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72 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2023 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G Largest marijuana businesses Ranked by number of local employees License type Company Employees local/ total Cultivation Manufacturer Test lab Medical retail Adult-use retail Notes/ delivery available? Top executive(s)/ year founded (1) 1 NETA, a Parallel Co. 5 Forge Parkway, Franklin 02038 508-528-0093 • netacare.org 335 N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Indoor cultivation facility Y Allison Henriquez president, Mass. 2015 2 Revolutionary Clinics 1 Oak Hill Road, Unit B, Fitchburg 01420 617-430-6699 • revolutionaryclinics.org 213 313 ✔ ✔ ✔ Cultivation in Fitchburg; medical retail in Cambridge and Somerville; new adult-use retail planned for Leominster Y Mindaugas Maciulis CEO 2016 3 Sanctuary Medicinals 16 Pearson Blvd., Gardner 01440 978-730-8134 • sanctuarymed.com 200 N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Scheduled consultations, indoor cultivation in Littleton Y Jason Sidman CEO 2018 4 CommCan 730 Main St., Millis 02054 508-533-9333 • commcan.com 150 170 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Adult-use and medical retail in Millis, adult-use retail in Rehoboth N/A Marc Rosenfeld CEO 2015 5 Green Gold Group 60 Prospect St., North Brookfield 01535 774-251-9888 • greengold.group 145 168 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Wholesale, retail and cultivation N Ralph Aronov CEO 2018 6 Garden Remedies Inc. 416 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough 01752 844-344-2420 • gardenremedies.com 134 205 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Indoor cultivation in Fitchburg, commercial kitchen, and CO2 and alcohol extraction lab; additional dispensaries in Newton and Melrose N Jeffrey Herold CEO 2013 7 Local Roots 365 Main St., Sturbridge 01566 508-350-4111 • localroots.cc 103 N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ Three locations in Central Mass. and cultivation N Mike Staiti owner 2019 8 The Botanist Inc. 65 Pullman St., Worcester 01601 508-680-7550 • shopbotanist.com/worcester 86 (2) N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ Cultivation facility in Sterling; additional dispensary in Shrewsbury N/A (vacant at press time) dispensary manager 2019 9 Resinate Inc. 1191 Millbury St., Worcester 01607 508-476-6290 • iresinate.com 79 87 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Locally owned and vertically integrated with a second Mass. location in Northampton Y Peter DeCaro CEO 2019 10 Green Meadows (3) 64 Mill St., Southbridge 01550 508-909-5880 • greenmeadows.com 65 93 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Organic adult-use and medical retail in Southbridge, adult-use retail in Fitchburg with medical sales to launch in summer 2023 N Christian Zawacki CEO 2021 11 MCR Labs 85 Speen St., Framingham 01701 508-872-6666 • mcrlabs.com 63 78 ✔ Independent medical and adult-use testing laboratory for licensed producers, consumers, patients, home growers and entrepreneurs; veteran and equity applicant discounts N/A Mike Kahn president & founder 2013 12 The Vault 70 Worcester Road, Webster 01570 774-520-2420 • thevaultma.com 60 N/A ✔ Additional location at 17 Mountain St. East, Worcester N/A Mark Sipe general manager 2021 13 Verilife Cannabis Dispensary 939 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury 01545 508-266-9889 • verilife.com/ma 50 N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ Additional Mass. dispensary in Wareham and processing in Holliston N/A Chantal Langford general manager 2015 14 Cresco Labs/Sunnyside 1023 Southbridge St., Worcester 01610 508-571-1020 • sunnyside.shop 43 3,200 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Adult-use retail in Worcester, adult- use and medical in Framingham and Leicester; cultivation in Uxbridge, cultivation, manufacturing and medical retail in Fall River N Richard Lee general manager 2021 14 Temescal Wellness of Massachusetts 665 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-309-7036 • ma.temescalwellness.com 43 N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Adult-use and medical retail in Framingham, Hudson and Pittsfield with production facility in Worcester; wholesale offerings coming in 2023 N Michael Bates CEO 2018 16 Greatest Hits Cannabis Co. 35 Chase Ave., Dudley 01571 508-980-0420 • greatesthitscc.com 40 N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ Cultivation and manufacturing under construction, additional location in Taunton and upcoming retail store in Lynn N/A Joseph Villatico CEO 2020 17 Good Chemistry 9 Harrison St., Worcester 01604 774-243-1760 • ma.goodchem.org 38 250 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Breeders, cultivators and retailers of premium small batch cannabis N Matthew Huron CEO 2013 18 Atlantic Medicinal Partners (AMP) 774 Crawford St., Fitchburg 01420 978-696-5818 • ampma.org 35 (4) N/A ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Cultivation facility in Fitchburg, medical dispensary now open, additional Mass. locations in Salem and Brockton N/A Stephen Perkins CEO Jeffrey Perkins COO 2018 Educational outreach, consultation room, veteran discounts, financial Millis cannabis firm CommCan is consolidating its operations, having closed its medical-only Southborough dispensary and transferred that license to a joint adult-use and medical dispensary in Rehoboth. "You see what's happening in the industry, so any way we can save money, we're doing it," said Ellen Rosenfeld, one of three siblings who own CommCan. June 6 was the first day med- ical license sales were available in Rehoboth. The Southborough location at 255 Turnpike Road officially closed on June 7, said Rosenfeld. The Southborough location closure by the independent- ly-owned CommCan came in the same week Florida-based multi-state operator Trulieve said it was withdrawing from the Massachusetts market and clos- ing dispensaries in Worcester, Framingham, and Northampton. The Southborough dispensary was CommCan's only location strictly selling to customers with medical licenses. The company is moving its medical license sales from that location to its operations in Rehoboth at 150 Barney Ave. CommCan operates another medical and recreation- al dispensary in Millis. It plans to open an additional location in Mansfield in 2024, according to the CommCan website. The Southborough location was not closed due to an inabil- ity to sell recreational marijuana there, said Rosenfeld. "That location would not have supported it," said Rosenfeld, citing the location's small size and lack of parking. The decision to close was a business decision to consolidate operations, said Rosenfeld. CommCan closes Southborough marijuana dispensary Jon, Ellen and Marc Rosenfeld