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14 Worcester Business Journal | August 20, 2018 | wbjournal.com Worcester has 20 proposed retail pot stores competing for its 15 licenses An in-demand industry People. Places. Product. Photographic images for advertising, public relations, graphic and corporate communications groups . See the difference. 165 Holly Lane • Holliston, MA 01746 Phone/Fax: 508.429.3188 • www.ronbouleyphoto.com R O N B O U L E Y P H O T O G R A P H Y Community Growers Partnership 40 Jackson St. Retail Cultivation Experts, LLC 45 Fremont St., Unit D Cultivation ELC Family Corp. 2 Putnam Lane Retail Evergreen Strategies LLC 143 SW Cutoff Retail Good Chemistry of Massachusetts, Inc. 9 Harrison St. Medical & retail Green Era LLC 199 Chandler St. Retail Holistic Health Group Inc. 3 Coes Square Retail & cultivation Liberty Market LLC 610 Park Ave. Retail Mayflower Medicinals, Inc. 645 Park Ave. Retail Medical Alternatives, Inc. 1191 Millbury St. Medical & retail Mission Massachusetts, Inc. 640 Lincoln St. Retail, cultivation & manufacturing Nature's Remedy of Massachusetts, Inc. 393-395 Chandler St. Retail New Dia, LLC 118 Cambridge St. Retail Not listed 5 Saugus Place Retail Not listed 50 Lake Ave. Retail Platinum Logistics Ltd. LLC 5 Jacques St. Cultivation Prime Wellness Centers 65 Pullman St. Medical & retail RC Cultivation LLC & Manufacturing LLC 30 Pullman St. Cultivation & manufacturing RC Cultivation LLC & Manufacturing LLC 124 West Boylston St. Retail Sun Mass II, LLC 56 Millbrook St. Retail Supercritical Mass Laboratories, Inc. 251 Brooks St. Manufacturing Temescal Wellness of Massachusetts 141 SW Cutoff Cultivation & manufacturing The Headyco LLC 170 Goddard Memorial Drive Cultivation Trichome Health Corp. 288 Shrewsbury St. Retail Trichome Health Corp. 62-68 West Boylston St. Retail Trichome Health Corp. 580 Park Ave. Retail Types of Company Site establishment The city is aware of 26 held or planned neighborhood meetings about proposed recreational marijuana facilities. Proposed Worcester marijuana licenses Source: City of Worcester BY ZACHARY COMEAU Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer T he number of recreational cannabis retail stores in Worcester could eventu- ally surpass its number of Dunkin' Donuts stores. So far, companies have publicly informed Worcester of their plans to open 20 recreational marijuana stores in the city, according to new data from city officials. Dunkin' Donuts has 10 locations in the city. In total, various marijuana compa- nies have informed the city of their intentions to submit 26 applications for some kind of recreational marijuana use, including cultivation, manufactur- ing and retail spaces, according to data on companies who have held or have scheduled neighborhood meetings. In July, the city sent out a request for interest for adult-use cannabis retail stores. e city will allow up to 15 such shops to open in Worcester, which is set based on the number of liquor stores in the city. ere is no cap on the number of other facilities, such as manufacturing or research. e city's deadline for a response to its request is Aug. 24. e neighborhood meetings are a required piece of the state's adult-use cannabis puzzle and must be held before applications can be reviewed by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Com- mission. e CCC requires potential licensees to have host community agree- ments, and Worcester has signed three with Good Chemistry, Prime Wellness Centers and Temescal Wellness. Colorado-based Good Chemistry, which opened the city's first medical marijuana dispensary on Aug. 2, will seek a retail license for 9 Harrison St. As of July 26, when the CCC released a list of applicants by city or town, Good Chemistry was one of two having sub- mitted its full retail application to open in Worcester. Good Chemistry CEO Matthew Huron said the space would not be open for recreational pot until at least the end of the year. For now, however, Huron was focused on getting the company's medical program up and running. "We'll see how it plays out," Huron said. "It's going to be a long process." Good Chemistry opened Worcester's first medical marijuana dispensary Aug. 2 on Harrison Street and has applied to sell recreational marijuana out of the same location.