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From YouTube: Boston Cannabis Board Transactional Hearing 1-12-2022
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Boston Cannabis Board Transactional Hearing 1-12-2022
A
How
are
you
good?
How
are
you
thank
you
as
a
reminder,
please
meet
yourself
good
afternoon.
This
is
a
hearing
before
the
boston
cannabis
board.
The
bcb
today
is
january,
12
2022
happy
new
year
to
everybody.
Today's
hearing
is
being
conducted
pursuant
to
certain
temporary
amendments
to
the
open
meeting
law.
This
is
what
allows
us
to
meet
virtually
this
hearing
is
being
recorded
and
will
be
posted
to
the
city
of
boston's
website.
Before
I
review
some
procedural
matters,
I
will
introduce
chairwoman
kathleen
joyce.
B
A
And
my
name
is
jasmine
wynn
and
I
am
the
boston
cannabis
board
manager.
I
will
read
each
item
into
the
record
in
the
order
they
appear
on
the
agenda.
I
will
then
ask
who
is
pressing
on
behalf
of
the
applicant.
The
first
two
items
on
our
agenda
are
requests
for
changes
by
already
approved
licensees,
so
they
will
have
five
minutes
each
to
present
to
the
bcb,
followed
by
questions
from
the
board
members.
A
C
A
D
A
Additionally,
you
may
use
the
chat
function
to
request
to
testify
as
well.
Please
wait
until
the
matter
in
which
you
would
like
to
speak
about
is
called.
Do
not
use
the
chat
function
to
give
testimony,
as
it
will
not
be
considered
when
testifying.
Please
state
your
full
name
address
and
affiliation.
If
any
testimony
will
be
limited
to
two
minutes
at
which
time
you'll
be
muted.
Additional
testimony
may
be
submitted
via
writing
to
cannabis
board
at
boston.gov.
A
A
The
first
item
on
our
agenda
is
new
england,
cannabis
corp
in
ecc
the
licensed
premises,
tool
for
north
beacon
street
austin
bryan.
The
licensed
type,
is
a
recreational
cannabis
dispensary
license.
The
request
is
to
change
the
corporate
name
from
new
england,
cannabis
corporation
necc
to
debkin
court,
who
was
president
on
behalf
of
the
licensee
phil
silverman,
no
phil
again,
you
will
have
five
minutes
to
present.
I
will
give
you
a
warning
at
the
two
minute
mark
in
the
one
minute
mark
and
you
may
begin.
E
Great,
thank
you.
My
name
is
phil
silverman
of
the
law,
firm
of
vicente
cedarburg
at
800,
boylston
street
in
boston,
and
I'm
here
representing
new
england,
cannabis
corp.
So
just
by
way
of
a
little
background,
new
england,
cannabis
corp
filed
an
application
with
the
board
for
a
license
to
operate
a
cannabis
retailer
at
204
north
beacon
street.
That
was
back
in
september
of
2020.
E
in
september
of
2020.
Actually
it
was
approved
by
this
board.
They
got
a
license
about
two
weeks
later
executed
a
host
community
agreement
with
the
city
since
that
time
again
a
little
bit
of
further
background.
The
company
also
has
a
cultivation
facility
out
in
holliston
massachusetts
and
a
buyer
approached
the
company
because
they
had
great
interest
in
this
cultivation
facility
and
they
basically
arranged
a
transaction
where
they
would
like
to
buy
the
ownership
in
new
england,
cannabis
corp.
E
However,
they're
not
looking
to
take
over
this
particular
boston
license,
and
so
my
client
has
asked
me
to
transfer
this
this
license
and
the
hca
over
to
a
new
company
called
debkencorp.
That's
why
it's
sort
of
a
change
of
name,
but
it's
the
same
exact
owners
as
new
england,
cannabis
corp
presently,
so
this
will
allow.
You
know
the
these
owners
to
go
forward
in
debkencorp
the
other
entity.
The
prior
entity
will
be
sold
and
you'll
end
up
with
a
license
in
a
company
with
the
same
exact
owners
as
before,
really
effectively
no
change.
E
E
B
E
F
E
F
E
The
other
company
doesn't
want
to
go
forward
with
the
boston
license
and
if,
if
I,
if,
if
my
clients,
the
the
individuals
that
own
the
company
don't
get
rid
of,
don't
move
this
license
to
another
company
that
other
company
will
take
over.
They
won't
pursue
the
license
any
further
it'll
die
and
my
client
would
like
to
preserve
the
value
and
continue
to
operate
in
boston.
E
E
E
F
E
A
A
A
I
Sierra
naturals
inc
was
granted
a
retail
recreational
dispensary
license
for
827
829
boylston
street
by
this
board
on
october
21st
2020..
Today's
request
is
to
add
dba,
doing
business
as
air
to
our
name,
sierra
naturals
inc.
As
we
enter
the
final
licensing
phase
of
boston
with
the
cannabis
control.
Commission
sierra
naturals
wishes
to
align
our
boston,
location's
brand
name
with
our
other
retail
stores
in
massachusetts.
I
This
dba
has
been
reviewed
and
approved
by
the
massachusetts
cannabis
control
commission
and
by
local
governments
in
needham
and
watertown,
two
of
our
retail
dispensary
host
communities.
Finally,
and
to
be
clear,
no
changes
have
been
made
to
sierra
naturals
ownership,
control
or
corporate
structure.
Since
we
received
bcb
approval
of
our
boylston
location
in
october,
2020
and
our
ownership
control
and
corporate
structure
remains
consistent
with
all
disclosures
made
and
on
file
with
this
board.
I
A
J
L
A
Now
we
will
move
to
the
applications
for
new
licenses
that
follow
the
one-to-one
equity
to
non-equity
ratio.
The
applicant
is
pure
oasis
llc.
The
proposed
license
premise
is
85
devonshire
downtown
the
license
type
is
a
recreational
cannabis
dispensary
license.
The
proposed
hours
of
operation
are
10
a.m
to
10
p.m.
Seven
days
a
week
this
is
an
equity
applicant.
The
initial
application
was
filed
on
june,
2nd
2021.
A
The
data
filing
with
inspectional
services
was
june
june,
2nd
2021
and
the
community
meeting
was
held
on
october
21st
2021.
There
is
a
buffer
zone
conflict
with
this
with
another
cannabis
establishment.
But
before
we
proceed,
we
I
will
before
I
proceed
with
the
presentation,
I
will
ask
aaliyah
flores
from
who's
from
the
office
of
economic
development.
M
Mr
evans
submitted
sufficient
documentation
that
verified
that
he
has
been
a
resident
of
boston
for
at
least
the
past
seven
years
by
providing
a
proof
of
residency
certificate
from
the
boston
elections,
department,
utility
bills
and
financial
statements.
Mr
evans
has
been
a
resident
of
boston
since
at
least
2005..
M
Mr
evans
is
also
a
person
who
has
been
who
has
been
certified
by
the
cannabis
control
commission
as
an
economic
empowerment
applicant
and
has
been
a
resident
of
boston
for
at
least
one
of
the
last
three
years.
He
provided
his
certification
letter
and
was
certified
as
an
economic
empowerment
applicant
by
the
ccc
in
2018..
M
A
P
N
N
N
N
What
we're
looking
to
do
is
to
capitalize
on
the
need
for
more
equity
applicants
in
the
city.
One
of
the
things
that
we've
been
successful
with
is
demonstrating
our
ability
to
run
a
successful
dispensary
we've
been
in
operation
and
grove
hall.
Since
march
of
2020,
we've
been
incident
free.
One
of
the
things
that
we
like
about
our
establishment
is
that
we
are
in
an
urban
environment.
N
Our
company
right
now
we
are
expanding.
This
would
be
our
second
location.
We
are
also
in
the
process
of
opening
a
growth
facility
in
south
of
boston,
indict
and
mass.
We
would
be
the
first
vertically
integrated
equity,
applicant
or
equity
company
in
the
state
of
massachusetts
and
potentially
in
the
country.
N
The
location
in
downtown
boston
is
attractive
for
obvious
reasons,
one
mainly
for
the
foot
traffic
in
downtown
boston,
which
is,
I
believe,
upwards
of
200
000
people
a
day
outside
of
covid
downtown
boston
is
a
prime
real
estate
market.
The
hard
part
of
downtown
boston
is
that
there
is
a
high
school
in
the
middle
of
downtown.
I
believe
on
temple
place
what
makes
it
which
makes
it
harder
to
find
real
estate,
and
so
we
were
looking
on
summer
street,
but
that
is
in
a
buffer
conflict
with
the
high
school
we
found
this
location.
N
This
is
just
a
rendering
of
the
outside
of
the
building,
as
people
are
familiar
with
the
area
again.
As
a
group
that
is
from
the
inner
city,
the
opportunity
to
be
in
a
major
market
is
exciting
for
us,
so
we
were
very
happy
and
pleased
that
this
owner
was
amenable
to
having
us
in
downtown
I'm
working
with
our
architect
jta
architect-
and
this
is
kind
of
some
of
the
renderings
I'll
go
through
quickly.
N
This
is
just
a
high-level
view
of
what
the
space
from
our
overview
looks
like
operations.
We
have
great
operational
experience
some
of
the
best
in
the
country
based
on
the
fact
that
we've
been
open
for
two
years
and
in
the
cannabis
industry
being
open
for
two
years,
is
probably
equivalent
to
being
open
for
five
years
day
in
and
day
out,
you
are
always
looking
at
different,
unexpected
circumstances
that
make
you
hardened
to
the
industry
and
and
more
agile,
not
many
people
that
come
before.
N
You
can
say
that
they
have
been
in
operations,
and
so
that
is
one
of
our
assets
that
we
lend.
When
we
look
at
new
opera
new
opportunities
security
is
important.
One
of
the
things
that
we
took
away
from
our
last
meeting
in
terms
of
talking
about
brighton
was
the
fact
that
there
are
flaws,
inherently
with
the
id
system,
that
we
are
very
hyper
sensitive
to.
We
understand
that
kids
are
sending
their
ids
over
to
china
and
getting
them
recoded
so
that
they
can
beat
the
machines
that
scan
id.
N
So
we're
really
sensitive
about
that
because
we
are,
we
don't
want
people
who
are
underage
coming
into
the
shop
so
security.
We
have
a
security
presence
at
our
shop
and
growth
hall
to
make
sure
that
no,
when
no
one
is
making
straw
purchases,
so
our
security
guards
stand
out
front.
They
look
up
and
down
the
sidewalk,
make
sure
no
one
is
smoking
illegally
on
the
premise,
so
security
is
key
for
us.
N
N
The
version
again
with
security.
We
don't
want
people
under
age,
purchasing
cannabis,
so
diversion
is
key
with
our
security.
Jobs
are
key
hiring
from
neighborhoods.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
that
we
hire
is
local.
We
try
and
hire
people
with
quarries.
We
do
not
restrict.
If
you
have
a
corey,
we
will
hire
you
and
put
you
through
the
state
application
process.
N
Community
is
key
again
hiring
from
local
neighborhoods.
I'm
going
to
speed
up
here,
because
I
want
alexis
to
jump
in
and
talk
about
the
buffer
zone
issue
social
justice,
because
we
are
from
boston
and
we
live
in
the
neighborhoods.
It's
important
that
we
give
jobs
an
opportunity
for
people
from
those
neighborhoods
again
experience.
We
are
one
of
the
few
companies
in
the
city
that
can
demonstrate
a
successful
deployment
of
an
operation
and
a
consistent
operation
without
any
issues.
N
O
O
To
answer
questions
afterwards,
this
site
on
devonshire
street
has
an
indoor
waiting
area.
There
are
no
other
downtown
shops
that
have
that.
It
is
very
similar
to
grove
hall
where
there
have
been
no
problems
with
lines
on
the
sidewalk
for
neighbors
or
local
businesses
and
the
average
half
mile
radius
in
the
city
of
boston.
There
are
13
000
residents
in
this
radius.
It.
R
O
000
pedestrians
a
day
so
that
would
show
the
need
for
more
than
one
shop
or
that
demand
would
be
there
and
then
also
equity
in
the
downtown.
When
milk
street
was
approved
in
september
2020,
the
bcb
said,
though
we
are
granting
this.
We
want
to
ensure
that
we
are
not
prohibiting
or
blocking
equity
in
the
downtown
area.
So.
N
B
Okay-
and
I
appreciate
you
recognizing
these
flaws-
that
we've
have
come
to
our
attention
with
these
id
systems.
It
really
is
a
problem
on
both
the
liquor
side.
I
I
haven't
seen
as
much
of
a
problem
on
the
cannabis
side,
but
I'm
very
curious
about
the
location.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
a
question
for
you
or
for
alexis
kachuk,
but
we
see
this
all
the
time
and
the
board
did
say
at
the
outset
that
we
don't
want
to
lock
down
downtown
for
non-just
just
for
non-equity
applicants.
B
B
We
we've
had
other
hearings
where
we've
had
very
strong
applications
before
us,
but
the
location
didn't
seem
quite
right
due
to
things
within
the
buffer
zone,
things
without
the
buffer
zone,
maybe
just
the
building
itself
or
some
bits
and
butters.
But
can
you
tell
me
how
long
you've
been
looking
for
this
location?
What
it
took
just
as
a
business
perspective,
to
help
us
understand
the
process
that
these
applicants
go
through.
N
You
know
the
location
is
one
thing,
but
then
a
property
may
be
encumbered
because
it
has
a
mortgage
and
then
the
mortgage
holder
may
be
a
large
bank
and
the
large
bank
will
say
well.
We
can't
have
a
tenant
paying
the
landlord
rent
from
cannabis
and
then
then
take
that
money
as
a
mortgage
payment,
because,
according
to
the
federal
laws,
that's
now
laundering
money,
so
90,
high
90
percent.
To
you
know,
most
of
these
buildings
are
financed
over
15
years.
So
then
they
have
to
refinance
after
15
years
get
another
mortgage.
N
So
most
of
these
buildings
have
mortgages
and
when
you
have
a
mortgage,
you're
kind
of
precluded
from
ever
having
a
cannabis
tenant
unless
you're
a
large
mso
and
what
they
do
is
they
guarantee
the
mortgage.
They'll
say
rent
to
us:
if
your
lender
calls
your
loan
in,
we
will
guarantee
a
new
lender
to
step
in
and
finance
your
building.
N
B
N
B
Okay,
I
know,
citing
these
finding
locations
and
appropriate
sites
are
very
difficult.
It
becomes
clearer
to
us
with
every
hearing
we
have
so
I
was
very
interested
to
hear
more
about
the
process
from
your
your
perspective,
about
finding
this
site.
I
don't
have
any
other
questions.
Jasmine
back
to
you.
K
I
do
thank
you
so
much
thanks
for
this
application.
It's
it
is
really
great
to
have
someone
come
before
the
board
that
has
been
operating
specifically
in
grove
hall
and
in
neighborhoods
that
communities
of
color,
and
so
it's
great
to
see
your
application.
But
I
know
many
of
us
are
dying
to
hear
like
how's
it
going
what's
how
the
retention
going
around
employees
how's
the
problem
I
mean,
I
think,
that's
what
I'm
really
curious
about
just
because
having
a
successful
business
come
up
for
another
license
is
really
encouraging.
N
N
And
I
get
a
discount,
so
it's
easy
to
hire
people,
but
then
you
know
it's
highly
regulated.
You
know
we
have
to
account
for
every
single
item
in
the
store
and
we
have
to
run
it
almost
like
it's
lab
space
where
you
have
all
these
checks
and
balances,
and
it
doesn't
always
mesh
you
know.
