June 3rd, 2021 by WCBC Radio

After hearing arguments on both sides of the issue, the Cumberland Mayor and City Council this week voted unanimously to close a portion  of Riverside Avenue. The request came from Grow West, a medical cannibas company with operations on the site of the former Kelly Springfield plant at the Riverside Industrial Park.  Representing one of the businesses opposing the road closure was attorney Matt Gilmore.  His main arguments centered on the road closure not being for the benefit of the public welfare..

 

Brandon Butler, of the Greenwill Consulting Group, works with Grow West. He said the economic impact that will result from the company’s expansion most certainly qualifies as benefitting the public welfare…