Franklin Tomorrow Kicks Off Breakfast with the Mayor Series

Franklin Tomorrow’s Breakfast With the Mayor’s series, presented this year by Pinnacle Financial Partners, will kick off Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 with Dr. John Crompton joining Franklin Mayor Ken Moore and Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson to discuss the economic impact of parks, recreation and tourism services.

The event will begin at 7 a.m. with breakfast provided by Puckett’s, Homestead Manor and Puckett’s Boat House. Royal Cup Coffee will kick start the day with a cup of their fine brew. The program will begin at 7:45 a.m. and conclude by 9 a.m.

There is no cost to attend Breakfast With the Mayors thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. Registration is requested and may be completed at www. http://www.planetreg.com/FebruaryBreakfastWithMayors.

Dr. Crompton holds the rank of University Distinguished Professor and is both a Regents Professor and a Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University.

Dr. Crompton’s primary interests are in the areas of marketing and financing public leisure and tourism services. He is author or co-author of 18 books and a substantial number of articles which have been published in the recreation, tourism, sport and marketing fields. He is the most published scholar in the history of both the parks and recreation, and the tourism fields.  Dr. Compton has conducted many hundreds of workshops on marketing and/or financing leisure services.

He is a past recipient of the National Park Foundation’s Cornelius Amory Pugsley award for outstanding national contributions to parks and conservation; the National Recreation and Park Association’s (NRPA) Distinguished Professional award; and the NRPA Roosevelt award for outstanding research among a host of other awards. Dr. Crompton was a member of the NRPA’s Board of Trustees for nine years; and is a past president of four professional bodies: the Texas Recreation and Parks Society; the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration; the Society of Park and Recreation Educators and the Academy of Leisure Sciences. He is a Board member of the National Recreation Foundation.

The City of Franklin is in the midst of a Parks Master Plan Update, being conducted by Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, with Dr. Crompton as part of the team.

For more information, contact Mindy Tate, Franklin Tomorrow Executive Director, (615) 794-0998 or [email protected]