So
a
lot
of
people
come
in
thinking
that
it's
going
to
be
super
casual
which
we
want
it
to
be,
but
on
the
back
end
of
it
it
becomes
arduous
because
we
we
need
to
regulate
everything.
N
We
need
all
those
controls
in
place,
and
so
it
doesn't
work
out
for
everyone
and
then,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
people
figure
out
that
it's
just
another
retail
job.
But
you
know
we.
We
like
the
fact
that
we
have
day
one
employees,
employees
that
have
been
us
with
us
from
the
first
day
and
they
go
from
being
a
security
guard
to
a
bud
tender
to
a
manager,
an
assistant,
general
manager.
N
And
so
that's
where
we
kind
of
find.
You
know
that
happy
median
is
where
the
the
employees
that
are
really
dedicated
to
their
job
and
they
want
to
be
with
us
and
we're
excited
about.
You
know
seeing
them
and
we
know
their
personal
lives
and
you
know,
but
it's
a
challenge.
It's
a
nuanced
industry
and
and
every
day
is
you
know
you
don't
know
what
you're
going
to
deal
with.
But
you
know
it's
exciting.
Q
Just
just
to
touch
on
that
point
that
kobe
made
I'll
underscore
the
the
fact
that
it
is
retail.
So
you
know
we're
not
always
faced
with
applicants
who
are
as
career
focused
as
we
are
so,
but
but
because
there
is
this
affinity
for
cannabis
in
our
in
our
communities
and
culture.
Now
there
is
no
shortage
in
the
pipeline
of
people
who
come
to
pure
oasis
looking
for
jobs,
so
it's
actually
been
a
phenomenal
experience
for
kobe-
and
I
like
this-
is
our
like.
Q
K
N
So
we
could
the
the
so
diversity-wise
we're
80
people
of
color
and
so
and
then
for
for
for
inclusion
where
we're
30
women,
and
so
that
is
our
goal,
is
50,
and
so
that
is
a
concern
that
is
a
concerted
effort
to
hit
that
goal
and
we're
not
there
it
it.
It
fluctuates
you
know
and
as
our
as
our
body
of
employee
stamps
today
it's
30.
N
Q
Yeah
and
for
us
being
where
we
are,
we
sort
of
have
to
think
about
diversity
in
a
different
way.
It
would
be
very
easy
for
us
to
have
a
what
we
would
all
consider
to
be
a
diverse
workforce
in
grove
hall.
We
sometimes
have
to
reverse
engineer
our
diversity
initiatives,
because
all
of
our
people
are
of
color
or
could
very
easily
be
so
the
way
that
we
think
about
diversity
is
slightly
different,
where
we
really
need
to
bring
people
from
from
other.
C
K
Great
thanks,
I
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
time,
but
I
do
have
one
more
question
and
then
maybe
just
leave
it
at
that
and
offer
I
just
I'm
just
curious
one:
how
you've
been
able
to
maintain
just
salaries
and
benefits?
Have
you
been
able
to
meet
minimum
but
also
exceed
your
goals
and
then
also
curious
about
support
from
the
cannabis
board
and
our
staff?
We
have
a
tremendous
staff.
I
know
they're
overworked,
but
wondered
if
there's
anything
that
you
would
like
more
from
us
to
support
you.
N
So
we,
I
think
we
actually
over
compensate
our
staff
weirdly
enough.
I
think
because,
unlike
ms
unlike
bigger
companies,
we
allow
staff
to
get
tips.
I
don't
know
who's
listening
here,
but
so
that
raises
their
baseline
salary
kevin
and
I
had
to
work
the
register
the
other
day,
and
so
I
think
we
walked
away
like
fifty
dollars
worth
of
tips
in
like
a
couple
hours.
N
We
were
like
wait
a
second
like
this,
isn't
so
bad,
but
so
now
you
know
we
start
out
at
15,
you
go
to
16
after
six
months
and
then
we
offer
health
insurance
and
that's
just
in
general,
but
just
with
the
contraction
of
retail
labor,
you
have
to
be
more,
you
know
open
to
other
compensations
and
you
know
just
cost
of
living
increases
and
everything
just
to
attract
and
retain
good
employees.
So
I
think
you
have
to
be
competitive.
N
F
G
G
How
are
you
tackling
presently,
given
you
know
the
place
you
have
now
you
talked
about
having
a
growth
facility.
Are
you
tackling
those
economic
inequality
issues?
How
are
you
helping
to
foster
other
business
opportunities?
Maybe
for
the
people
who
you
are
attracting
and
retaining,
but
then
how
are
you
training
them
what's
in
place
so
going
to
be
in
place.
N
The
other
part
of
it
is
that
you
know
we
have
this
hard
time.
You
know
sharing
this
opportunity
with
other
non-profits
or
with
a
non-profit,
and
you
know
we
called
beckman
we're
like
hey.
We
want
to
give
you,
you
know
ten
thousand
dollars
and
they're
like
well
we'd
love
to
take
it,
but
we
have
to
run
it
by
our
board
because
not
every
non-profit
is
it
wants
to
take
our
money,
and
so
we
never
heard
back
from
them.
N
So
we
have
to
do
our
own
programming
and
we
have
to
buy
gift
cards
and
get
involved.
The
community
and
new
turkey
drives,
and
then
I
think,
just
you
know,
connecting
with
our
employees
and
be
you
know,
supporting
their
endeavors,
whether
they
want
to
get
into
the
cannabis
industry
or
sending
them
on
tours
or
cultivation
sites
so
that
they
can
be
proficient
in
their
jobs.
Our
goal
is
not
to
have
our
employees
forever.
N
We
would
love
for
our
employees
to
become
great
and
go
work
out
in
the
industry
and
get
a
new
crop
and
keep
doing
that
over
and
over
and
over
again,
so
we
can
populate
the
industry
with
people
from
the
indus
inner
city.
Who
now
have
these
skill
sets
that
are,
you
know
populating
the
rest
of
the
either
the
state
or
the
country?
So
you
know
just
being
a
a
role
model
is
one
aspect,
but
also
just
creating
this
machine
where
we
can
get
people
into
the
industry
is
another
one
of
our
goals.
Q
Q
But
what
happened
organically
was
that
when
we
started
giving
people
the
opportunity
who
looked
like
us
within
pure
oasis,
they
we
noticed
that
some
of
them,
many
of
them,
left
and
actually
went
on
to
be
gns,
and
you
know
they've
gone
on
to
be.
You
know
in
these
greater
positions
for
other
cannabis
companies,
and
so
I
think,
like
organically,
we
we
did
everything
that
we
set
out
to
do
without
being
extremely
deliberate
about
it
and-
and
I
think,
like
that's
sort
of
you
know
when
kobe
and
I
think
about
some
of
our
major
successes.
D
G
G
N
I
think
that
you
know
even
becca
is
a
good
example,
because
I
think
that
there's
some
blind
spots
that
a
lot
of
these
companies
have
you
know
they
think
if
they
make
a
donation,
then
that's
the
end
of
it.
But
you
really
have
to
go
above
above
and
beyond,
and
you
know
almost
have
like
a
person
on
staff
that
has
connected
with
the
community
that
can
help
you
see
through
some
of
those
blind
spots
and.
T
Madam
chairwoman
and
members
of
the
board,
this
is
john
armano
from
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services.
At
the
time
we
had
done
a
community
process
for
this
applicant.
Here
we
received
letters
to
support
from
the
for
the
applicant's
proposal
as
well
as
non-opposition
from
the
community
groups
in
the
area.
A
N
So
yeah
so
anywhere
from
concierge
security
to
assistant
general
managers.
So
we
have
a
retail
operation.
We
have
a
a
back
of
the
house
inventory
operation
and
then
we
have
management.
And
so
that's
where
we
are.
You
know
that's
the
model
for
every
store,
but
it
varies
depending
on
the
time
the
day
and
the
time
of
day.
But
there
are
three
main
focus:
retail
inventory
and
what
we
call
well
four
management
retail
inventory
and
then
what
we
call
concierge.
N
U
V
We
see
this
opioid
epidemic
that
has
been
allowed
to
fester.
We
see
so
many
folks
that
have
entrepreneurial
visions
and
dreams
that
could
be
supported
by
what
is
happening
in
grove
hall
and
also
downtown
by
folks,
like
kobe,
who
are
proficient
and
who
have
a
vision
for
helping
to
close
this
247
500
wealth
gap.
V
V
I
have
relatives
with
corey's
and
the
importance
of
ensuring
that
the
black
and
brown
community
have
job
security
and
places
where
they
can
get
health
insurance
inside
of
retail,
which
I
come
out
of
20
years.
That's
my
background,
and
so
I
think
these
are
important
points
to
remember
as
we
move
forward.
The
city
voted
for
these
recreational
facilities
to
move
forward
inside
of
our
city,
and
you
know
as
a
fellow
business
person
and
entrepreneur,
and
also
as
somebody
who
would
love
to
continue
to
see
what
the
possibilities
are
as
an
equity
applicant.
V
A
W
A
W
W
Okay,
I
will
I
will.
I
will
thanks
for
my
support
for
the
effort.
I
have
personal
memories
of
friends
of
mine
spending
exorbitant
times
in
jail
for
mere
possession
of
marijuana
in
the
past,
and
I
look
at
this
as
some
type
of
balancing
act
where
we
can
actually
become
part
of
the
business
of
marijuana.
W
A
B
Jasmine
before
we
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
the
agenda,
I
just
like
to
jump
in
and
take
this
moment
to
introduce
my
new
cabinet
chief,
the
former
ceo
and
president
of
becma,
and
now
the
chief
of
economic
opportunity,
inclusion,
we're
pleased
to
have
you
here,
observing
and
and
watching
how
these
cannabis
hearings
go.
So
thank
you,
sugan
for
joining
us
today.
A
Are
you
great?
So
we
will
move
on
to
our
next
matter,
calling
beacon,
compassion,
inc.
The
proposed
license
premise
is
premises:
1524
vfw,
parkway,
west
roxbury,
the
license
type
is
a
co-located
medical
and
recreational
cannabis.
Dispensary
license
the
proposed
hours
of
operation
are
9,
am
to
9
pm
7
days
a
week.
This
is
a
non-equity
applicant.
The
date
of
the
initial
application
was
filed
july
14th
2021
the
day
of
filing
with
instructional
services
was
april,
10
2019..
A
A
X
X
As
you
know,
we've
been
before
the
board
previously
for
this
location
and,
most
recently,
the
board
approved
moving
beacon,
compassion
to
the
yoga
studio,
it's
in
the
same
building,
but
it
was
an
adjacent
space
and
we
were
just
before
the
board
for
that
approval
a
couple
months
ago.
So
no,
there
were
no
more
changes
to
that.
One
thing
I
wanted
to
note
is
we
did
file
as
a
as
a
dba
high
five
when
we
submitted
this
adult
use
portion.
X
So
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
for
the
board
it's
been
approved
by
the
cannabis
control
commission,
as
well
as
the
city
of
outer
borough,
new
bedford
and
framingham,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
for
the
record
that
we
would
be
seeking
to
incorporate,
that
dba
is
a
part
of
this
approval
truthfully.
We
have
been
before
the
board
fairly
recently
and,
and
there
hasn't
been
significant
changes
other
than
the
addition
of
the
adult
use.
X
So
I
want
to
I'll
take
the
commission
through
everything,
but
also
want
to
highlight
just
the
differences
and
we'll
spend
a
little
bit
of
time.
As
you
may
remember,
we
have
benton
bottomer,
who
unfortunately
has
coveted
and
wasn't
able
to
join
us
today.
Chad,
wise
is
the
other
owner.
He
is
here
with
us
this
afternoon
and
we're
really
proud
to
announce
that
we
have
hired
our
store
manager
for
the
west
roxbury
location.
She
will
be
running
our
medical
and
if
the
adult
uses
approved
our
adult
use
operation
quantity.
X
X
Approval
in
framingham,
but
that's
not
yet
completed
outer
bros,
where
we
have
our
cultivation
and
manufacturing
and
the
other
locations
are
our
retail
and
medical
dispensaries,
similar
to
what
we've
presented
to
the
board
before
we
have
specific
hiring
goals
and
measurements
to
ensure
the
success
of
our
diversity
plan,
our
hiring
goals
are
40
women,
35
people
of
color.
We
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
up
to
the
board
about
that
at
the
last
meeting
as
to
why
we
set
those
goals.
I'm
happy
to
take
questions
on
that
during
that
portion.
X
Certainly
we'll
do
our
local
advertising
and
promotion
job
opportunities
within
neighborhood
mass
higher
one
of
the
things
we're
very
focused
on
because
we
have
multiple
locations
as
well
as
cultivation
manufacturing
is
being
able
to
bring
people
up
in
the
industry
and
provide
them
careers
where
they
can
go
on
and
do
other
things
within
our
own
company,
and
certainly
then
you
know
you're,
hopefully
always
building
the
next
ceo
of
of
another
company
right.
So
that's
something
we're
really
proud
of.
X
Having
that
flexibility
of
doing,
we
have
we've
submitted
our
policy
on
our
internal
accountability
through
our
diversity
and
equity
committee.
With
quarterly
meetings
and
annual
reports
to
make
sure
that
we're
meeting
those
goals
and
having
the
appropriate
steps
in
place
to
to
work
to
meet
those
goals,
certainly
we
have
our
mandatory
training
within
first
90
days
of
employment
on
diversity,
implicit
bias
and
sensitivity
and
education
same
site
that
we
were
just
before
the
board
on
no
changes.
X
This
is
right
on
the
vfw
parkway
in
west
roxbury
and,
as
we
discussed
a
couple
months
ago,
we're
now
in
the
yoga
studio.
Some
of
you
may
have
heard
in
the
news
that
this
was
subject
to
a
fire.
Recently.
We
can
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
but
we've
worked
with
the
city
and
gotten
all
the
remediation
done.
I'm
happy
to
talk
about
that
during
the
questions
same
floor
plan
that
we
proposed
to
the
board
just
a
couple
months
ago.
No
changes
to
our
floor
plan.
X
You
come
in
as
you're
looking
at
the
screen
at
the
top
left.
This
is
our
sales
floor
and
counter
area,
and
then
the
exit
is
on
the
bottom.
We
spent
quite
a
bit
of
time
going
over
this
with
the
board.
So
this
is.
This
is
the
same.
There's
no
changes
since
we
last
had
this
location
approved
employment
plan,
we're
looking
to
do
50
boston
residents,
75,
which
reside
in
west
roxbury.
X
We
talked
about
minorities
and
people
of
color,
certainly
the
I
think.
One
again
I
mentioned
it
previously,
but
one
of
our
biggest
advantages
is
the
ability
to
move
people
through
the
cannabis
industry
within
within
our
own
company
because
of
our
cultivation
manufacturing
in
other
locations,
competitive
wages,
we
we
kind
of
put
the
idea
of
meeting
or
exceeding
the
boston
jobs
and
living
wage
ordinance,
because
that's
a
little
bit
of
a
moving
target.
So
it's
not
a
fixed
dollar
amount.
We
would,
you
know,
continue
to
update
to
meet
that,
along
with.
X
Thank
you
jasmine,
as
well
as
health
insurance
and
paid
time
off,
and
then,
of
course,
we
implant
and
plan
to
use
the
mayor's
office
for
returning
citizens.
Mass,
higher
and
boston's
operation
exit
program
for
individuals,
who've
been
disproportionately
impacted
under
more
drugs.
