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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE: THE MASS HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT FIASCO REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Empty storefronts don’t employ staff; there’s no one to purchase coffee, gas, lunch, or snacks from local merchants.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, host community agreement, municipal, RiverRun Gardens, towns, zoning

HOW THE MAD DASH FOR HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS IS A WINDFALL FOR LANDLORDS (AT THE EXPENSE OF LOCAL ECONOMIC PROGRESS)

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ and GEORGE W. HIGHTOWER Posted January 13, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

Marijuana applicants are often desperate to lock up space, willing to bid up rates well over market value in order to price out a rival.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, host community agreement, municipal, RiverRun Gardens, towns, zoning

A BIG WIN FOR SMALL CANNABIS BUSINESSES

Written by GRANT SMITH Posted September 16, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

“We have been running with very little capital, so the less wait we have, the better chance to compete in a market that was initially set up against us.”

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Ed DeSousa, Grant Smith, Harvest Collaborative, licensing, microbiz, microbusiness, Midnight Mass, RiverRun Gardens, Shaleen Title, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Licensing Commission, Talking Joints Memo, The Young Jurks

EDIBLE DERANGEMENT: AS STATE SEEKS SOLUTIONS, BOSTON FORMALIZES GRUDGE AGAINST CANNABIS DINING

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted May 14, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

Any infused food event at a licensed premise—whether or not it is open to the public, and whether alcohol is consumed or not—is illegal, the advisory states, and violators “will be subject to disciplinary action” including a suspension or revocation of their license.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, dinner at mary's, dinners, eat sacrilegious, RiverRun Gardens

CANNABIS MICROBUSINESS APPLICANTS DEMAND CHANGES

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted May 7, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

"We have followed all the rules set up by the Cannabis Control Commission, but in the end we are placed on the back burner while our funds are being bled dry."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Beantown Greentown, Between the Rows, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, Deep Roots, RiverRun Gardens

A FAMILY THAT GROWS TOGETHER

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted September 29, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

Local family-run Riverrun Gardens still fighting for a license

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: cannabis, Dispensaries, Massachusetts, Newburyport, recreational, RiverRun Gardens

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