A ribbon cutting ceremony was recently held for 1st Franklin Financial located at 119 Belle Terre Blvd. in LaPlace. On hand for the grand opening were (left to right) Katie VanDenter- territoral manager/Prosgress Waste, Brandy Zeringue,Chamber of Commerce, Parish President Natalie Robottom, Matthew Phillips- manager, Heather Gautreaux- assistant manager,  Melanie Basile-Community Bank, Jeramy Cranfiel-regional operations director and  Frank Fagot-Alllied Express.