Just
for
the
updates
you,
the
board
has
seen
this
slide
and
all
the
outreach
that
we've
done
here
has
been
very
robust.
Since
we
last
appeared
before
you,
we
did
our
community
outreach
meeting
on
1013.
X
We
also
met
with
the
west
roxbury
neighborhood
council
on
10
26,
and
the
council
voted
seven
to
one
in
favor
of
beacon,
adding
adult
use
at
this
location,
and
then
we
got
an
updated
letter
from
councillor
o'malley
who,
since
left
for
a
letter
of
non-opposition
security.
This
is
the
same
as
we've
proposed
previous
previously
that
the
board
approved
previously
we
haven't
made
any
changes
to
our
security
plans,
certainly
checking
ids.
We
are
aware
of
the
id
scanner
issue
and
we're
you
know,
making
sure
our
security
team
is
working
to
address
that.
X
As
the
chairwoman
had
said,
we
haven't
seen
that
as
much
in
the
cannabis
industry,
but
we
we
know
it's
out
there.
So
no
changes
to
our
previously
approved
security
plans,
bill
policies
and
procedures
for
building
security,
certainly
in
accordance
with
the
regulations
and
again
no
changes
from
the
previous
of
plu
previously
approved
plans
that
this
this
board
already
reviewed
same
with
our
perfecting
youth
from
accessing
the
product.
X
No
changes
from
what
the
board
previously
reviewed
and
approved
again,
making
sure
we
have
our
employees
trained
and
we
have
all
the
proper
security,
retail,
dispensing
policy
procedures
in
place
and
preventing
access,
keeping
in
mind.
One
change
here
is
where
we
were
medical
before
adding
the
adult
use
would
allow
anyone
over
the
age
of
21
to
enter
the
facility
without
the
need
for
a
medical
card.
So
that's
one
chain
parking
and
transportation
as
it's
the
same
site
that
the
board's
reviewed
remains
the
same.
There's
a
bus
stop
nearby
rideshare
access.
X
We
do
have
26
parking
spaces
off
street
parking
in
the
dedicated
parking
lot,
it's
primarily
accessed
by
vehicular
traffic.
There's,
not
a
lot
of
additional
public
transportation,
we'll
comply
with
the
regulations
for
transportation
and
delivery
of
product,
as
we've
previously
noted
to
the
board,
as
well
as
for
the
transportation
of
money.
So
there's
been
no
changes
to
what
the
board
previously
approved
relative
to
those
matters.
The
timeline
the
board
has
seen
this.
The
last
time
we
were
here
was
920
where
we
talked
about
the
excuse
me.
X
That
was
where
we
got
the
medical
approval.
Since
then
we
got
the
location,
change,
the
zbo
approval,
and
then
we
are
here
for
the
west
roxbury
neighborhood
council,
we've
done
that
and
boston
canvas
board
meeting.
So
that
is
our
timeline
and
with
that
jasmine
I
am
done
and
I'll
turn
it
over
for
any
questions.
The
board
may
have.
X
We
are
not
open
for
medical.
No,
so
we
were
madam
chair
we're
in
the
construction
process.
Unfortunately,
we
did
have
a
squatter
who
was
able
to
gain
access
to
the
building
prior
to
beginning
construction.
They
started
a
fire
to
keep
warm
in
the
bathroom
and
it
did
pretty
extensive
damage
to
the
facility.
X
We
were
able
to
work
with
the
city
and
the
landowner.
All
the
remediation
and
repairs
have
been
done
and
we
have
the
construction
underway,
so
that
just
happened.
I
believe
november
december
just
happened
very
recently,
so
I
did
bring
some
pictures
of
of
the
current
state
of
it.
To
the
extent
the
board
was
curious
as
to
where
we
are
today
because
of
the
fire.
I
did
bring
some
pictures
if
you
want
to
see
those,
but
that's
where
we
already
know.
I'm.
X
So,
on
the
medical
side,
that's
a
great
question.
We
have
not
yet
seen
the
cannabis
control
commission
agenda,
we're
hoping
to
be
on
the
january
agenda.
We
suspect
the
worst
case
scenario
would
be
the
february
agenda.
We
will
already
be
completed
with
our
construction
at
that
time,
so
we
would
immediately
call
for
our
post-provisional
license
inspection.
X
X
B
X
K
Lombos,
do
you
have
any
questions?
Yes,
I
do.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
do
have
some
questions,
there's
not
a
lot.
We
get
a
lot
of
detail
on
some
of
your
diversity
and
inclusion
plan,
for
example,
posting
monthly
notices
in
newspapers
that
specifically
target
above
reference
populations.
What
newspapers?
What
are
you
thinking,
there's
some
other
pieces
in
here
in
terms
of
you
know
the
there's
just
very
little
detail.
X
Yeah
absolutely
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
know
I
went
through
it
quickly,
but
that
was
one
on
one
of
our
slides.
So
certainly
you
know
working
through
mass
higher
and
the
city's
offices
for
employment
opportunities
and
local
advertising
would
be
our
primary
target.
I
can
and
we
previously
submitted
and
I
apologize
for
glazing
over
it.
X
We
previously
submitted
a
fairly
detailed
plan
on
our
medical
application
and
our
our
plan
has
not
changed
so
the
one
that
the
board
previously
reviewed
and
approved
is
the
same
plan
that
we
have
today
and
I'm
happy
to
resubmit
that
to
jasmine
and
give
you
commissioners
to
more
detail
on
that.
But
it's
using
many
of
the
same
tools
that
other
applicants
in
the
city
of
boston
are
using
with
local
advertising
in
the
neighborhood.
X
So
one
of
the
things
that
I
mentioned
on
the
slide
today
was
providing
ride,
share,
helping
to
offset
the
cost
of
ride,
share
for
employees
who
were
willing
to
come
from
other
parts
of
the
city
to
west
roxbury,
and
so
that's
something
we've
spoken
to
the
board
about,
I
think
for
us
really.
It
is
something
that
we
know
we're.
Gonna
have
to
spend
time
and
energy
to
actively
do
to
be
really
meet
our
diversity
goals.
X
Just
by
way
of
perspective,
the
diversity
in
west
roxbury
is
about
30
of
the
demographic
we
established
a
goal
of
35
percent.
So
what
that
really
demonstrates
is
we're
hoping
to
capture
all
of
the
diversity
within
west
roxbury,
as
well
as
go
above
that
local
diversity
by
bringing
employees
in
from
other
parts
of
the
city.
X
So
it
doesn't
sound
like
a
big
number,
and
I
appreciate
that,
but
we
really
are
saying
we're
going
to
go
above
and
beyond
our
neighborhoods
demographic
to
really
try
to
improv
increase
our
diversity
to
the
best
extent
we
can.
So.
This
is
something
we've.
You
know
we
spent
quite
a
bit
of
time
talking
the
board
about
last
time,
and
we
know
this
is
going
to
be
something
we
have
to
remain
focused
on
to
to
meet
these
goals,
and
we
understand
that.
K
Okay,
thank
you.
It
also
says
that,
in
terms
of
measurements
having
an
annual
report-
maybe
this
was
discussed
last
time
again
we
don't
have.
I
don't
always
look
back
at
every
single
applicant
to
remind
myself
if
you've
come
before
us
before,
so
in
terms
of
that
annual
report,
it
would
be
I'm
assuming
that
that
will
be
made
available
to
the
board
as
well.
X
X
Our
goal
is
to
exceed
the
goal
and
one
of
the
things
we
talked
about
with
commissioners
dean
at
the
last
meeting
was
that
you
know
we
could
certainly
have
put
a
higher
number
but
to
really
demonstrate
a
plan
to
meet
that
higher
number
would
have
been
challenging.
So
I
rather
come
to
the
board
and
say
this
is
what
we
really
think
we
can
do,
and
certainly
our
goal
is
to
exceed
that.
But
you
know
with
the
lack
of
public
transportation
and
the
lack
of
diversity
within
this
particular
neighborhood
within
the
city.
X
F
F
What
promises
were
made
to
the
community
about
opening
up
a
recreational
side
of
your
facility?
Did
you
make
pride?
You
know
because
a
lot
of
times
they
open
medical
and
they
make
a
concession
to
the
community
that
they
won't
pursue
a
recreational
license
for
a
year
after
they've
opened
their
medical.
So
I
was
looking
back
in
my
notes
and
I
and
I
can't
find
that
and
seeing
that
you
had
the
fire.
I
know
you've
been
set
back
a
little,
but
were
there
any
provisions
made
to
the
community
not
to
open
recreational.
Y
X
X
We
did
it
on
multiple
occasions.
We
sent
them
all
of
our
updated
materials,
the
new
floor
plan,
so
we
engaged
with
all
those
groups
that
we'd
previously
spoken
with,
I
think
at
a
very
high
level,
in
a
very
transparent
way.
So
we
we've
stuck
to
our
word
of
going
back
to
them
and
and
asking
their
permission
and
talking
about
it.
First,
the
west
roxbury
neighborhood
council
was
the
only
group
to
hold
a
formal
meeting
and
then
they
voted
7-1
in
favor
of
us
moving
forward
with
the
adult
use.
G
X
That's
a
great
question,
commissioner:
I
think
that
what
we
really
have
been
focused
on
is
one
trying
to
recruit
local
residents
into
our
management
team,
so
our
west
roxbury
manager
is
a
boston
resident,
our
framing
cam,
with
experience,
she's
worked
at
two
cannabis
facilities
already
and
it's
a
great
example
of
how
somebody's
moving
up
in
the
industry
so
she
began,
and
I
don't
have
to
slide
up
in
front
of
me.
So
I
apologize
but
she
began.
X
Let
me
just
bring
it
up,
because
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
to
answer
your
question
so
at
first
she
was
a
dispensary
agent
at
a
medical
facility.
Then
she
was
an
assistant,
general
manager
at
another
facility,
and
now
she
got
hired
at
our
facility
as
a
gm.
So
it's
just
a
great
example
of
how
people
really
are
moving
around
and
moving
up
what
what
we
think
we
offer
differently,
because
we
have
multiple
locations
and
because
we
have
cultivation
manufacturing.
X
We
can
take
somebody
like
that
who
is
obviously
very
motivated
to
grow
in
this
industry
and
she
will
have
the
opportunity
to
do
it
here
with
beacon
compassion.
So
once
she's
fulfilled,
you
know
her
role
as
a
gm.
If
she
wanted
to
go
into
cultivation
and
manufacturing,
she
would
be
able
to
do
that,
and
so,
having
that
longer
view
for
folks
has
been
very
helpful
in
our
recruitment
of
people,
because
they
don't
have
to
change
companies.
X
They
can
stay
somewhere
and
take
on
different
jobs
and
take
on
different
roles,
and
I
think
we
are
seeing
in
the
industry
folks
with
experience
like
quantity.
They
have
to
move
companies
to
move
up
and
I
think
we
offer
a
little
bit
more
because
of
our
multiple
locations
and
our
multiple
disciplines.
G
X
I
I
I
hate
to
take
a
guess.
I
believe
the
wage
is
around
16
an
hour,
something
like
that
right
now
and
I
apologize
quantity
isn't
on
the
call,
because
she
would
have
that
answer
for
you,
but
I
can
get
that
and
submit
it
as
a
supplemental
information.
So
I'm
not
guessing.
I
can
get
that
for
the
commission
and
I'll
have
it
to
you
before
monday,
yeah.
Z
AA
Madam
chair
members
of
the
board
jack
duggan
mayor's
office,
neighborhood
services,
you
know,
as
pete
mentioned
yeah,
we
did
go
through
a
full
community
process.
The
abutters
meeting
on
october
13th
was
lightly
attended.
There
were
several
residents,
including
a
couple
residents
from
the
a
couple
of
neighborhood
associations
who
are
on
the
call,
so
I
believe
they'll
testify.
AA
AB
And
hi
there
good
afternoon,
I'm
norm,
mcmanus-vincent,
I'm
here
from
the
district
six
city
council
office
of
newly
inaugurated
counselor,
kendra
hicks-lara.
We
understand
that
the
community
process
has
been
going
on
for
a
number
of
years.
Thank
you
to
jack
duggan
for
his
stewardship
of
the
process
and
we'll
be
following
this
issue
closely
as
it
moves
forward.
Our
office
does
want
to
be
sure
that
the
nearby
residents
of
eastwood
court,
eastwood
circuit,
caledonian,
ave
and
laureate
continue
to
be
heard.
AB
We
do
know
that
they
raised
some
concerns
about
the
9pm
closing
time
at
the
october
13th
meeting.
We
can
encourage
vegan
compassion
to
remain
in
conversation
with
them
because
they
are
going
to
be
beacon,
compassion's
new
neighbors,
given
the
work
that's
been
done
prior
to
counselor
lars
taking
office
and
the
west
roxbury
neighborhood
council's
approval.
This
time
our
office
defers
to
the
board
regarding
this
application.
Thank
you.
Z
Thank
you.
My
name
is
stephen
smith.
I
live
at
103
laureate
with
roxbury.
I
am
president
of
the
charles
river
spring
valley,
neighbor
association
and
a
member
of
the
west
washington
neighborhood
council,
so
I've
been
through
this
process
in
terms
of
many
of
the
meetings
that
beacon
compassion
has
held,
I
want
to
confirm
that
they've
been
had
a
robust
process
in
terms
of
meeting
with
neighborhood
associations.
Z
Initially,
we
were
supportive
of
only
a
medical,
not
adult
recreational
and
another
neighborhood
councils
felt
the
same
way,
but
they
did
reach
out
to
us,
explain
to
us
why
they
were
going
in
this
direction
and
did
commend
them
address
the
concerns
we
had
about
going
with
the
adult
recreational.
We
were
one
of
the
ones
that
pushed
that
the
medical
open
first
before
the
adult
recreation
that
there'd
be
a
gap
between
those
two
opening.
I
want
to
thank
peter
for
addressing
the
fire.
Z
I
was
kind
of
curious
to
see
how
much
that
was
going
to
delay
the
process.
One
thing
that
did
I
want
to
make
clear
to
the
board
is
not
a
fault
of
peter
or
bk
capacity,
but
one
thing
we
did
ask
beacon
compassion
is
to
get
the
landlord
to
improve
the
lighting.
The
lighting
is
not
the
greatest
in
that
spot,
particularly
at
nighttime,
and
wanted
a
number
of
residents
at
laureate.
At
that
meeting
I
mean
guys.
Community
did
address
concerns
about
the
parking
in
the
backs
and
lighting
additional
as
well.
So
that's
two
concerns.
A
A
A
The
initial
application
was
filed
july
29
2021,
the
date
of
filing
with
inspectional
services
was
august.
24
2021
and
the
community
meeting
was
held
on
december
29th
2021.
There
is
a
buffer
zone
conflict
with
another
cannabis
establishment.
Before
we
proceed
with
the
presentation,
I
will
ask
leah
to
testify
regarding
the
equity
certification.
M
M
M
AC
A
U
AD
Hi
good
afternoon,
madam
commissioner
and
commissioners,
my
name
is
eric
lawrence
and
I
want
to
thank
you,
we're
honored,
to
be
able
to
present
our
proposal
today
for
an
adult
use.
Recreational
dispensary
at
116,
harvard
ave,
mass,
greenwood's,
dba,
muse,
marijuana
united
for
social
equity,
is
a
economic,
empowerment
and
social
equity
applicant.
