With six adult-use, recreational cannabis stores now open in Dorchester and Mattapan, and several more expected to come online in 2024, local retailers are getting a better feel for the day-to-day challenges of the evolving industry and its real-world issues – tax reform, pricing, and oversaturation. Retail locations are now open on Bowdoin Street, Freeport Street, Washington
Cutting the ribbon on a new cannabis dispensary or getting state approvals for marketing marijuana can seem like a normal course of business these days in Boston. But for a number of Dorchester operatives, the possession of permits represents years of navigating steep learning curves. After five years of meetings, cobbling together financing, and completing an endless number
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved the Pot, a marijuana shop proposed for 532-542 River St. in Mattapan Square. The shop, which won approval of the Boston Cannabis Board in October, now goes to the state Cannabis Control Commission for the last major approval it needs before it can begin. Applicant Dru Ledbetter, said the store would be open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Three cannabis proposals along Mattapan’s Blue Hill Avenue corridor are advancing through the city’s regulatory review process, with The POT in Mattapan Square getting unanimous Boston Cannabis Board (BCB) approval last week. The POT, fronted by Mattapan natives Dru Ledbetter and Marquis Cohen, appeared at the BCB on Wed., Oct. 19, and received not only the board’s okay but
With an eye toward getting to a hearing before the Boston Cannabis Board (BCB) next month, the team behind a proposed adult-use cannabis dispensary at 538 River St. in Mattapan Square held its final community meeting on Sept. 21, earning equal amounts of excitement and concern for the shop, called “The POT” as co-founders Dru Ledbetter and Marquis Cohen touted their own roots