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Taunton committee recommends two retail cannabis host-community waivers amid notice dispute

Taunton City Council (committees and full council) · October 14, 2025
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Summary

A special committee recommended awarding two host-community agreement (HCA) waivers to Cape Highway Canna LLC and Trade Group LLC (Bloomcana). Freshly Baked raised legal objections over notice for a competitor's outreach meeting; the full council later ratified the committee's recommendation by roll-call vote.

The City of Taunton's Special Committee on Marijuana reviewed three applications for two available retail cannabis host-community waivers and voted to recommend Cape Highway Canna LLC (225 Cape Highway, East Taunton) and Trade Group LLC doing business as Bloomcana for the two waivers.

Committee members said the city used an objective scoring matrix; Cape Highway Canna had the highest average score (66 out of 70) and Trade Group averaged 63.83. Freshly Baked ranked third with an average of 48.1 but filed…

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