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DAIRY QUEEN - NEW BEDFORD LOCATION

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13.       WRITTEN MOTION, Councilors Abreu, Gomes and Council President Morad, requesting, that the New Bedford City Council write a letter to Dairy Queen’s Vice President Jim Kerr, asking that he consider opening one of their new proposed expansion locations here in New Bedford, the company, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., plans on adding 60 new franchises to its repertoire of 33 in Massachusetts over the next five years, as part of a national expansion effort; and further that the City Council assist the New Bedford Economic Development Council and the Dairy Queen Corporate Offices with the site selection process to help find a suitable location which would provide a significant value to both the Company and Community. (To be Referred to the Committee on Employment Opportunities and New Bedford Economic Development Council). 

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