Featured Meetings

Cannabis Dispensaries, Boston Public Market & Greenway Winter Schedules, COVID Reopening Updates Covered at Wharf District Council Meeting

The Wharf District Council (WDC) held its December meeting on Tuesday, December 15 via Zoom. A number of notable reports and community updates were included as part of a full agenda. Rasta Rootz Cannabis Dispensary Fernando Bent-Mullings, Co-Founder and CEO of Rasta Rootz, gave a detailed presentation on his company’s proposed cannabis dispensary at 21 Read More…

Event Notices Meetings

Wharf District Council Dec.15 Agenda: Two Cannabis Dispensary Proposals, Police Report, Boston Public Market Updates

The Wharf District Council will host their December meeting on Tuesday, December 15th from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. virtually on Zoom. The Council will hear from Rasta Rootz on a proposed marijuana dispensary at 21 Broad Street, and from Tito Jackson on his proposed medical marijuana dispensary at 150 State Street. There will also Read More…

Announcements Business Event Notices

Proposed Retail Marijuana Shop “Rasta Rootz” Public Meeting Dec. 17

A virtual community outreach meeting for a proposed retail marijuana establishment—Rasta Rootz— at 21 Broad Street, Boston is scheduled for Thursday, December 17th, 2020 at 6 p.m. EST. The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the community’s positions on this proposal. There will be an opportunity for the public Read More…

Business Event Notices Featured

CANCELED: Recreational Cannabis Store Proposed for Faneuil Hall Marketplace; Public Meeting Sept. 17

This meeting has been canceled. See Boston.gov for more details. Boston Globe cannabis reporter Dan Adams and Boston.com staff writer Nik DeCosta-Klipa shared some of what they found about why the meeting was canceled via Twitter. A recreational marijuana retailer is applying for the location at 1 Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Quincy Market (near Sam Read More…

Government

Boston Cannabis Board Process Deemed “Inequitable” by City Councilors

Councilor Lydia Edwards (District 1) and Council President Kim Janey (District 7) proposed an ordinance to address the lack of equity and transparency of the cannabis industry in Boston. A version of this marijuana ordinance has been pushed by Council President Janey since 2019, resulting in the creation of the Boston Cannabis Board in February Read More…

Business Featured

Reader Poll: Should Recreational Marijuana Shops be Considered Essential?

Last month Governor Baker issued an emergency order that required all employers who do not provide COVID-19 essential services to close their physical workplaces to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Industries that are exempt include healthcare, public safety, groceries and take-out restaurants, utilities and infrastructure. The list does not include recreational marijuana shops, which Read More…

Government Health & Environment

Gov. Baker’s Vaping Ban May Be Overturned for Medical Marijuana Users

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins has ruled it should be the Commonwealth’s Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) that decides the fate of vaping for medical marijuana users in the state, not Gov. Charlie Baker, who enacted a four-month statewide temporary ban on vaping on September 24, 2019. According to Wilkins, the ban on all vaping Read More…

Featured Health & Environment Meetings

Recreational Marijuana Sales Proposed at Downtown Boston Milk Street Site

Patriot Care, the cannabis dispensary on 21 Milk St., made their case this week to add recreational adult-use sales to their existing medical-use license. The company has been operating in downtown Boston for three years, along with two other locations in Lowell and Greenfield, Massachusetts. City officials hosted a well-attended community outreach meeting on the Read More…

Business Featured Government

Council Pushes Ahead With Cannabis Industry Regulations

The Boston City Council is pushing ahead with their goals to make the growing marijuana industry more equitable for all residents of Boston. The council held a working session over councilor Kim Janey’s proposed ordinance regarding the industry Tuesday morning.  “We have to be intentional about our desire to equity,” said Janey at the working Read More…

Government

Councilor Kim Janey Develops New Ordinance for Marijuana Industry

City Councilor Kim Janey recently introduced a draft of a new ordinance ensuring equity for minority business owners when it comes to the marijuana industry. The ordinance calls for the development of an equity program in which marijuana business equity applicants must meet three out of the following five guidelines: A person who has resided Read More…

Community Featured

Reader Poll: Should There Be Buffer Zones Between Dispensaries / Liquor Stores and Recovery Centers?

Boston City Council is considering creating a buffer zone that would restrict how close marijuana dispensaries and liquor stores can be to recovery facilities. Regulations already enforced on these businesses say they must be at least half a mile apart from one another and cannot be within 500 feet of a school. Opponents of a Read More…