Real Estate - Chestnut Bend Spring 2009 Market Report

Chestnut Bend has had the most unusual Sales History for the past 18 months. In the 2008 Market Report for the neighborhood, we shared that 8 homes had sold for the year. ALL of them closed the second half. Todays report is for the 1st half of 2009. Comparing it to 2008 is impossible when there were NO CLOSINGS for the first half of last year.

The prices are down about 10% which is not that terrible considering the number of sales that have occurred. This is the type of neighborhood that rebounds quickly.

Chestnut Bend has always been a favorite neighborhood. It's walking distance to Franklin High School and to Historic downtown Franklin.

Franklin TN Real Estate - 2009 Spring Market Report

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Contact Connie Harvey for more information about Chestnut Bend, Franklin TN Real Estate or any general Real Estate information in Middle Tennessee. HarveyC@realtracs.com or 615-661-7800 x 1300

Franklin TN Real Estate - 2009 Spring Market Report

The Franklin TN Real Estate market has not been hit as hard as other parts of middle Tennessee or the nation in general. Sales are down 33% but prices have decreased only an average of 2.5%.

In 2008: 656 Single Family homes Sold between Jan 1 and June 30

In 2009: 479 sold in the same time period.

Average Asking Price:

$452,005 in 2008

$445,982 in 2009

Average Sales Price:

$441,358 in 2008

$425,342 in 2009

Average Days on the Market

74 in 2008

95 in 2009

Activity in general has really picked up in the past few months. The $8000 First time Homebuyer Tax Credit has helped the lower end market. This, in turn, is allowing those sellers to move up into the next price range. Real Estate is a trickle up business.

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Contact Connie Harvey for more information about Chestnut Bend, Franklin TN Real Estate or any general Real Estate information in Middle Tennessee. HarveyC@realtracs.com or 615-661-7800 x 1300

This Saturday Kick Off the start of Summer at Farmapalooza at the Franklin TN Farmers Market! Bring the entire family and plan to have a fun filled day. There will be opportunities for the kids to learn how to milk a cow, have their faces painted and win prizes. There will be plants and seeds for them to take home.

 The Franklin Square Pickers and Tom Grant will provide music all day as you wander through the many booths of crafts, organic foods, homemade pastries, jams, soaps, and numerous other things.

Chef Cyndi will be on had doing demonstrations on Organic cooking. There will be fresh organic vegetables, meats, milk and eggs from local farmers. If you haven't signed up for one of the local CSA programs it's probably not too late yet.

This year I signed up for a half share. What that means is I pick up a box of vegetables every other week instead of every Saturday, as the full shares do. This is what I got this week: Red Kale, Collard Greens, Broccoli, Green Onions, Strawberries and Lettuce.

There is no better way to make sure you eat enough fruits and vegetables!

About the Author:

Connie Harvey is a full time Realtor with Prudential Woodmont Realty Group in Brentwood TN. She is experienced with Buyers and Sellers specializing in Nashville TN, Brentwood TN and Franklin TN Real Estate.

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Contact me at HarveyC@realtracs.com

or 615-661-7800 x 1300

                                       Franklin TN Real Estate - 2009 1st Quarter Market Report  

Closings for the First Quarter of 2009 are down 25% from 2008. Let’s remember that, though 25% is a lot, 75% of the sales still happened! Since this report covers all price ranges in Franklin, a little explanation will help when reading the information.

ON AVERAGE, the homes that closed were very similar in age and size, up 100 square feet, which is insignificant. The average sales price is up from $449,904 to $474,971 but the asking price to sales price is down from 97% to 96%.

New construction dominated the sales in homes priced over $400,000, which was just over half of the 178 closings the first quarter. Builders seem to be able to adjust their prices a bit lower than many homeowners.

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Franklin TN Real Estate 2008 Market Report

Contact Connie Harvey for more information about Franklin TN Real Estate or any general Real Estate information in Middle Tennessee.

HarveyC@realtracs.com  or 615-661-7800 x 1300