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(medical) Top executive/ year founded (b) 1 New England Treatment Access 5 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038 413-727-8415 • netacare.org 400 • • Indoor cultivation facility with total canopy of approximately 21,000 square feet N/A Amanda Rositano president 2015 2 Cultivate Holdings Inc. 1764 Main St., Leicester 01524 508-859-8130 • www.cultivatemass.com 130 • • • • Indoor cultivation facility with total canopy of 7,624 square feet; additional locations in Framingham and Worcester coming soon N Sam Barber president 2017 3 Revolutionary Clinics 1 Oak Hill Road, Unit B, Fitchburg 01420 617-430-6699 • revolutionaryclinics.org 122 • • • (c) Fitchburg cultivation facility has total canopy of 75,000 square feet, generating more than $700,000 in tax revenue in past three years; 202 employees company-wide Y (d) Keith Cooper CEO 2016 4 Sanctuary Medicinals 16 Pearson Blvd., Gardner 01440 978-730-8134 • sanctuarymed.com 120 • • • • Scheduled consultations; indoor cultivation facility with total canopy of 22,416 square feet in Littleton; 32 employees work in medical retail dispensary N Jason Sidman CEO 2018 5 CommCan 730 Main St., Millis 02054 508-533-9333 • www.commcan.com 90 • • • • With an additional medical dispensary in Southborough N Marc Rosenfeld CEO 2015 5 Garden Remedies Inc. 416 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 844-344-2420 • www.gardenremedies.com 90 • • • • Indoor cultivation facility in Fitchburg with total canopy of 15,630 square feet, with cannabis grown to organic standards; additional dispensaries in Melrose and Newton N Karen Munkacy president & CEO 2013 5 Green Gold 46 Worcester Road, Charlton 01507 774-449-8555 • www.greengold.group 90 • • Wholesale, retail and cultivation N Ralph Aronov CEO 2018 8 Temescal Wellness of Massachusetts Inc. 665 Cochituate Road, Suite B, Framingham 01701 508-309-7036 • ma.temescalwellness.com 70 • • • • 33 employees work in the 7,026 square feet indoor cultivation facility in Worcester. 11 employees work in Hudson and 26 work in Framingham. N Ted Rebholz CEO 2018 9 MCR Labs 85 Speen St., Framingham 01701 508-872-6666 • mcrlabs.com 68 • Independent testing laboratory for medical and adult-use retail; for consumers, patients, home growers and entrepreneurs; veteran and equity applicant discounts available N Michael Kahn president & founder 2013 10 Good Chemistry 9 Harrison St., Worcester 01604 774-243-1760 • ma.goodchem.org 60 • • • • Patient counseling; indoor cultivation facility with total canopy of 3,304 square feet in Bellingham N Matthew Huron CEO 2013 11 Nature's Remedy 266 N. Main St., Millbury 01527 508-355-3180 • www.naturesremedyma.com 40 • • • Millbury site is adult-use retail with a second location in Tyngsborough; cultivation and manufacturing in Lakeville N/A Robert Carr founder & president Kerri Lewis dispensary manager 2015 11 Verilife Cannabis Dispensary 939 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 508-266-9889 • www.verilife.com/ma 40 • N/A N Stephanie Kiley general manager 2015 13 Mass. Wellspring LLC 18 Powder Mill Road, Acton 01720 855-693-4773 • masswellspring.org/wp 29 (e) • Adult-use retail coming to Maynard soon. Acton site will remain medical retail only. Delivery of medical retail products will be offered soon. N Stefanie Lipton president & CEO 2013 14 Diem Cannabis (f) 74 Grafton St., Worcester 01604 774-314-3224 • www.hellodiem.com 25 • With additional locations in Portland and Salem, Ore. N John DiNovella general manager 2020 (g) 15 Resinate Inc. 1191 Millbury St., Worcester 01607 508-476-6290 • www.iresinate.com 17 • • Opened end of March 2020, initially just for medical marijuana sale; additional locations in Grafton and Northampton coming soon Y Peter DeCaro CEO 2019 16 Local Roots 371 Lunenburg St., Fitchburg 01420 978-906-2500 • www.localroots.cc 15 • Farm to table cannabis dispensary N Meghan Peddle manager 2019 17 Blackstone Valley Naturals LLC dba Yamna 660 Douglas St., Unit 400, Uxbridge 01569 973-851-6832 • www.yamna.co 14 • • One of two cannabis microbusinesses currently licensed in Mass. N Kevin MacConnell Timothy Phillips co-owners 2018 17 Curaleaf Massachusetts 425 Main St., Oxford 01540 14 (h) • • Educational outreach, consultation room, discounts for veterans, financial hardships and patients 16 and younger; Oxford location offers both medical and adult-use products, Hanover location offers medical products, Provincetown and Ware offer adult-use products Patrik Jonsson CEO Zach Wilson 11 939 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 508-266-9889 • www.verilife.com/ma 40 • N/A N general manager 2015 13 Mass. Wellspring LLC 18 Powder Mill Road, Acton 01720 855-693-4773 • masswellspring.org/wp 29 (e) • Adult-use retail coming to Maynard soon. Acton site will remain medical retail only. Delivery of medical retail products will be offered soon. N Stefanie Lipton president & CEO 2013 14 Diem Cannabis (f) 74 Grafton St., Worcester 01604 774-314-3224 • www.hellodiem.com 25 • With additional locations in Portland and Salem, Ore. N John DiNovella general manager 2020 (g) 15 Resinate Inc. 1191 Millbury St., Worcester 01607 508-476-6290 • www.iresinate.com 17 • • Opened end of March 2020, initially just for medical marijuana sale; additional