AD
AD
Our
leadership
team
includes
myself
I
currently
own
and
operate
lawrence
and
company,
which
is
a
general
contracting
business.
I
have
an
extensive
background
in
retail,
where
I
spent
20
years
working
for
home
depot
in
toys
r
us
combined,
where
I've
held
several
different
management
positions,
including
the
regional
director
of
diversity
and
inclusion.
AD
AD
We
realize
that
the
cannabis
industry
is
a
new
and
upcoming
industry,
and
we
realize
it
will
take
a
village
for
us
to
to
build
this
business,
we'll
only
be
as
good
as
those
that
we
surround
ourselves
with.
So
we
have
established
and
assembled
a
team
of
industry
experts
that
have
helped
us
to
get
where
we
are
today
and
are
committed
to
helping
us
through
our
ongoing
operations
that
will
help
us
with
legal
training
operations,
inventory,
financial
compliance
and
security
next
slide.
Please.
AD
We
will
conduct
regular
weekly
team
meetings
where
we
will
recognize
associates
accomplishments
and
we
will
transparently
discuss
the
company's
goals
and
achievements,
provide
an
open
forum
for
associates
to
provide
feedback
and
suggestions
on
company
initiatives
we'll
provide
a
confidential
suggestion.
Comment
box
where
associates
can
anonymously
provide
feedback,
suggestions
and
comments
without
fear
of
retribution
as
part
of
our
orientation
training
we
will
provide
un
will
undergo
conscious
and
unconscious
bias.
AD
AD
We've
identified
what
we
feel
is
a
very
appropriate
location
for
a
adult
use.
Dispensary
at
116,
harvard
ave
is
2
000
square
feet
of
street
level.
Retail
space
the
location
is
commercially
zoned
it's
in
a
business
district.
There
are
no
residential
butters,
there's
no
schools
within
500
feet.
We
have
a
lease
agreement
to
lease:
an
additional
25
off
street
parking
spaces.
That's
400
feet
from
the
location.
AD
AD
AD
We
do
recognize
and
acknowledge
that
we
are
in
a
buffer
zone
with
a
co-located
operator
that
is
.3
miles
from
us.
They
sit
on
the
border
of
brookline
and
alston
were
separated
from
them
by
a
natural
barrier
of
the
green
line
and
com.
Avenue
alston
boasts
a
50
percent
higher
population
density
than
the
city-wide
average,
and
also
there
are
18
800
people
per
square
mile
versus
the
city-wide
average
of
twelve
thousand
two
hundred
people
per
square
mile
500.
AD
AD
AD
Proceeding
into
the
dispensary
there'll
be
an
indoor
queuing
area
that
will
double
as
a
gallery.
We
recognize
that
the
austin
area
has
a
limited
gallery
space
for
the
huge
artist
community.
That's
there.
Also
within
this
area,
we'll
have
a
kiosk
where
people
will
be
able
to
provide
for
express
delivery
upon
entering
the
sales
area.
The
first
kiosk
will
be
dedicated
to
pre-orders
and
express
service.
AE
Hello,
everyone,
so
mass
greenwoods
is
the
economic
empowerment
applicant.
So
we
have
a
duty
to
provide
those
who
have
been
penalized
under
cannabis:
prohibition
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
legal
market,
so
sixty
percent
of
our
hiring
will
be
reserved
for
those
with
the
marijuana.
Related
quarry
will
provide
living
wage
jobs
for
boston
residents,
for
economic
growth
and
stability
for
the
boston
community.
AE
So
here
we
detail,
we
break
down
more
detail
of
our
employment
plan,
so
you
can
see
how
many
people
we
plan
to
hire
and
how
we
will
hire
disadvantaged
disproportionately
advantaged
groups
we've
also
begun
begin.
We
have
also
built
relationship
with
different
community
organizations
in
order
to
source
employees
to
meet
our
diversity
and
inclusion
goals.
AE
Community
engagement
and
positive
impact
is
really
important
to
mass
greenwoods.
Throughout
the
licensing
process.
We've
obtained
over
700
signatures
of
support
from
residents
and
workers
and
30
letters
of
support
from
a
better
abutting
businesses
will
join
various
civic
organizations
in
allston
and
neighborhood
groups
in
order
to
provide
and
obtain
feedback
and
create
an
available
mode
of
communication.
AE
The
mass
ccc
has
set
up
strict
regulations
to
ensure
our
operation
is
safe
and
secure.
So
we
maintain
a
strong
focus
on
compliance.
Employees
are
required
to
pass
state
and
national
background
checks.
Our
security
systems
are
integrated
and
they
monitor
interior
exterior
and
all
places
interior
where
cannabis
will
be
stored
and
we've
hired
a
firm
that
specializes
in
regulated
security
and
already
successfully
maintains
dozens
of
existing
cannabis
facilities
and
imperium
solutions
for
proven,
safe
and
secure
cash
transfers.
AE
We
have
a
strong
diversion
prevention
plan
where
we'll
use
metric
that
will
track
from
c
to
sale,
product
and
we'll
tag
that
product
to
people's
21
plus
verified
id.
Any
customers
who
or
associates
who
divert
product
will
be
banned
and
reported
immediately
and
we
have
the
right
to
retain
and
we
retain
the
right
to
deny
sales
to
any
individuals
I'll
pass
it
back
to
eric
lawrence
to
talk
more
about
our
nuisance
prevention
plan.
AD
AD
Security
will
monitor
the
site,
the
storefront
sidewalk
and
the
parking
areas
to
prevent
nuisance
behaviors.
As
mentioned
earlier,
we'll
have
an
inside
queuing
area
to
prevent
limes
from
forming
outside
pre-order
and
express
orders
will
be
available.
No
double
parking
will
be
allowed
in
front
of
the
building,
we're
also
working
with
the
mb
boston
transportation
department
to
implement
a
15-minute
park
parking
zone.
This
will
help
not
only
our
business
but
the
the
many
restaurants
on
harvard
ave
that
utilize
grubhub
in
ubereats.
AD
That
concludes
our
presentation.
We'd
like
to
thank
the
city
of
boston,
mayor
wu,
former
mayor
janie
and
mayor
walsh,
for
putting
together
an
equity
program
that
levels
the
playing
field
and
provides
opportunity
for
those
that
have
been
disproportionately
affected
to
gain
entry
into
this
industry.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
B
It's
more
of
a
comment
than
a
question,
but
I
want
to
give
you
an
opportunity
to
explain
it
on
the
record.
Under
your
diversity
inclusion
plan
and
the
board
memo,
it
states
you're,
going
to
prioritize
participants
in
the
supply
chain
and
ancillary
services
that
promote
equity
and
diversity.
Could
you
expand
a
little
bit
more
upon
that.
AD
Yes,
right
so
within
our
supply
supply
chain,
we've
begin
conversations
with
several
businesses.
I've
graduated
the
social
equity
program.
There
are
a
couple
of
companies
that
have
are
in
the
licensing
process.
Currently
that
we're.
In
conversations
with
that,
we
would
like
to
develop
a
working
relationship
with.
We
have
identified
several
other
businesses
that
are
already
up
and
running
that
are
either
women-owned
or
minority-owned,
where
we
will
plan
to
source
our
products
from
or
percentage
of
our
products.
AD
AD
B
And
I
just
have
one
other
thing:
I'd
like
to
do
on
the
record.
This
neighborhood,
I
think,
sees
a
lot
of
students,
a
lot
of
international
residents
and
my
concern
before
previous
applicants.
It's
not
that
we
haven't
not
that
there
isn't
an
issue
with
fake
ids
and
cannabis.
We
haven't
seen
it.
We
haven't
had
a
lot
of
enforcement,
but
we've
had
our
inspectors
go
out
and
we've
tested
some
of
the
handheld
scanners
and
they
have
not
been
updated
or
they
have
not
properly
scanned
bake
ids.
B
AD
Yes,
we
agree,
and
we
have
done
some
research
into
identifying
what
one
of
the
best
id
scanners
are,
that
scans
id
from
all
50
states,
military,
ids,
passports
and
international.
I
believe
our
our
security
advisor
jim
willoughby
is
on
the
line.
I
believe
that
security
scanning
system
is
called
insight
is
jim
on
the
line.
I.
AF
D
AF
My
job
is
to
leverage
each
against
each
other
to
provide
the
best
best
and
end
result.
Part
of
that
process
is
the
update,
the
automatic
updating
of
firmware
the
galaxy
integrated
technologies.
My
home
base
office
is
right
around
the
corner
in
brighton,
so
we're
going
to
be
able
to
fully
support
eric
and
his
team
with
automating
these
software
updates.
So
when
there's
new
security
hacks
that
unfortunately
come
across
every
industry,
we
want
to
make
sure
we're,
on
top
of
it,
support
eric
and
support
the
community
as
well.
G
Yes,
thank
you
in
your
presentation.
You
talked
about
you
conducted
extensive
community
outreach
and
you
said
during
the
outreach
we
learned
that
austin
is
dealing
with
a
housing
crisis
and
that
residents
are
being
displaced
by
increasing
rents,
so
you're
thinking
that
so
it's
in
there.
So
that's
why
I'm
asking?
AD
AD
AD
We're
going
to
establish
a
grant,
we'll
initially
establish
a
10
000
grant
a
year
where
we
will
provide
that
grant
to
associates
who
are
either
first
time
home
buyers
to
help
with
down
systems
a
payment
or
they
are
seeking
apartment
rentals
and
they
need
assistance
with
first
last
or
security
deposits
you
know,
associates
will
need
to
have
completed
a
years
of
employment.
They'll
have
to
provide
either
a
purchase
and
sales
agreement
or
lease
agreement
in
order
to
qualify
for
that
that
benefit.
G
AD
It's
gallery
space.
Yes,
we've
collaborated
with
jill
rizzotti,
who
runs
art
district
boston.
She
is
a
a
former
long-term
austin
resident.
Unfortunately,
she
also
was
kind
of
priced
out
of
the
market
and
lost
some
gallery
space
as
well.
So
we
discovered,
through
our
community
outreach
that
the
there's
a
robust
artist
community
within
allston
and
in
talking
with
a
lot
of
the
artists,
they
have
a
there's,
a
lack
of
artist
space
where
they
can
really
economize
their
their
their
art.
AD
So
what
we
decided
to
do
is
to
make
a
commitment
to
double
that
queuing
area,
that
we
showed
you
as
a
gallery
space
and
again
the
the
art
district
fossil
will
help
us
in
curating
that
space,
so
artists
will
be
able
to
come
in
it'll,
be
a
rotating
gallery.
Ideally,
we
would
have
the
gallery
that
would
run
for
like
three
months
three
month
period
at
a
time,
it's
not
necessarily
an
event
space
that
the
space
is
used
to
display
their
art.
AH
AH
A
I
We
will
be
working
with
them
on
setting
up
business
operations
and
hiring
staff
software
points
of
sale
stations
and
money
transport.
We
supply
help
them
with
supplying
the
business
inventory,
deliveries,
product
selection
and
menu,
curation
and
working
with
them,
navigating
the
world
of
wholesale
agreements
and
allocation
programs.
So
that's
just
they've
been
a
member
again
with
a
couple
of
other
applicants
and
we
are
really
pleased
to
see
where
they
are
going
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
them
in
their
further
success.
D
AI
Hello,
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
everyone
for
showing
up
I'm
representing
the
big
hope
project.
I'm
a
founder.
We
work
very
heavily
in
the
community.
I've
been
involved
in
marijuana,
my
whole
life.
I've
been
advocating
and
organizing
for
about
four
years
now,
I'm
a
non-profit
professional
we're
working
very
very
closely
with
master
greenwood's,
and
I
think
I
don't
think,
there's
a
more
equitable
black
company
in
boston.
AI
At
the
moment
everything
we've
talked
about
everything
they've
talked
about
in
terms
of
hiring
people
from
the
community
and
giving
a
fair
wage.
You
know,
I
think,
is
really
really
good.
I
think
a
lot
of
the
problems
that
black
and
latino
people
face
our
economic
base
and
I
think
they're
doing
a
lot
to
address
that,
and
they
also
want
to
do
a
lot
with
corey
reform,
and
I
think
we
should
all
support
them.
Thank
you.
AG
Thank
you
so
much
I
I.
I
live
in
maplewood
new
jersey,
so
I'm
out
of
state,
but
I
know
eric
and
maya
in
a
professional
context
for
a
while.
Now
I
recommend
them
as
they
are
experienced
and
pragmatic
business
people
and
I
think
they
would
be
they
in
mass
greenwood's
would
be
a
great
addition
to
the
boston
cannabis
market.
Thank
you.
AL
Hey
hi,
I'm
max,
I
live
in
roxbury
for
over
like
15
years,
and
I
see
eric
and
maya
engaging
in
the
community
and
austin
and
and
in
the
business
plan,
provide
a
lot
of
positive
social
impact
in
the
community,
and
I
really
really
support.
I
really
really
support
their
openings
in
allston
and
I
would
also
do
everything
possible
to
be
part
of
their
team
and
support
them.
AM
AN
I've
known
eric
for
a
few
years
now
working
in
the
cannabis
space
and
you
know,
based
on
my
community
outreach
experience.
I
attended
his
meeting
his
neighborhood
meeting
and
I
was
extremely
impressed
by
just
the
amount
of
support
that
he
had
from
the
community.
The
extensive
community
outreach
that
he
did,
I
mean,
even
as
a
social
equity
applicant,
having
the
the
will
and
wanting
to
engage
with
the
community.
To
that
extent
is
you
know,
it
just
goes
to
prove
that
you
know
he's
there
for
the
community,
and
so
I
also
support
this
project.
Thank
you.
AN
AJ
Hi
good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
brandi
grant
and
I
am
founder
of
the
black
bostonian
that
hosts
a
job
and
housing
network.
I
was
invited
here
by
mass
grainwood
and
can
testify
to
the
transparency
and
diversity
of
this
project
and
team,
I'm
in
huge
favor
of
this
initiative,
in
addition
to
not
only
of
the
employment
but
to
the
arts
and
home
ownership,
and
would
love
to
see
it
to
fruition.
Thank
you.
Can
you
just
write.
AJ
L
L
AO
Thank
you
very
much
I'll,
be
brief.
Todd
fennard,
545,
boylston
street
maya
and
eric
have
become
friends
over
the
last
few
years
and
what
I
will
tell
you
is
that
there
that
that
their
retail
background,
their
knowledge
of
boston
and
the
the
whole
design
of
the
cannabis
system
within
the
city
and
and
the
empowerment
pro
process,
I
think,
is
such
a
perfect
fit,
and
I
I'm
really
really
impressed
by
eric's
background
maya's
background
and
how
they
brought
it
all
together.
So
I
just
wanted
to
log
my
support
for
this
application.
Thank
you.
D
A
AP
Yes,
26
worcester
street
boston
mars
and
I'm
in
support
of
mass
greenwood
for
many
reasons,
but
first
and
foremost,
because
my
life
was
highly
impacted
by
marijuana.
I
spent
20
years
of
my
life
incarcerated.
I've
been
home
now
for
about
two
years,
and
I
work
with
at-risk
youth
in
the
city
of
boston
and
my
major
involvement.
What
I
would
like
is
the
part
of
restorative
justice.
AP
Restorative
justice
has
helped
me
in
a
huge,
huge
major
part
of
my
life,
and
it
gives
me
the
ability
to
give
back
now
to
show
that,
just
because
you
have
a
corey,
you
can
change.
You
can
change
dramatically.
