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Telegraph Road Construction in Oakland County began in March 2010 and will continue until November 2010.  Please visit www.michigan.gov/drive or MDOT-TelegraphProject@michigan.gov

Yard Waste Pickup will resume on regular trash days beginning with April 5, 2010, until the end of November 2010.

At its’ November 9, 2009 Village Council meeting, the Village of Franklin became an Honorary member of the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber which serves the following communities:  Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Twp., Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, and Franklin.  Several businesses in the Village have also joined as members and the increased visibility and promotion will benefit the Village’s downtown businesses.  Visit their website at www.bbcc.com for more information and events, as well how to join and become a member.

The Franklin Village settlement began in 1824, and upon the completion of the Erie Canal, more settlers from New England arrived.  Many of the early settlers had trades  including: blacksmith, carpenter, mason, bricklayer, and a shoemaker.  For the next decade, Franklin continued to grow and had many businesses including: flour and feed mills, a lumber mill, a brick and tile yard, a wagon and sleigh shop, a cooperage, distillery and many small shops.

Life in the Village did not change until the advent of the automobile and the construction of highways, and a local developer laid out a plan calling for large single-family lots in the 1920’s.

Franklin was incorporated as a Home Rule Village on November 8, 1953 and continues the tradition of family homes and businesses as the Village had originally begun.  Franklin Village is proud of its registered Historical District remains  “The Town That Time Forgot”.