locations in Grafton and Northampton coming soon Y Peter DeCaro CEO 2019 16 Local Roots 371 Lunenburg St., Fitchburg 01420 978-906-2500 • www.localroots.cc 15 • Farm to table cannabis dispensary N Meghan Peddle manager 2019 17 Blackstone Valley Naturals LLC dba Yamna 660 Douglas St., Unit 400, Uxbridge 01569 973-851-6832 • www.yamna.co 14 • • One of two cannabis microbusinesses currently licensed in Mass. N Kevin MacConnell Timothy Phillips co-owners 2018 17 Curaleaf Massachusetts 425 Main St., Oxford 01540 508-731-0100 • ma.curaleaf.com 14 (h) • • Educational outreach, consultation room, discounts for veterans, financial hardships and patients 16 and younger; Oxford location offers both medical and adult-use products, Hanover location offers medical products, Provincetown and Ware offer adult-use products only N Patrik Jonsson CEO Zach Wilson dispensary manager 2016 19 Caroline's Cannabis 640 Douglas St., Uxbridge 01569 774-243-0323 • carolinescannabis.com 10 • Woman-owned business; adult-use retail only N Caroline Frankel owner & CEO 2019 20 Gibby's Garden 660 Douglas St., Uxbridge 01569 508-779-0755 • gibbysgarden.com 8 • • • Woman-owned business; one of two cannabis microbusinesses currently licensed in Mass. N/A Kimberly Gibson owner 2018 21 Atlantic Medicinal Partners (AMP) (i) 774 Crawford St., Fitchburg 01420 978-696-5818 • www.ampma.org 6 (j) • • • • Fitchburg site is 5,001–10,000 sq. feet cultivation facility, medical dispensary opening soon; second location in Salem offering adult-use retail opening soon N Stephen Perkins CEO Jeffrey Perkins COO 2018 22 Central Ave. Compassionate Care 31 Central Ave., Ayer 01432 978-772-2273 • www.centralavecare.org N/A • • • Private patient consultations, financial hardship program, new patient specials, free statewide delivery (minimum order may apply) and online reservations; with indoor cultivation facility (less than 5,000 square feet) Y John Hillier founder 2015 22 Mission Massachusetts 640 Lincoln St., Worcester 01605 833-768-4357 • missiondispensaries.com N/A • • With a second medical dispensary in Georgetown N Glenn Backus president 2019 22 The Botanist Inc. 65 Pullman St., Worcester 01601 508-680-7550 • shopbotanist.com/ worcester N/A • • Cultivation facility in Sterling; additional dispensaries coming to Leominster and Shrewsbury soon N Heidi Haydon team lead, Worcester 2019 Source: Each facility via survey, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Cannabis Control Commission, dispensary websites and public notices. Notes: As of August 6, 2020, 131 marijuana establishment licenses have been approved in Worcester County, 35 of which are retail licenses. N/A = not available or not applicable. (a) As self-reported by each business to reflect "business as usual", prior to COVID-19 outbreak (b) May reflect year that license was granted (c) At the three RMDs in Cambridge and Somerville (d) From Somerville and Fawcett St., Cambridge locations (e) With plans to hire additional staff for Maynard retail site (f) Opened June 12, 2020 (g) Year opened in Central Mass. (h) Figure from September 2019 (i) Received final license on June 4, 2020; expect to commence operations upon final inspection, as this issue goes to press (j) Number of employees at press time; expected to increase to 20 upon official commencement of operations - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Diem Cannabis, a marijuana retailer with locations in Portland, Ore. and Salem, Mass., opened a recreational dispensary at 74 Grafton St. in Worcester in June, the company's CEO Chris Mitchem announced. It was the fifth dispensary in Worcester and the second to allow recreational sales, after Good Chemistry on Harrison Street. The other three medical- only dispensaries are Resinate on Millbury Street, Mission Dispensary on Lincoln Street and the Botanist on Pullman Street. Diem Worcester will be strictly adult-use retail and will mark the company's third location. Diem received final licensure to open on April 9. A ribbon cutting took place before the Worcester shop opened for business. Mitchem has said he expects the Worcester location to sell about $10 million in products annual and employ between 25 and 30 people. Worcester's 5th marijuana dispensary opens Diem Cannabis' Worcester dispensary Source: Each facility via survey, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Cannabis Control Commission, dispensary websites and public notices. Notes: As of August 6, 2020, 131 marijuana establishment licenses have been approved in Worcester County, 35 of which are retail licenses. N/A = not available or not applicable. (a) As self-reported by each business to reflect "business as usual", prior to COVID-19 outbreak (b) May reflect year that license was granted (c) At the three RMDs in Cambridge and Somerville (d) From Somerville and Fawcett St., Cambridge locations (e) With plans to hire additional staff for Maynard retail site (f) Opened June 12, 2020 (g) Year opened in Central Mass. (h) Figure from September 2019 (i) Received final license on June 4, 2020; expect to commence operations upon final inspection, as this issue goes to press (j) Number of employees at press time; expected to increase to 20 upon official commencement of operations - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com