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NEW BEDFORD Prospective recreational marijuana businesses that want to operate in New Bedford must submit applications for host community agreements (HCAs) by Friday, April 30. A host community agreement is a contract negotiated between a municipality and a marijuana establishment that includes all terms necessary for the establishment to operate in the municipality, according to the state s Cannabis Control Commission. All applications to the city s Planning Department must include a certificate of compliance with local zoning and a demonstration of site control, among other materials. The city in 2018 established administrative procedures to implement the state law allowing for the retail sale, processing and cultivation of recreational marijuana. ....
NEW BEDFORD Within the next two years, New Bedford residents will likely have the ability to tap a smartphone app, order recreational cannabis products from a local store and have it delivered to their front door. The New Bedford Special Committee on Cannabis Regulation and Host Community Agreements Review convened Thursday night for its first of many meetings to discuss home delivery an activity recently approved by state regulators. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission s new regulations for medical and recreational use of marijuana took effect early January, but regulators approved a plan to allow the delivery of recreational marijuana in 2019. Home delivery of medical marijuana in Massachusetts started in 2017. ....