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   "body": "Mower County Board of Commissioners",
   "headline": "Board to consider multiple cannabis cultivation and processing permits",
   "summary": "The Mower County Board will review and vote on a range of items including licensing, infrastructure contracts, and land-use permits. Items include digitizing 2025 board minutes ($454), seasonal liquor licenses for Meadow Greens Golf Course and Adventure Bound BT, and a housing tax abatement for a single-family home (PIN 34.471.0020). The board will also consider award of seasonal aggregate, bituminous and pavement-marking contracts and will vote on six Conditional Use Permit applications for commercial state-licensed cannabis cultivation or processing on specified parcels.",
   "agenda_url": "https://mowercomn.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1582,plainText=false)",
   "minutes_url": "https://mowercomn.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=1591,plainText=false)",
   "source": "https://mowercomn.civicclerk.com/"
  }
 ]
}