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Pot City: Massachusetts' Marijuana Hub Nears Retail Capacity As Applications Pour In
If you want to legally sell marijuana in Massachusetts's largest pro-weed community, the time for you to set up shop is running out. Massachusetts' weed hub, Worcester, is just 1 store away from hitting its self-imposed post shop limit of 15 retailers. A review of marijuana licenses and applications shows nowhere else in the state has more people seeking to open pot shops than Worcester. Worcester's early designation as the center for the new marijuana industry seems to be holding steady. Overall, it's the Massachusetts community with the second most cannabis-business-related license applic…
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Pot City: Western Mass Community Has More Marijuana Licenses Than Anywhere Else In State
City efforts to court the burgeoning marijuana industry appear to have worked for Holyoke; the city has more marijuana establishment licenses than anywhere else in the state. Holyoke has completed 40 weed business applications, according to a Boston Business Journal analysis. A total of 841 marijuana business license applications have been submitted to the Cannabis Control Commission from 2016, when marijuana became legal in Massachusetts, through July 9. The first cannabis retailer in Massachusetts opened in November 2018. Not all of the marijuana industry businesses with applications from…