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Attorney for prospective cannabis grower asks Blandford Select Board for host community agreement
Summary
An attorney representing an owner seeking to develop indoor and outdoor cannabis cultivation at 39 Gibbs Road described plans including three greenhouses, an outdoor grow area of about 20,000 sq ft and a manufacturing building, and asked the Select Board for a Host Community Agreement; no board vote was recorded.
Attorney Isaac Fletcher, representing owner Mike Zapp, presented a proposal for adult-use cannabis cultivation at 39 Gibbs Road during the Blandford Select Board meeting on March 23, 2026. Fletcher said the plan calls for three greenhouses, an outdoor grow area of about 20,000 square feet and a manufacturing building, and that the site is not near natural running water. He told the board the operation would not be open to the public and that traffic impacts should be low, limited largely to small vehicles transporting finished product.
Fletcher said the applicant is awaiting a Planning Board special permit and came before the board to request a Host Community Agreement, a municipal mechanism that can govern local terms for cannabis businesses. The Select Board heard the presentation but the transcript does not record a formal vote or decision on the Host Community Agreement during this meeting.
Chair Jackie Coury noted procedural barriers at the Planning Board level and the board did not take action at the meeting. The proposal, as described by Fletcher, remains subject to the Planning Board special-permit process and any subsequent Select Board action on a Host Community Agreement.
The transcript identifies the owner as Mike Zapp and counsel as Isaac Fletcher. The record does not include a board vote or explicit timeline for further action.
