Four years after recreational marijuana sales were approved by Massachusetts voters, Nova Farms LLC opened the first retail pot shop in Attleboro.
The shop, located in a renovated jewelry factory, started doing business on May 25, Memorial Day, a little more than three years after the company submitted its first application for a license. Nova Farms initially applied for a âregistered marijuana dispensaryâ license, or RMD, which was to sell medical marijuana.
Over the years that changed to recreational pot, but the coronavirus pandemic nearly ruined it.
Nova Farms was slated to open in March but was stopped by restrictions put in place by Gov. Charlie Baker to stop the spread of the disease.