I
use
my
life
every
day
to
support
these
youth
in
the
inner
city,
showing
them
that
black
and
brown
people
can
come
together
and
we
do
it
as
one
unit
as
one
unit
through
restorative
justice.
Thank
you.
AQ
Hi
thanks,
my
name
is
victor
chang,
I'm
one
of
the
co-founders
of
cypress
tree
management,
which
is
a
licensed
adult
use
operator
here
in
newton
mass.
We
also
have
provisionally
licensed
dispensaries,
both
in
natick
and
in
the
fenway
community.
I've
been
advising
and
working
with
eric
for
the
last
couple
years
and
just
wanted
to
give
my
ringing
support
for
him
and
maya
and
the
whole
team.
AQ
I
think,
very
importantly,
eric
understands
the
challenges
and
the
hurdles
of
operating
a
adult
use
dispensary
in
the
state
and
is
ready
to
take
on
those
challenges.
He'll
always
have
the
support
of
myself
and
our
organization,
and
then
additionally,
his
desire
and
commitment
to
community
give
back
is
is
a
genuine
core
tenant
of
what
they're
trying
to
achieve.
You
know:
we've
seen
lots
of
applicants
who
present
a
nice
story,
but
it's
just
a
story
with
eric,
it's
true
to
their
their
mission
and
objective.
O
Y
Yes,
josh
solar
with
walcott
corporation
at
1050,
commonwealth,
ave,
boston,
mass.
We
are
the
property
manager
for
the
landlord
at
the
site
and
I
just
want
to
voice
my
support
for
eric
and
his
team
at
mass
greenwoods.
His
communication
has
been
excellent
with
us
throughout
the
process.
We
hope
the
approvals
all
go
through
and
we
look
forward
to
him
being
a
good
neighbor
in
austin
and
activating
the
storefront,
and
I
think
the
foot
traffic
will
help
all
the
community
and
the
surrounding
businesses
around
him.
AR
AC
AC
S
S
K
AT
I
am
jenny
johnson,
I
own
regeneration
tattoo
at
155,
harvard
ave
in
austin,
so
we'd
be
right
across
the
street
from
greenwood.
So
I
just
wanted
to
voice
my
support.
I've
met
erica
eric
and
maya
multiple
times
now.
They
have
been
so
good
at
communicating
with
everybody,
and
I
just
I
don't
think
we
could
ask
for
better
neighbors
honestly,
it's
it's
amazing
how
many
empty
storefronts
we
have
and
people
come
and
go
all
the
time
and
we
never
meet
them.
AT
AT
A
AT
AU
AU
Hi,
my
name
is:
darrell
slim
weathers
voices
of
liberation,
just
a
long
story
short
I'm
here
to
support
eric
lawrence
on
big
hole,
project
in
mass
green
woods
for
stepping
in
their
power
and
to
ensure
the
community
on
I'm
darrell
weathers.
I
we
feed
thousands
of
people
every
week
with
feed
the
hood
program.
AU
W
Yes,
this
is
actually
george
raynor,
I'm
also
the
treasurer
of
the
rocks
reaction
program,
but
a
long
time
friend
of
eric
lawrence,
and
I
just
want
to
test
through
his
character,
he's
one
of
those
rare
individuals
that
tells
you
he's
going
to
call.
He
calls
tells
you
he's
going
to
to
follow
up
on
a
project.
He
follows
up
on
the
project,
and
my
whole
experience
with
him
has
been
very
consistent
has
been
very
enriching
to
me,
and
I
think
that
his
business
and
any
community
will
be
an
asset.
AV
AW
A
AX
Edwards
yeah,
sorry
good
afternoon.
Sorry
I'm
at
therapy,
but
I
wanted
to
extend
my
support
for
eric.
I've
known
eric
for
over
10
years,
currently
used
to
work
with
them
at
home
depot
and
I'm
currently
working
with
broker.
So
I
want
to
lend
my
support
in
roker
with
our
eric
and
his
endeavor
to
embark
on
this
new
venture.
AX
A
Next
we
have
the
applicant
is
nsa,
jl
holdings
inc.
The
proposed
license
premise
is
50
clap
street
dorchester.
The
license
type
is
a
co-located
medical
and
recreational
cannabis.
Dispensary
license.
The
proposed
hours
of
operations
are
monday
through
saturday
9
a.m,
to
7
p.m
and
sunday
11
a.m
to
6
p.m.
This
is
a
non-equity
applicant.
The
initial
application
was
filed
june
25th
2021,
the
fallon
with
inspectional
services
was
june,
25th
2021
and
the
community
meeting
was
held
on
october
25th
2021..
A
AY
Okay,
good,
I
think
I
got
it
so
good
afternoon
and
happy
new
year
to
everyone.
This
is
mike
ross,
I'm
the
attorney
for
nsa
jail
holdings,
doing
business
as
ethos
cannabis,
I'm
pleased
to
be
joined
today
by
austin
martin,
the
general
manager
of
the
facility
at
50,
clap
street
amanda,
amos
director
of
people
and
culture
for
ethos,
cannabis,
joe
badowski,
director
of
retail
operations
and
dan
linsky.
Our
security
consultant.
AY
The
site
is
currently
not
impeded
by
an
existing
cannabis
establishment
within
the
half-mile
buffer
zone,
nor
is
it
within
500
feet
of
a
school
ethos.
Cannabis
currently
operates
in
two
other
states,
other
than
massachusetts
pennsylvania,
where
they
have
eight
medical
licenses
and
one
cultivation
license
maryland
where
they
have
three
medical
license
licenses
in
massachusetts.
Ethos
has
an
adult
license
in
fitchburg,
along
with
cultivation
and
processing
an
adult
license
in
lynn
and
is
co-located
with
adele
and
medical
in
watertown.
AY
As
austin
from
our
team
who's
here
today
can
tell
you,
the
applicant
currently
has
eight
employees
working
at
50,
clap
street
four
or
fifty
percent
of
the
employees
identify
as
bypass
currently
just
over
62
percent
of
the
team.
Are
women
and
63
percent
are
boston
residents
promotions
at
the
facility,
since
first
opening
reflect
four
for
four
in
terms
of
going
to
bipac
employees.
AY
AY
We
currently
exceed
these
goals
with
regard
to
boston
residents
and
women.
We
will
improve
on
our
diversity
goals
through
new
hires
in
order
to
outreach
to
the
relevant
communities
so
as
to
achieve
our
diversity
goals,
the
company
intends
to
place
its
job
postings
on
recruitment
sites
and
in
targeted
media
that
reach
these
populations.
AY
As
I
mentioned,
I'm
joining
here,
I'm
joined
today
by
amanda,
the
director
of
people
and
culture
for
ethos.
Who
can
talk
more
about
this?
She
is
now
trained
and
is
further
training,
her
staff
to
be
certified
in
diversity,
recruiting
the
company
is
also
seeking
to
improve
on
its
minority-owned
contractors
and
presently
works
with
four
companies
in
this
space.
One
area
we're
reviewing
is
cannabis
product
itself
and
how
we
can
support
minority
owned
suppliers.
AY
AY
AY
In
addition
to
the
previously
stated
goals,
employees
at
50,
clap
street
will
be
paid.
A
starting
wage
of
17.50
per
hour,
and
managers
will
have
an
average
salary
of
sixty
four
thousand
dollars
per
year.
Benefits
for
both
hourly
employees
and
salaried
employees
include
health
vision,
dental
public
transit
and
blue
bike
subsidies,
life
insurance
and
the
opportunity
to
earn
company
stock
options
and
annual
merit
raises.
AY
AY
AY
We
engaged
hayes
engineering
to
assess
increased
traffic
at
the
site.
They
do
not
see
adverse
impacts
to
existing
traffic
conditions.
This
is
in
large
part
due
to
the
fact
that
the
location
of
this
facility
is
next
to
an
extremely
high
traffic
area
along
massachusetts
avenue.
Therefore,
a
significant,
significant
number
of
patients
and
customers
coming
to
this
facility
are
essentially
opportunity
commuters.
AY
AY
AY
However,
even
if
we
did,
it
would
form
at
the
rear
of
the
building
and
not
on
a
city
sidewalk
in
terms
of
anticipated
numbers
of
customers.
We
currently
see
approximately
40
to
50
customers.
I
mean
sorry
patients
per
day.
We
anticipate
the
customer
count
to
gradually
increase
to
approximately
250
to
300
customers
per
day,
with
our
five
point,
with
our
five
point
of
sales
systems
and
approximately
eighty
percent
of
our
customers
who
order
ahead
of
time
online,
the
volume
of
patients
and
customers
is
manageable
without
any
anticipated
impacts
to
security
or
to
the
surrounding
community.
AY
The
average
transaction
takes
anywhere
from
three
to
five
minutes
and
the
average
per
person
purchase
is
just
over
a
hundred
dollars
at
50
claps,
for
as
mentioned,
there
are
nine
existing
parking
spaces
and
clap
street
itself
currently
has
undesignated
curbside
parking
for
approximately
25
spaces
ethos.
Employees
will
no
longer
be
permitted
to
park
in
the
parking
lot
or
in
the
spaces
on
clap
street
in
order
to
optimize
parking
for
customers
and
patients.
AY
Dan
linsky
is
here
with
us
today.
Our
security
operations
include
cash
transport
by
plymouth,
armor
group,
product
delivery
by
eagle's
eye
eagle,
eyes,
transport
and
security
guards
by
pilgrim
security.
There
will
always
be
a
minimum
of
one
security
guard
present
for
the
initial
rollout
of
adult
use.
The
plan
is
to
have
two
security
guards
present
in
order
to
manage
the
transition.
AY
AY
We
are
proud
of
the
partnerships
we
have
formed
with
the
surrounding
community,
including
the
mccormick
civic
association
and
the
new
market
business
association.
We
are
proud
to
have
their
support
and
the
support
of
councillor
frank
baker.
We
have
also
submitted
93
letters
of
support
to
the
board
from
this
immediate
community
and
we
would
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
K
K
AY
F
AY
AZ
Honestly,
I
would
say
I
would
say
up
until
about
november,
just
because
to
your
point,
mike
with
with
the
various
changes
that
have
to
that
have
to
be
made
just
in
terms
of
the
physical
changes
to
the
store
to
to
the
hiring
and
the
expanding
of
the
staff.
I
wouldn't
want
to
jump
the
gun
and
do
it
quicker
than
anything
else.
I
would
rather
take
the
appropriate
time
needed
and
the
proper
time
needed
to
do
this
successfully.
So,
just
with
that
said,
I
would
ballpark
it
about
november.
AZ
It's
not
as
much
build
out
as
much
as
it
is
just
just
making
some
changes
to
the
inside.
If,
if,
if
we
wanted
to
expand
some
point
of
sale
systems,
we
can
always
do
that
in
order
to
add
you
know
adequately
serve
the
guests
coming
in
if
they
are
coming
in
at
an
increased
volume,
so
it
wouldn't
necessarily
be
build
out
as
much
as
it
would
be
working
with
what
we
currently
have
and
maybe
making
some
additional
changes
inside.
G
AY
AY
AY
BA
I
can
speak
to
the
evolve
advisors
and
what
we,
what
we
spent
last
year
with
engaged
with
them
in
our
diversity,
recruiting
on
on
that
side
of
things
it's
about
eight
to
ten
thousand,
sometimes
fifteen
thousand
a
month.
It's
a
fully
dedicated
service
that
we've
been
engaged
with
them,
since
the
operations
of
ethos,
as.
BA
AZ
Well,
I
don't
have
all
the
all
the
numbers
directly
in
front
of
me.
I
I
do
know
we
spent
about
1500
a
month
just
from
just
on
the
minority
owned
businesses.
You
know
in
general
and
and
to
amanda's
point,
that's
not
something
that
we're
looking
to
cap
or
or
just
limit
to
just
dorchester.
That's
something
we
continually
try
to
build
upon
at
all
of
our
locations,
including
including
our
dorchester
location,
which
the
frequency
of
that
would
just
increase,
given
an
adult
license
in
conjunction
with
medical.
BA
Correct,
yes,
we
are
putting
infrastructure
in
place
for
us
to
track
our
our
contracts,
as
well
as
the
demographics
of
candidates
and
employees
as
well,
so
that
that
is
something
that
we're
working
towards
we're
rolling
out
a
system
in
february
to
actually
really
start
to.
Do
that
and
gather
the
statistics
of
all
of
that
information.
J
Thank
you,
miss
wayne
and
good
job
in
interpreting
us
through
this
process.
Here
good
morning,
madam
chair
and
in
members
of
the
board,
I'm
here
in
support
of
the
application
at
50
class
street
ethos
they've
been
in
business
for
a
year
now,
so
they
have
a
proven
track
record
on
on.
You
know,
hiring
and
all
hiring
a
diverse
and
local
team.
They've
got
a
proven
record
on
impacts
in
the
neighborhood.
There's
been
no
negative
impacts
on
the
neighborhood.
They
have
a
a
quality
equality
team
in
dan
linsky
when
it
comes
to
security.
J
This
this
application.
Here
we
brought
this
through
it
feels
like
a
lifetime
ago.
This
actually
was
approved
at
zoning
in
18
back
or
one
of
the
initial
applications
that
came
to
the
city,
the
city
of
boston,
and
I
was
involved
in
the
community
process
and
the
stakeholder
process,
which
ethos
was
was
they
were
fair
and
they
were
good
and
they're
responsive
to
to
the
stakeholders
and
community
group
groups,
but
I
also
am
thrilled
to
have
them
actively
involved
in
the
new
market
bid
application.
J
BB
BB
At
the
meeting,
the
applicant
presented
robust
plans
regarding
traffic
flow
security
plans
and
overall
operations
to
supplement
their
current
medical
cannabis
sale
with
adult
youth
sale.
They
also
addressed
abutters
concerns
regarding
community
benefits
and
outreach
and
look
forward
to
making
further
contributions.
So
at
this
time
our
office
would
like
to
defer
to
the
board's
judgment.
BB
A
H
H
Excellent
community
benefits
good
neighbors
as
councilor
baker
just
mentioned
they're
big
supporters
of
the
recently
established
new
market
business
improvement
district.
We
think
they
are
more
than
deserving
of
getting
their
recreational
license
and
hope
that
the
board
will
awareness
to
them.
Thank
you.
BC
BC
A
BD
Good
evening,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board,
adam
sarbah,
I
am
a
director
butter
on
enterprise
street
to
ethos
and
want
to
go
on
record
and
support.
They
are
both
active,
communicative
and
responsive
in
the
neighborhood.
There
are,
you
know
going
again.
They
have
zero
issues
in
the
last
year
and
between
what
commissioner
smith
pointed
out
on
the
designated
parking
on
clap
street.
BD
BE
A
A
Our
first
one
is
the
applicant
is
in
route
llc.
The
proposed
license:
premise
is
415
blue
hill
avenue
dorchester,
the
license
type
is
a
co-located
marijuana,
career
and
delivery
operator
license.
The
proposed
hours
of
operations
are
monday
through
saturday
10
a.m,
to
9,
00
p.m
and
sunday
noon
to
8
pm.
This
is
an
equity
applicant.
The
date
of
the
initial
application
was
june.
12
2021,
the
date
of
the
inspectional
services
found
was
july,
2nd
2021
and
the
community
meeting
took
place
on
october
27
2021..
A
M
Thank
you.
Jasmine.
Our
office
was
able
to
certify
enroute
llc
as
an
equity
applicant
through
the
documentation
submitted
by
the
applicant
james
finney,
who
is
a
partner
of
enroute
llc.
