The city of Worcester is planning to enter into negotiations with five marijuana retail establishments, two marijuana cultivation facilities, one product manufacturing business and one microbusiness, which could contribute to the creation 225 jobs and substantial tax revenue for the city.
The negotiations are for a community host agreement, which includes language permitting a community impact fee and other local regulatory oversight, the city wrote in a news release. A signed host agreement is a requirement of the state Cannabis Control Commission application.
The five marijuana retail establishments are:
· Community Growers Partnership, LLC - 40 Jackson St.
· Evergreen Strategies, LLC - 143 SW Cutoff
· TDMA, LLC (DBA Diem) - 74 Grafton St.
· Mayflower Medicinals, Inc. - 645 Park Ave.
· Trichome Health Corp., Inc. – 62 West Boylston St.
The first retail marijuana stores in the state opened last month. By Friday, Massachusetts could see openings for its fourth and fifth retail shops.
Worcester is required by state law to allow for 15 marijuana retail establishments.
In addition to the five newly proposed establishments, the existing four medical marijuana businesses in the city have also been granted approval to sell recreational marijuana, bringing the total to nine, according to the news release.
While the retail stores are open to adults age 21 and older, the cultivation, product manufacturing and microbusiness establishments are not open to the public.
The four establishments in that category are:
· The Curated Leaf, Inc. (cultivation)- 10 Pullman St.
· Magic Dragon LLC (microbusiness) - 45-61 Fremont St.
· SuperCritical Mass Laboratories, Inc. (product manufacturer) - 251 Brooks St.
· RC Cultivation LLC (cultivation) - 30 Pullman St.
Those proposed manufacturing facilities are in addition to Temescal Wellness, an already operating cultivation business located at 141 SW Cutoff.
Between the five new proposed retail shops, the four new proposed manufacturing businesses, the one existing co-located medical and recreational cultivation facility and the four co-located medical and recreational retail facilities, would could see an estimated 225 jobs, as well as substantial tax revenue.
Each potential business still needs to receive approval from the Cannabis Control Commission, the Planning Board and the License Commission.
The city must still issue an additional six retail licenses.