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Cannabis conflict: Hempest’s move into recreational marijuana causes trouble for co-owner’s family
The Hempest on Conz Street in Northampton. The store recently added recreational marijuana to its offerings, a move that caused trouble for co-owner Jonathan Napoli’s wife, Kim Napoli, who lost her job as director of corporate and social responsibility at Parallel, parent company of the New England Treatment Access dispensary just down the street. STAFF PHOTO/GRETA JOCHEM
Published: 4/14/2021 7:48:43 PM
NORTHAMPTON When Hempest co-owner Jonathan Napoli got state approval a few months back to begin selling recreational marijuana at his Conz Street store, he figured it would be a simple transition. For years the shop had sold products made from cannabis plants, including hemp products.
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FRANKLIN, Mass., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ New England Treatment Access (NETA), a division of the privately-held, multi-state cannabis company Parallel and a leading cannabis operator in Massachusetts, today announced that Florencia, a social equity cannabis license applicant, is the recipient of $25,000 through its Security Equipment Grant Program. NETA s initiative is designed to help reduce barriers to entry for social equity applicants into the state s cannabis industry.
Florencia will be one of the first to receive a home-delivery license from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) for social equity applicants. The company plans to locate in Uxbridge, Massachusetts pending final town approvals. Florencia is owned by Jensen and Jackson Mejia, twin brothers who came to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 1991 and have called Worcester, Massachusetts home. The Mejia s brother Ardwin, who is a decorated U.S. Marine, serving the country around the world,