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Local Approval Process

For a list of all required steps of Plainfield's local approval process including:

  • all associated fees, deadlines, and meeting schedules for local bodies involved in the local approval process;
  • identification of key individuals involved in a Host Community's local approval process, including, but not limited to, their names, titles, business addresses, and business contact information such as email addresses or phone numbers;
  • a list of all documentation required by a Host Community's local approval process, in downloadable form and paper form;
  • identification of application criteria for local approval to operate an ME and scoring methodologies relied on by a Host Community;
  • general scoring information for all applicants and a Host Community's scoring of each individual applicant;
  • a Host Community's explanation, in narrative form, of its reasoning for the approval or denial of an application;

see the attached Town of Plainfield Social Equity Plan and Host Community Agreement Policy (approved by the Select Board at their 6/24/2025 meeting).

Total Applicant Pool

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  • A Host Community shall publish data regarding its total applicant pool, which shall identify each Social Equity Business and License Applicant that has been designated as a Social Equity Program Participant or Economic Empowerment Priority Applicant, or who have been pre-verified pursuant to 935 CMR 501.101(4)