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60 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2020 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y Marijuana businesses Ranked by number of employees in Central Mass.(a) License type No. of employees Cultivation Manufacturer Test lab Medical retail Adult-use retail Notes/ delivery available? (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 14 • • One of two cannabis microbusinesses currently licensed in Mass. N Kevin MacConnell Timothy Phillips co-owners The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission in July gave Blackstone Valley Naturals of Uxbridge, doing business as Yamna, the final greenlight to commence operations, the com - mission announced. Yamna is a licensed microbusi- ness. Cannabis microbusinesses in Massachusetts are co-located Tier 1 marijuana cultivators and/or product manufacturers limited to purchasing 2,000 pounds of can - nabis from other marijuana estab- lishments in a single year, accord- ing to the CCC. Microbusiness licensees are not allowed to have an ownership stake in any other marijuana establishments and a majority of its executives have to have been Massachusetts resi - dents for at least one year prior to applying. Yamna received approval to cultivate and manufacture canna- bis in February, according to Co-owner Kevin MacConnell, who owns the business with Tim Phillips, who originally hails from Uxbridge. The pair started their cannabis industry work in Colorado before beginning the licensing process in Massachusetts. They plan to collaborate with Gibby's Garden, another Uxbridge- based cannabis microbusiness, according to MacConnell. "All of our product comes from our own cultivation, except for the one collaboration with Gibby's Garden," MacConnell said. He said Yamna plans to have its products on dispensary shelves beginning next week. Among the products they plan to distribute are pre-packaged eighths and pre-rolled cannagars. Uxbridge cannabis firm becomes state's second microbusiness Yamna Co-Founders Kevin MacConnell (left) and Tim Phillips