Is
the
51
beneficial
interest
holder
of
enroute
llc
meeting
the
51
ownership
interest
threshold
set
forth
in
the
ordinance
mr
finney
submitted
sufficient
documentation
that
verified
that
he
has
been
a
resident
of
boston
for
at
least
the
past
seven
years
by
providing
a
proof
of
residency
certificate
from
the
boston
elections
department
for
both
his
addresses
at
grace,
street
and
bailey
street,
since
at
least
2008.
M
M
B
M
B
M
BF
Can
answer
the
question
that
is:
aaliyah
does
have
an
older
document.
What
you
have
to
joyce
is
accurate
james
finney,
rookia,
chowdhury
and
salman
chaudhary
as
60
60
percent
beneficially
beneficial
interest
holders
all
qualify
for
locally
with
the
city,
and
that's
the
those
are
the
metrics
that
we're
using
for
our
equity
application.
BF
B
BF
A
BG
BG
The
owners
of
rooted
in
roxbury
in
partnership
with
james
finney,
have
formed
on
enroute.
Excuse
me
llc
the
entity
which
will
occupy
this
space.
The
partnership
was
born
out
of
james's
many
years
of
searching
for
an
opportunity
in
the
cannabis
industry
and
it
finally
presented
itself.
James
is
one
of
11
state
designated
economic
empowerment,
applicants
in
boston
and,
as
I've
mentioned
before,
james
had
surgery
yesterday
and
although
he's
listening
in,
he
will
be
unable
to
speak
today
and
we
wish
him
us
eating
recovery.
BG
Can
we
go
to
slide
two
to
who
we
are?
Our
mission
statement,
which
is
mirrored
from
our
rooted
in
brand,
speaks
to
who
we
are
and
is
a
true
expression
of
our
values.
Next
slide,
james
grew
up
in
franklin
fields,
development
and
helped
his
mother's,
his
mother
run
her
hair
salon
spectrum
hair
located
on
columbia.
Road
james
now
helps
care
for
individuals
who
are
aging
and
or
in
need
of
personal
assistance
in
their
home
as
a
pca.
BG
AW
BG
Investors
are
our
neighbors.
When
this
business
does
well
our
neighbors
succeed.
Financially,
we
will
be
bringing
the
same
successful
rooted
in
investment
model
to
enroute
and
setting
aside
five
percent
equity
in
the
business,
specifically
for
residents
of
the
grove
hall
area.
We
are
giving
residents
of
color
a
seat
at
the
table
and
a
billion
dollar
industry.
52
of
our
54
investors
at
our
newbury
street
location
are
people
of
color,
and
we
have
raised
over
1
million
dollars
from
people
of
color
in
the
city
of
boston.
BG
BG
There
are
several
reasons
why
we
have
chosen
this
location.
Logistically,
it
is
ideal,
as
it
is
centrally
located
within
the
city
from
the
central
hub.
Our
proposed
three
delivery
vans
will
have
the
ability
to
service
the
city,
segmented
into
three
sectors:
north
west
and
south
sectors.
Additionally,
as
residents
of
this
community,
specifically
residents
of
grove
hall,
the
purchase
of
this
building
allows
us
to
improve
this
corner
lot.
That
has
been
in
native
rehabilitation
for
some
time.
BG
Finally,
as
a
delivery
model,
we
will
see
no
customers
at
the
site.
This
means
we
can
generate
the
economic
benefits
of
a
cannabis
facility
revenue
and,
most
importantly,
jobs
in
our
community
without
bringing
the
perceived
negative
aspects
of
cannabis
of
a
cannabis
facility.
Excuse
me,
such
as
increased
traffic
lines
along
the
sidewalk
or
product
being
purchased
in
the
neighborhood.
Next
slide,
our
location.
We
are
proposing
to
operate
approximately
4,
500
square
feet
of
back
office,
warehouse
and
administrative
office
space
at
this
location.
BG
Our
site
allows
for
us
to
fully
self
our
site
allows
for
a
fully
self-contained
operation
by
utilizing
the
parking
lot
next
door.
While
we
have
an
area
for
parking,
there
will
be
no
customers
allowed
at
this
facility.
We
will
utilize
the
lot
for
delivery
only
operations,
our
three
delivery
vans
will
have
a
dedicated
parking
space
and
there
will
be
a
pass
through
directly
from
the
vault
to
the
van
drivers.
A
BG
BG
Oh
okay,
thank
you.
Sorry,
as
you
can
see
on
the
right
side,
our
second
floor
dispatch
and
administration
offices
are
located
and
on
the
main
floor
of
our
are
on
the
main
floor.
Our
security
and
vault
systems
are
located.
Drivers
will
pick
up
products
on
the
left
side
of
the
building
and
bring
them
out
to
the
lot.
Next
to
our
site.
BG
We
have
proposed
operating
seven
days
a
week:
nine
a.m
to
9
00
pm,
but
after
consultation
with
the
community,
we
have
reduced
the
hours
to
six
days
a
week
from
10
am
to
9
pm
and
significantly
reduced
hours
on
sunday,
so
as
not
to
commingle
with
church
traffic.
We
anticipate
each
fan
performing
two
delivery
runs
per
day.
That
is
six
degree
runs
total
our
hours
of
operation
will
offer
limited
delivery
operations
during
peak
commuter
times.
BG
Our
intention
is
to
bring
economic
value
to
our
community,
so
our
employees
will
be
recruited
from
our
neighborhood,
with
a
preference
for
those
who
live
nearby.
Our
initial
staffing
will
employ
39
people
across
warehouse
and
delivery
functions
next
slide
here
you
will
see
more
clearly
our
layout
to
accommodate
the
highest
level
of
security
and
employee
safety.
A
forthcoming
slide
will
display
security
operations
in
more
detail
next
slide.
BG
We
thought
it
was
important
to
show
you
that
the
types
of
delivery
vehicles
we
will
be
operating
there
will
be
three
of
these
vehicles
used
to
deliver
products,
each
outfitted
with
the
highest
standard
of
security,
including
a
mobile
vault
system,
gps
tracking
and
a
two-person
crew.
The
vehicle
is
never
left
alone
with
product
inside.
We
are
excited
to
bring
an
all-electric
cannabis
delivery
fleet
to
boston,
which
means
no
exhaust
and
no
engine
noises
to
ensure
we
are
always
respectful
of
our
neighbors.
BG
BG
We
will
be
fully
self-contained
site
as
a
transportation
business.
We
will
be
looking
closely
at
how
best
to
optimize
our
delivery
schedules
around
peak
commuter
time.
There
will
be
no
delivery
vehicles
allowed
to
park
along
blue
hill
avenue
and
we
will
be
employing
gps
technology
to
track
all
vehicles.
Ensuring
all
vans
are
safe
when
they
enter
into
and
out
of
our
facility.
BG
Our
business
model
also
includes
a
courier
method
of
delivery,
where
these
vehicles
will
never
pick
up
from
our
warehouse,
but
rather
other
retail
dispensaries
directly
and
then
onto
those
dispensary
customers
next
slide
microwave,
where
security
will
be
the
day-to-day
security
operator
for
this
site,
as
he
is
for
all
of
our
other
cannabis
sites.
Kroll
security
will
implement
all
of
our
security
processes
for
where
to
operate.
Pearl
has
decades
of
experience
in
securing
high
value
facilities,
including
over
six
years
of
dedicated
experience
in
the
cannabis
space.
BG
They
are
currently
the
security
operator
for
18
medical,
recreational
and
cultivation
sites
in
the
united
states
and
canada
next
slide.
Here,
you
can
find
us
here.
You'll
find
our
security
layout.
We
can
come
back
to
this
in
more
detail
during
the
q.
A
next
slide,
our
good
neighbor
policy,
in
addition
to
significantly
improving
lighting
scheduling
our
delivery
times
at
off-peak
hours,
surveillance
and
bringing
a
physical
presence
that
activates
this
prominent
corner.
BG
BG
BG
We
are
excited
to
announce
that
rooted
in
roxbury
and
enroute
have
executed
a
labor
peace
agreement
with
ufcw
local
1445,
the
largest
cannabis
union
in
the
northeast.
This
agreement
has
the
potential
to
cover
over
a
hundred
employees
across
our
three
cannabis
sites,
ensuring
our
employees,
the
recognition
and
the
voice
they
deserve
in
the
working
in
the
workplace.
BG
BG
We
have
received
over
600
designers
of
support
and
received
support
from
several
elected
officials
in
the
area
and
in
closing,
as
you
can
see,
we
anticipate
400k
in
tax
revenue
generated
from
this
site,
the
creation
of
39
new
jobs
and
with
the
presence
of
people
for
color,
we
are
willing
and
open
to
construct
constructively
finding
common
ground
with
the
community
members.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
we
welcome
questions.
B
BF
Yep,
sorry
sure,
sorry,
let
me
turn
my
camera
on.
We
had
the
conversation
as
the
five
of
us
as
owners
about
two
weeks
ago,
and
we
made
the
transition
from
51
to
20
percent
at
having
us
all
as
equal
owners.
When
we
initially
started
this
process
for
the
delivery,
none
of
us
at
the
time
had
been
certified
as
social
equity.
BF
We
were
working
with
james
to
open
up
this,
the
delivery
business
you
working
with
him
as
the
51
percent
owner
when
solomon
and
rukiya
were
certified
as
social
equity.
We
determined
we
wanted
to
right-size
the
organization
and
make
us
all
as
owners,
equal
partners,
and
we
discussed
it
internally
and
we
about
two
weeks
ago,
as
I
said,
and
we
came
to
that
decision
as
a
five-person
group.
B
BF
B
BF
B
B
BF
K
Yes,
yes,
I
do.
Thank
you.
I
really
appreciate
the
details
as
usual
and
it's
not
lost
on
me
that
you
don't
just
cut
and
paste
on
your
dei
programs
and
plans.
So
I
appreciate
that
I
had
a
question
about
the
internship
program.
You
list
the
universities
or
colleges
and
universities
has,
that
is
this
aspirational?
Have
you
already
made
those
relationships
happen.
BF
This
is
aspirational.
Our
goal
is
to
you
know,
once
we've
moved
further
along
in
this
process,
is
to
reach
out
to
those
groups,
and
others
in
order
to
you
know,
find
the
best
way
to
implement
those
programs,
but
the
the
programs
that
we
develop
or
that
we've
put
on
paper
are
programs
that
we've
kind
of
developed
internally
that
we
think
can
be
impactful,
for
you
know,
groups
that
we'll
be
looking
to
hire
and
bring
on
board
with
us,
and
you
know,
bri
be
along
for
for
the
ride
with
us.
BF
That
is
also
aspirational.
We
think
that
the
again
with
this
program
and
the
other
programs
that
we
have
listed
in
our
application,
we
think
that
the
foundation
of
what
we
want
to
put
together
is
sound
and
again.
What
we
always
want
to
do
is
what
we
always
try
not
to
do,
I
should
say,
is
create
programs
internally,
because
we
want
to
be
good
at
what
we're
good
at.
We
want
others
to
be
good
at
what
they're
good
at,
and
we
want
to
support
them
in
that.
BF
F
BF
BF
You
know
distributed,
not
distributing,
but
you
know
handing
out
the
cannabis
to
the
to
the
vans
and
things
like
that.
So
the
good
neighbor
policy
that
we
have
is
around
our
employees.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
they
agree
to
safe
driving
that
they're
not
smoking
in
public
areas,
because
how
often
do
you
see
employees
that
are
outside
smoking
cigarettes-
and
you
know
that
can
be
disruptive
to
neighbors.
We
don't
want
them
to
be
illegal
illegally
parking.
BF
I
live
in
roxbury,
I
have
a
driveway
and
you
know
there
were
times
where
I
wanted
to
get
out
to
you,
know,
watch
a
movie
or
or
get
delivered
or
get
a
takeout,
or
something
like
that
and
I
couldn't
get
out
because
someone's
blocking
my
drive
like
we
don't
want
our
employees
to
be
bad
neighbors
or
just
loitering
outside
the
warehouse
area.
We
want
all
activity
that
happens
with
our
employees
to
happen
inside
the
building
and
we
don't
want
to
be
disruptive
to
the
existing
community.
BF
D
F
F
BI
Thanks
brian,
we
have
it's
going
to,
there
is
going
to
be
product
inside
the
facility
and,
as
such,
we've
built
an
enhanced
evolved
security
program
similar
to
a
bank
structure.
We've
got
obviously
the
access
control
programs,
the
cameras,
the
duality
of
systems
that
in
case
one
of
the
systems
goes
down.
We
still
have
backups,
in
addition,
because
of
the
nature
of
it
being
a
little
different
than
a
retail
establishment.
BI
Is
it
a
an
animal
who
climbed
over
the
fence
and
activated
the
video,
or
is
it
a
human
being
who's
in
an
area
that
is
some
place?
They
shouldn't
be
off
hours.
Our
facility
will
be
equipped
with
outside
speakers
so
that
our
security
operations
teams
can
direct
somebody
and
have
a
conversation
with
them,
similar
to
what
they're
doing
in
the
old
colony
development
in
south
boston
to
enforce
the
no
smoking
on
the
on
the
public
property
rule.
BI
So
if
one
of
our
security
teams
sees
a
camera
act
up,
they
look
and
see
that
there's
somebody
in
a
place
after
hours
that
shouldn't
be
there.
They
will
then
make
an
announcement
hey.
What
are
you
doing
here
and,
if
need
be,
contact?
Boston,
police
simultaneously,
the
other,
because
this
is
different.
BI
This
is
obviously,
as
you
well
know,
commissioner,
holmes
two
points
of
concern:
the
vehicles
you
know
being
loaded
up
and
coming
off
the
facility
which
we
will
staff
with
security
personnel
as
the
loading
occurs,
that's
obviously
a
location
where
somebody
could
take
advantage
and
try
and
come
into
a
facility
and
and
take
product.
We
will
have
a
secure,
fencing
area
that
when
we
are
not
operational
or
when
we're
loading,
no
one
will
be
allowed
on
the
property,
but
our
security
team
and
our
operations
team.
BI
That
will
also
allow
us,
after
hours
to
make
sure
that
our
vehicles
are
secured,
that
the
only
gps
systems
are
ours
that
somebody
with
you
know
you
know.
Unlawful
design
is
not
putting
a
gps
tracker
on
a
facility
on
our
vehicles
to
find
them
when
they're
off
site
and
off
location
and
try
and
engage
them
in
some
type
of
robbery
out
on
the
street.
With
that
we're
going
to
work
with
district
2,
obviously
to
see
their
thoughts
and
ideas
on
if
they
want
additional
security.
BI
You
and
I
are
have
spoken
before
leery
of
having
arm
security
on
premises.
We
would
probably
subjugate
our
vault
into
different
areas
where,
if
there's
a
high
volume
item,
suppose
we
got
a
special
strain
of
product
and
it's
you
know
worth
a
certain
amount
of
money
over
what
we
generally
keep
in
our
fault,
we
could
have
it
inside
in
a
secondary,
secured
vault,
making
sure
it's
as
safe
and
secure
as
possible,
but
trying
to
minimize
any
armed
personnel
in
the
facility
would
be
our
goal.
F
Okay,
so
I'm
a
little
confused
as
to
what
this
business
is.
Is
it
a
delivery?
Is
it
a
storage
because
I
don't
understand
why
stuff,
if
you're
a
delivery
in
courier,
why
we
have
product
in-house
and
excuse
my
ignorance,
if
I
should
understand
this
after
all
this
time,
but
I
I'm
not
sure
so
I
I
guess
I'm
a
little
confused
as
to
if
we're.
