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New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes has pulled papers to run for mayor and his current position, and explained his use of the term 'city rep' when doing so. ....
New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes has pulled papers to run for mayor and his current position, and explained his use of the term 'city rep' when doing so. ....
The city of New Bedford is considering relaxing the requirements for a new industrial park, called the Advanced Manufacturing Campus, after no commercial real estate developers submitted proposals by the Sept. 30 deadline.
The 100-acre campus would be carved out of an active municipal golf course, the Whaling City Golf Course, which totals 275 acres, adjacent to the intersection of Routes 195 and 140.
Mayor Jon Mitchell said the city can’t control the economic factors that may have deterred developers such as rising interest rates but it could expand the allowable uses of the property.
“It could be and I don't want to speculate it could be that the zoning was too restrictive,” he said. “There's a careful balancing that has to take place there. We don't want just anything on that site. We have high standards in New Bedford.” ....