host community agreement

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is proposing to the City Council amending the agreement with ARL Healthcare to allow recreational marijuana cultivation.

On Thursday night, the New Bedford City Council will vote once again whether to approve the Host Community Agreement between the City of New Bedford and ARL Healthcare, Inc., the company that wants to open a marijuana cultivation facility in the New Bedford Business Park...

The City of New Bedford has reached a deal to allow a medical marijuana cultivation/production facility to operate in the city.

Mayoral candidate Maria Giesta said KG Urban's proposed casino project for New Bedford was a golden opportunity to bring jobs and investment to the city. But now that the developer's application for a casino license has been withdrawn, Giesta says Mayor Jon Mitchell could have done more to keep the project alive...

The City Council's Committee on Finance was scheduled to discuss the Host Community Agreement between Mayor Jon Mitchell and KG Urban Enterprises regarding a potential waterfront casino, but committee chairman and Ward Six Councilor Joe Lopes withdrew the item from the agenda.