If
we're,
if
you
guys
are
a
courier
and
delivery
service,
why
would
there
be
products
stored.
BI
BF
So
I'll
jump
in
and
answer
that,
so
we're
co-locating
two
businesses
here
one
would
be
a
courier
as
you
described,
which
would
pick
up
from
companies
like
pure
oasis
or
send
and
then
facilitate
the
transaction
to
drop
off
the
product
to
their
customers.
That's
one!
That's
one
business,
the
second
business!
Think
of
it
as
like
amazon,
where,
as
a
customer,
you
would
place
an
order
online.
BF
That
order
would
come
to
our
warehouse
and
then
we
would
facilitate
the
transaction
with
our
own
product.
That's
stored
on
site,
so
the
building
itself
will
have
cannabis
products,
and
we
will
be
so
that
those
are
the
two
types
of
licenses
that
are
you
know
available
in
the
delivery
space,
and
this
building
would
co-locate
both
of
those
licenses.
BB
BB
BF
BF
F
BF
Yes,
with
with
grove
hall
mains,
well
we're
working
on
a
community
benefits
agreement
with
the
community
of
grove
hall,
we've
agreed
for
gulf
hall
main
streets
to
act
as
a
fiscal
agent
for
for
a
donation
that
we
will
be
making
and
they
would
be
the
ones
using
a
process
that
they've
created
through
the
cummins
foundation
in
distributing
funds
that
they
provide.
They
would
use
that
same
process
for
the
distribution
of
funds
that
we
would
provide
so.
H
BF
No,
so
essentially
the
fiscal
agent
for
the
community
benefits
fund
would
be
enroute.
That
would
be
us
who
would
you
know,
work
to
create
a
board?
That's
made
up
of
residents
from
the
grove
hall
area
and
then
allowing
giving
that
that
board
the
autonomy
to
determine
where
those
funds
that
we
set
aside
would
go
the
the
fiscal
agents
of
grove
hall
main
streets.
They
have
their
own
process
in
place
for
that's
a
basically
an
rfp
process
and
that's
how
they
determine
how
those
funds
are
distributed.
BF
Of
you
know,
businesses,
residents,
nonprofit
leaders
and
then
in
our
discussion
that
we
had
on
january
7th
with
grove
hall
stakeholders,
they
mentioned
that
they
would
want
to
see.
You
know
different
languages
represented.
You
know
a
latin
person
who
speaks.
You
know
spanish
as
their
main
language,
who
owns
a
business
in
grove
hall.
They
would
want
to
make
sure
that
the
different
languages
in
grove
hall
are
represented
on
this
board
and
we
agreed
to
that.
G
BF
We
haven't
made
a
commitment
as
far
as
the
community
benefits
fund.
That's
something
that
again
once
we
form
that
board.
We
want
to
work
with
those
individuals
who
are
local
and
from
the
community
to
determine
what
the
specific
needs
are,
because
we're
already
working
with
a
specific
number,
with
profile
main
streets
that
we
will.
If
you
saw
the
document
we
they
asked
us
and
we
agreed
to
renegotiate
that
number
on
a
yearly
basis
so
year,
one
it
would
be
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
every
other
year
or
every
year.
BF
We
would
then
renegotiate
on
what
that
commitment
looks
like.
So
we
do
have
a
fairly
substantial
commitment
in
place
already
with
grove
hall
main
streets,
the
community
benefits
board.
We
want
to
work
with
that
board
once
it's
put
together
to
understand
what
further
need
is,
and
then
what
that
number
would
look
like.
BF
I
wouldn't
you
know
I
would
say
this
one's
not
so
aspirational
because
I
think
you
know
just
coming
from
the
growth
hall
community.
We
know
who
you
know,
individuals
from
the
community
who
would
be
great
individuals
to
place
on
that
board
or
or
we
would
also
have
a
process
where
people
would
kind
of
apply.
You
know
to
be
on
that
board.
So
now
I
wouldn't
call
this
aspirational.
BF
G
BF
BJ
BK
Yes,
perfect.
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
madam
chair
members
of
the
board.
Jason
json,
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services,
so,
as
jasmine
already
alluded
to
their
community
meeting,
was
october
27th
in
which
support
and
opposition
was
stated
for
the
site,
support
primarily
around
the
investment
opportunity
in
the
black
community
and
also
supporting
the
economic
development
and
progression
that
a
cannabis
location
would
also
add
to
the
grove
hall
community.
BK
But
the
main
points
of
opposition
that
were
stated
were
one:
the
buffer
zone,
conflict,
the
effect
on
traffic
and
also
the
overhaul
cohesion
with
the
site
with
the
greater
neighborhood.
As
stated
there
was
substantial
opposition,
so
I
definitely
recommend
the
applicant
to
continue
the
conversations
with
the
community,
as
this
is
the
community
they
are
going
to
have
to
operate
within
and
there
have
been
conversations,
but
I
feel
more
definitely
need
to
be
had.
Thank
you.
We
are
also
going
to
be
deferring
this
to
the
expertise
of
the
board
as
well.
BL
Good
afternoon,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
board,
thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
I
am
here
to
go
on
record
that
I
am
in
support
of
the
enroute
llc
project,
considering
that
they
have
agreed
to
allocate
funds
to
the
150
000
for
the
first
and
second
year
and
with
renegotiating
by
the
third
year
to
community
benefits
as
well.
A
BM
BM
We
represent
12
000,
essential
workers
throughout
the
commonwealth.
You
probably
know
our
members
as
the
faces
of
workers
as
stop
and
shop
macy's
and
more
recently
in
cannabis,
dispensaries
ufcw
has
thousands
of
cannabis.
Workers
throughout
the
nation
represents
thousands
of
cannabis
workers
throughout
the
nation
from
seed
to
sale.
Here
in
massachusetts,
1445
represents
hundreds
of
cannabis
workers
in
agriculture,
production
processing,
packaging
delivery
and
in
medical
and
adult
recreational
dispensaries.
BM
BM
Although
the
cannabis
industry
in
the
state
has
surpassed
two
billion
dollars
in
gross
revenues
last
year,
the
attorney
general's
office
in
massachusetts
has
fined
cannabis
companies,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
for
violations
of
state
labor
laws.
This
would
never
happen
with
a
union
contract.
Indeed,
our
collective
bargaining
agreements
not
only
contain
better
wages
and
benefits,
but
non-economic
matters
that
are
equally
important,
such
as
non-discrimination
clauses,
upward
mobility,
that
respects
seniority
and
shop
floor
union
represents
representation.
BM
U
Yes,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay,
my
name
is
mr
virginia,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
grove
hall
neighborhood
development
corporation,
and
we
have
been
in
existence
officially
since
1984,
but
as
a
founding
member
starting
the
organization
in
1979,
we've
done
over
50
million
dollars
in
economic
development
in
and
around
up
and
down
the
blue
hill
avenue
quality.
Specifically
in
the
grove
hall
area,
we
have
helped
to
rebuild
our
community.
U
U
We
have,
as
a
community
development
corporation,
have
worked
tirelessly
for
over
four
decades
in
rebuilding
the
lives
of
our
youth
and
our
families.
Grove
hall,
neighborhood
development
corporation
is
vehemently
opposed
to
this
development.
These
are,
these
are
bright
young
folks
they
purchased
the
the
building
at
415
blue
hill
avenue.
U
The
initial
plan,
the
broker
karen
relayed
to
me
that
they
were
going
to
put
housing
and
a
office
on
the
offices
on
the
bottom
floor,
in
housing,
on
top
and
and
and
and
the
community
would
have
supported
that.
However,
charles
street,
a
me
church,
the
freedom
house,
mother,
caroline
academy,
grove
hall,
neighborhood
development
corporation.
U
Roxbury
presbyterian
church
muhammad's
mosque
number
11..
We
all
project
right.
We
are
vietnamese
opposed
to
this
development.
At
this
location
we
even
offered
we
even
offered
to
help
them
look
for
another
location
outside
of
the
greater
grove
hall
area.
There
is
a
oasis
cannabis.
Retail
store
is
less
than
a
block
about
a
hundred
feet
from
this
location.
BN
U
BO
BO
Blue
hill
avenue
was
involved
in
several
meetings
with
a
brian,
keith
and
others
of
en
route,
and
we
shared
our
concern
with
other
community
members
as
well
as,
as
sister
virginia
stated,
there's
several
ministers
community
leaders
that
have
stood
in
opposition
to
this
business
in
our
community,
we're
concerned
with
the
over
proliferation
of
cannabis
in
our
community.
We
understand
that
it
is
legal
to
do
so.
However,
we
don't
need
to
have
so
many
businesses
within
such
a
small
area.
BO
We
stand
against
it.
Also.
We
are
concern
for
the
security
aspect
of
it.
As
we
know,
those
of
us
has
been
involved
in
in
doing
work
against
violence
in
the
community.
We
know
that
violence
is
is
a
part
of
drug
deals.
As
you
know,
several
drug
deals
gone
bad
and
cannabis
is
a
drug,
it's
a
legal
drug,
but
it
is
a
drug
and
it
it's
there's.
A
lot
of
cash
flow,
a
lot
of
money,
that's
involved
with
it,
and
so
just
the
thought
of
vans
of
cannabis.
BO
BO
P
P
We
see
already
that
growth
has
an
over
concentration
of
smoke,
shops,
liquor,
stores
and
now
we're
going
to
add
marijuana
shots,
one
block
up
apart
from
each
other,
what
uses
a
buffer
zone?
If,
in
terms
of
how
are
you
going
to
use
it?
Also,
I
think
they've
underestimated
the
amount
of
traffic
that's
going
to
be
generated
by
their
by
this
business
and
how
they
presented
it
at
community
meetings.
Also,
they
do
not
directly
own
the
parking
spots
that
they
actually
talk
about
it.
P
Actually,
the
eight
parking
spots
are
owned
by
the
property,
the
senior
property
owner
next
door
and
at
some
point
the
senior
property
owner
is
going
to
try
to
sell
her
house,
but
she
won't
have
she's
going
to
be
impacted
by
the
fat
and
negatively
impacted
by
that
fact
that
she
won't
have
control
over
her
parking
spots.
I
think
she's
being
taken
advantage
of
they're,
also
proposing
a
flawed
business
model
where
already
people
are
complaining
about
that
is
not
profitable
enough
and
we
have
to
have
two
two
drivers.
P
P
We
residents
have
correctly
pointed
out
what
what
the
problems
laws
were
at
a
prayer
oasis.
They
correctly
predicted
that
people
would
go
into
the
front
window,
which
did
they
lost
a
significant
amount
of
product
that
ended
up
on
our
streets.
We
do
not
want
to
see
that
repeated
again
with
this
flawed
security
plan
and
business
model.
So
on
behalf
of
many
residents-
and
I
know
there's
others
who
are
on
here-
we
oppose
this
proposal.
V
Hi
good
afternoon
again
to
the
commission
and
the
chair,
my
name
is
kai
grant
and
I
am
a
long
time-
roxbury
resident
over
six
generations
from
grove
hall
to
egliston
to
highland
park
and
also
dudley,
now
nubian
square.
I
am
a
fellow
entrepreneur
in
nubian
square,
with
solomon
chaudhry
and
with
ryan
and
his
wife
joanne.
V
V
V
There
was
support
from
this
team
last
summer
for
the
nubian
square,
public
art
initiative,
and
I
know
that
we
can
do
some
more
rejuvenation
with
arts
and
culture
in
that
part
of
our
beloved
rocks,
but
we
still
call
it
roxbury,
so
I
am
in
support
of
it
as
the
owner
of
black
market
and
as
a
long
time
resident.
Thank
you
thank.
AN
AN
AN
I
understand
that
this
proposal
has
a
lot
of
opposition
by
members
of
the
church
and,
although
I
do
highly
respect
them,
I
think
their
efforts
are
misguided
and
the
stigma
against
cannabis,
you
know,
has-
has
influenced
them
in
a
great
way.
Cannabis
is
not
a
drug.
It's
an
herb.
It
has
been
used
for
6
000
years
to
help
heal
people
specifically
for
pain,
which
we
know.
Now.
AN
We
have
this
huge
opioid
crisis,
because
people
who
had
minor
pain
went
into
their
doctors,
got
pills
and
are
now
addicted.
I
think
the
biggest
issue
in
roxbury
is
the
opioid
crisis
and
we
should
put
all
of
our
efforts
into
solving
those
issues
specifically
living
in
orchard
gardens,
we're
greatly
impacted
by
the
opioid
crisis.
When
I
walk
outside
my
door
every
day,
I
have
to
tell
people
to
cross
the
street,
who
are
smoking,
crack
smoking,
cigarettes,
they're,
never
smoking
cannabis.
AN
BP
BP
I
think
that,
from
what
I've
seen
of
joanne
and
brian
keith
they've,
two
people
that
have
really
seemed
to
care
about
their
community
in
the
events
I've
been
able
to
attend
during
the
pandemic,
I've
always
seen
them
there
doing
things
trying
to
help
out,
and
I
think
that
their
idea
for
delivery.
There
is
a
good
idea,
because
right
now,
75
of
cannabis
sales
are
illegal
and
having
delivery
will
help
reduce
the
amount
of
crime
and
violence
on
the
streets
and
will
reduce
traffic,
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
BQ
R
BQ
BQ
I
believe-
and
I
know
they
run
a
good
business-
and
that
made
me
comfortable
in
taking
the
leap
and
actually
investing
in
rooted
in
roxbury
at
the
newbury
street
location,
which
once
again
is
related
to
enroute
same
mostly
same
owners,
except
for
mr
finney
in
this
endeavor.
This
was
the
first
time
I
ever
invested
in
a
local
endeavor
directly.
BQ
BR
Sorry,
hello,
everyone,
commissioners
and
everyone
I
wanna
say
because
I'm
someone
who
actually
went
through
the
battle
of
buffer
zone
issues-
and
I'm
I'm,
I
know
both
sides,
but
I
do
understand
that
it's
going
to
make
an
impact
on
the
business.
I
understand
that
there's
social
equity,
but
the
buffer
zone
makes
a
difference.
BR
BS
G
BF
Excuse
me:
no,
there
was
not
an
initial
conversation
with
the
community
about
housing.
There
was
a
private
proposal
after
the
purchase
of
the
building
to
place
housing
at
that
site.
That
proposal
never
made
it
past
conceptual
stage.
The
owners
of
the
building
our
business
partners
who
are
in
real
estate
development,
approached
us
and
said
you
know:
would
this
location
make
sense
for
cannabis
and
after
we
reviewed
it?
As
a
group
we
said
yeah.
BF
BT
BF
Know
that
in
you
know,
I've
heard
this
previously
that
you
know
that
we
performed
some
level
of
bait
and
switch,
but
I
think
that
you
know,
as
you
can
see,
there
is
opposition
to
this
project
or
this
proposal,
and
I
think
the
opposition
is
kind
of
you
know,
creating
a
narrative
that
they
want
to
paint
us
as
bad
people
and
unscrupulous
characters.
That's
not
the
case.
Our
partners
are
in
real
estate
development.
They
purchased
the
building.
That
was
on
the
market
for
over
six
months.
BF
G
BF
D
BU
Yes,
thank
you.
I
just
have
a
couple
of
very
quick
comments.
First,
one
is,
I
don't
know
anybody
who's
on
this
group,
but
I
do
know
james
finney
and,
I
think
very,
very
highly
of
him.
