City Attorney Justin Johnson asked the council to begin considering whether it will enforce the regulation requiring a dispensary license holder to make a sale within six months to keep it active.
“This business fits their criteria of the ordinance we have in place. We don’t really have any grounds to deny it,” council member Susan Tjarks said of the Flower Shop dispensary.
“The dispensary issues are uncontrollable, and it brings an element into society that is not conducive, I believe, to what the city is planning to do with Main Street,” Don Dahl said at the meeting.
These 9 companies are the latest to propose marijuana businesses in Springfield
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
City of Springfield Second Phase Marijuana Public Presentation by Proposers
First of two meetings. Second meeting will be on Thursday 3/18.Posted by City of Springfield, MA - Office of Communications on Monday, March 15, 2021
SPRINGFIELD The city, having recently launched a second phase in its efforts to bring more marijuana businesses to Springfield, heard a variety of proposals this week.
Nine companies made 15-minute presentations to a city review board and the public during a remote meeting on Monday, with another nine scheduled to make presentations Thursday.
Those 18 companies and others are all potential applicants for marijuana licenses and permits in Springfield. The deadline for proposals is Monday at 2 p.m. at the Office of Procurement at City Hall.