Feds begin process to close New Bedford’s federal building despite of opposition by Mayor Mitchell

“NEW BEDFORD – Mayor Jon Mitchell recently wrote to the General Services Administration to oppose the agency’s decision to begin a process to close the Hastings Keith Federal Building in Downtown New Bedford.

“I would like to make clear that the City firmly opposes the decision,” he wrote to GSA Regional Commissioner Glenn C. Rotondo. “Because it was based on a flawed methodology, incomplete information, and insufficient consideration of the decision’s implications for the region, GSA should not proceed with the closure.”-City of New Bedford.

The full letter can be read here.