I've
known
him
for
a
few
years
since
he
got
into
the
cannabis
program.
I
the
two
comments
I'd
like
to
make
have
to
do
with
some
of
the
earlier
comments
from
the
neighborhood
they're
in
california.
They
have
something
that
they
call
the
ice
cream
truck
model
where
the
delivery
vehicles
get
loaded
up
with
a
lot
of
product.
BU
BU
The
regulations
limit
the
amount
of
retail
product
to
ten
thousand
dollars
and
it's
unlikely
anybody's
going
to
be
able
to
have
that
many
orders
in
the
vehicle
at
one
time.
When
you
begin
to
do
the
math
of
how
long
it
takes
to
make
a
delivery
and
the
fact
that
those
delivery
vehicles
can
only
have
packages
for
which
they
have
a
manifest.
For
so
the
concern
about
a
ton
of
product
and
these
vehicles
becoming
targets
is,
is
kind
of
misplaced.
The
other
one
is
there's
a
lot.
BU
I
heard
concerns
about
traffic,
the
retail
stores
you
have
people
who
walk
in
either
delivery
operate
either
delivery
option,
whether
it's
a
business
being
run
as
a
courier
or
which
is
like
an
uber
eats
for
marijuana
stores
or
it's
a
delivery
operator
which
is
like
a
mini
amazon.
I
think
what
these
folks
are
proposing,
where
they
actually
have
the
product,
they
take
the
orders
and
they
fulfill
the
orders
and
deliver
them.
The
only
people
allowed
in
those
facilities
are
regulators
or
employees.
Customers
can't
come
by.
BU
So
if
somebody
placed
an
order-
and
these
folks
want
to
deliver
it
and
the
person
wasn't
home
and
they
say-
oh,
let
me
come
by
and
pick
it
up
later-
they're
not
allowed
to
do
that.
So
these
facilities
should
have
relatively
low
traffic
levels,
because
there's
not
a
lot
of
traffic
going
in
and
out
and
if
their
business
plan
were,
for
example,
that
they're
going
to
deliver
each
order,
one
at
a
time
they'll
go
broke.
BU
AD
Yes,
hi,
I
am,
I
know,
james
finney.
I
want
to
go
on
record
in
support
of
him
and
his
proposal
on
wuhill
avenue.
I
know
james
to
be
a
very
hard
worker.
Honest
he's
been
involved
with
several
different
entrepreneurial
ventures
during
his
days
and
time
in
in
the
community,
and
I
support
his
proposal.
Thank
you
very
much.
B
Sorry,
I
won't
take
up
too
much
time
because
I
know
there's
people
that
have
been
waiting
a
long
time
to
testify.
Mr
keith,
could
you
please
submit
in
writing
for
the
board
some
clarity
about
the
ownership
in
addition
to
qualifying
as
an
equity
applicant?
I
think
commissioner
smith
raised
some
issues
and
you
in
your
answer
to
him
that
it
was
mr
finney
that
helped
you
qualify
for
this
courier
license,
but
now
he
is
only
20
owner
where
we
take
these.
We
take
these
applications
and
the
the
queue
that
we
have
very
seriously.
B
B
A
AV
Yes,
yes,
I'm
sorry,
I
just
want
to
take
myself
off
from
you.
I
just
want
to
go
on
the
record
to
say
that
I'm
in
support
of
mr
finney
I've
worked
with
him.
I
think
you
know,
I
really
believe
he's
a
true
excellent
leader
in
the
community.
I
am
a
boston
resident
of
boston.
I
grew
up
in
roxbury,
my
parents,
own
homes
in
dorchester
and
roxbury,
as
well
so
over
for
over
40
years
retired
police
officer.
AV
So
I've
been
in
you
know
my
father's
been
in
community
forever,
so
I've
just
really
in
support
of
what
he's
doing
and
I
believe
his
model
doesn't
believe,
bring
any
harm
to
the
neighborhood
like
any
more
traffic
or
anything
else,
and
I
do
like
his
motto.
Thank
you.
I
don't
want
to
take
up
too
much
time.
A
A
M
Thank
you.
Jasmine.
Our
office
was
able
to
certify
green
flash
delivery
llc
as
an
equity
applicant
through
the
documentation
submitted
by
the
applicant
dwayne
osborne
is
the
president
of
green
flash
delivery
llc
and
the
51
beneficial
interest
holder
of
the
company
meeting
the
51
ownership
interest
threshold
set
forth
in
the
ordinance.
M
M
M
A
BP
This
is
for
a
green
flash
delivery
for
a
proposed
marijuana
delivery
operator's
license
for
the
purpose
of
purchasing
legal
cannabis
products
from
wholesalers
and
selling
through
delivery
to
retail
customers.
There
will
be
no
on-site
consumption,
no
on-site
sales,
no
processing
and
no
cultivation.
I'd
like
to
at
this
point
introduce
the
team.
My
partner
duane.
BV
BV
BW
BV
BV
I
was
a
mecca
student
graduated
from
lexington
high
school
went
on
to
morris
brown
college
in
atlanta,
georgia
graduated
from
there
and
I'm
a
proud
member
of
iota
phi
theta
fraternity.
Over
the
last
35
years,
I've
been
employed,
been
self-employed,
working
with
universal
soul
circuits
black
history,
usa
started
my
own
business
called
world
merch
united
group,
which
took
me
around
the
world
working
with
such
groups
as
berliner,
fire,
alicia
key
dmx,
whitney
houston
bobby
brown,
new
edition
to
name
a
few
and
don't
forget
eric,
b
and
raquel
and
from
there
I
came
back.
C
BV
Boston,
I
am
currently
a
retired
boston,
public
school
teacher
and
I'm
really
proud
of
that,
and
with
that
I
opened
up
just
t
in
nubian
square,
which
is
a
prescott
location
which
is
catered
to
helping
youths
to
learn
how
to
run
a
business.
We
really
strongly
believe
in
that
and
during
this
process
I
was
introduced
to
the
social
equity
program
and
over
the
last
few
years
I
had
the
opportunity
of
meeting
my
partner,
mario,
and
we
had
one
thing
in
common,
which
was
to
really
focus
in
on
the
wealth
gap
between
black
and
white
bostonians.
BV
I'm
a
strong
advocate
that
I
would
spend
eight
dollars.
What
do
you
mean
by
eight
dollars?
The
medium
network
for
non-immigrant
black
bostonians
in
boston
right
now
is
eight
dollars,
and
my
white
counterpart
is
247
000,
which
is
my
partner,
mario,
so
between
the
two.
We
believe
in
one
thing
that
we
can
work
together
and
create
an
opportunity
for
blacks
to
increase
their
medium
network,
because
I
have
a
strong
feeling
of
and
I'm
passionate
about.
If
you
say
it's
affordable,
how
come
we
can't
afford
it
so
we're
green
flats.
We.
BP
Thanks
joanne
hi,
my
name
is
mario
senior,
I'm
the
ceo
and
co-founder
of
green
flash
delivery.
Dwayne.
Would
you
mind
muting
your
computer?
Just
while
I
speak
for
feedback.
Thank
you
first.
I
just
like
to
acknowledge
that
as
a
white
sis,
male
I've
been
given
certain
opportunities
and
advantages
that
are
not
available
to
others,
and
also
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
attending
and
waiting
out
for
the
meeting
coming
so
late.
So
thank
you
for
that.
BP
I
was
born
in
boston
and
I
was
raised
in
a
boston,
manufacturing
and
distribution
business.
I
was
running
my
family's
multi-generational
business.
By
the
time
I
was
16
years
old.
I
was
in
charge
of
a
fleet
of
15
trucks
that
delivered
all
around
massachusetts
and
new
england.
I
fueled
and
oiled
those
trucks
I
loaded
them.
I
routed
them
using
maps
and
I
cashed
out
those
drivers.
Every
night
I
I've
been
distribution
and
manufacturing
has
been
in
my
blood
since
I
was
a
child.
BP
BP
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
volunteering
here
in
the
us,
africa,
cambodia
and
some
time
in
brazil
liked
wayne
I
traveled
around
the
world
and
I
felt
a
calling
to
come
back
to
boston,
because
this
is
my
home.
This
is
where
my
family
is
and
after
meeting
dwayne,
I
realized.
Together
we
could
create
this
business
and
together
we
can
narrow
the
wealth
gap
between
black
and
white
bostonians.
BP
BV
All
right
on
the
in
our
vision,
our
mission
is
to
be
the
best
distributor
of
cannabis
in
boston
market
to
employ
empower
and
enlighten
the
community.
The
vision
is
to
support
the
disenfranchised
community
of
boston,
provide
jobs,
and
you
know
the
same
philosophy
is
to
be
broader.
One
is
that
if
you
teach
a
man
to
fish
to
be
able
to
feed
his
family,
thank
you.
BP
And
inclusion,
would
you
mind
muting
your
computer,
please
thank
you.
Our
goal
is
to
increase
diversity
in
a
legal
cannabis
market.
We
plan
to
hire
drivers
with
quarries
and
help
expunge
their
past
cannabis
records,
we're
currently
51
black
owned
and
we're
going
to
have
hiring
preferences
towards
diverse
management
and
staff.
This
will
be
ongoing,
not
just
initially,
but
for
the
lifetime
of
our
business.
BP
BV
H
BV
In
our
community
for
community
support
goals
are
to
reduce
the
barriers
to
minority,
to
mentor,
train
and
assist
individuals
facing
systematic
barriers
to
support
local
black
business
non-profits
and,
specifically,
those
who
work
on
narrowing
the
wealth
gap
between
black
and
white
bostonians
in
support
of
from
staff
contractors.
And
we
want
mistakes.
BP
BP
Our
site
will
have
no
on-site
sales
or
consumption.
There
will
be
no
signage,
no
registers,
no
customers
and
no
public
access.
Our
vehicle
security
plan
is
designed
by
cannabis.
Industry
experts
we'll
be
using
proprietary
fleet
management
technology
to
track
all
of
our
vehicles
and
products
in
real
time,
along
with
gps
tracking,
we'll
have
lock
storage
compartments
in
every
vehicle,
we'll
have
four
cameras
per
vehicle,
two
drivers,
each
wearing
body
cameras
and
automatic
locking
doors
with
no
external
markings
or
symbols
on
our
vehicles.
BP
BP
Diversion
will
use
unmarked
vehicles,
online
sales
and
in-person
debit
card
transactions,
we're
using
metric
seed
to
sale,
tracking
software
that
attracts
every
sale.
Our
drivers
will
be
trained
to
stay
in
constant
contact
with
dedicated
personnel
that
will
monitor
every
delivery
and
our
roots
will
be
randomly
generated
through
api.
BP
Products
online,
all
of
our
advertising
will
only
appeal
to
audiences
at
least
85
over
the
age
of
21..
All
of
our
purchases
will
require
valid
id
checks.
Online
and
they'll
be
verified
again
in
person
on
camera
to
make
sure
that
that
is
in
fact
the
person
and
their
identification
is
authentic.
We'll
have.
BV
BP
Green
flash
will
own
and
lease
all
of
our
vehicles
that
we
use
for
delivery.
All
of
our
vehicles
be
inspected
and
insured
by
the
commonwealth
of
mass
will
carry
full
liability
insurance
and
all
of
our
vehicles
will
be
parked
overnight
at
our
location
or
at
a
location
approved
by
the
state
or
the
city.
BV
BP
Yeah
sorry,
what
green
floss
delivery
is
offering
is
safety
and
compliance,
safe
access
to
legal
cannabis,
age,
verification,
job
opportunities
and
participation
in
a
new
industry.
What
we
are
not
is
a
retail
storefront
we'll
have
no
marked
vehicles,
no
signage
and
no
customers
on
our
property.
Thank
you
at
this
time
we're
open
to
questions.
A
B
BP
B
D
B
K
Commissioner
yeah,
thank
you.
I
just
had
a
couple
questions.
One
was
throughout
the
application.
You
use.
You
use
the
term
non-immigrant
black.
I
understand
that.
That's
about
the
wealth
creation
in
non-immigrant
black
communities
is
there,
but
there
wasn't
any
goals
around
residents
that
I
saw.
Did
I
miss
that,
in
terms
of
employing
local
residents.
BV
BP
BP
We
have
a
preference
towards
hiring
locally.
We
have
incentives
in
place
because
we're
located
within
a
few
hundred
feet
of
multiple
bus,
nine
different
buses,
commuter
rail
in
the
red
line,
so
we're
incentivizing
employees
that
can
take
public
transportation
to
work
and
dwayne.
Did
you
fix
your
volume.
BP
B
A
K
Yeah,
I
would
I
thank
you
for
that's
in
trying
to
answer
the
question.
I'm
sorry
he's
having
some
technical
difficulties.
I
was
just
it
might
be
good
to
just
update
the
goals.
I
don't
see
a,
I
don't
see,
specifically
residents
or
a
percentage
goal.
So
just
a
comment
on
that,
and
so
there
might
be.
I
must
have.
I
might
have
missed
it
somewhere.
BP
But
I
can
answer
to
that:
dwayne
dwayne.
Actually
it
was
he.
I
think
he
was
trying
to
speak
to
this
because
he
actually
wrote
a
lot
of
this.
But
yes,
at
least
51
of
her
company
will
be
black
owned.
30
was
non-immigrant
black
20
female
20
minority
10,
lgb
qt
and
10
veteran
with
a
preference
towards
employees
with
quarries
and
veterans.
Of
course,.
K
Okay,
yeah,
I
just
met,
I
must
have
missed
somewhere,
where
it
actually
says
a
percentage
for
residents
specifically
and
then
had
a
question
about
the
eight
to
ten
potential
employees.
Can
you
just
say
more?
It
sounds
like
just
wondering
about
full-time
part-time.
I
wasn't
sure
if
that
was
specified,
could
you
elaborate
a
little
bit
sure.
BP
F
BP
Understood,
yes,
so
we're
using
a
manufacturing
facility
in
a
manufacturing
district,
we're
in
an
industrial
zone
which
is
all
distribution
and
storage
and
loading
docks.
It's
a
it's.
Basically,
a
big
shipping
and
manufacturing
building
our
products
will
be
stored
in
a
vault
off
of
street
level.
We
have
a
specific
loading
dock
that
comes
for
our
deliveries,
where
we've
created,
what's
called
a
sally
port,
which
is
an
enclosure
for
vehicles
to
go
into,
so
you
won't
be
able
to
see
them
when
they're
parked
or
being
loaded
or
unloaded.
F
BP
BP
BX
G
BP
We
believe
we're
looking
to
start
at
a
minimum
of
15
to
16
an
hour,
we're
we're
hoping
that
we
can
actually
pay
higher
than
that.
The
problem
that
we're
encountering
is
having
two
drivers
in
the
vehicle
at
one
time
increases
the
expenses,
but
if
we
can
afford
it,
we
plan
on
hiring
paying
over
well
over
the
minimum
range.
BP
G
D
BV
The
mission
of
green
flash
is
to
focus
more
on
hiring
people
from
our
community,
which
was
misrepresented,
so
the
majority
of
our
people
that
we
will
be
hiring
management
will
come
from
watch
bay,
dorchester
and
mattapan.
So
when
you
say
like
myself,
being
a
social
equity
applicant,
my
whole
goal
is
to
support
the
social
equity
program
and
to
fully
go
into
what
it
means
to
be
a
social
equity
applicant.
BV
I
am
so
honored
to
be
in
front
of
you
guys
to
be
able
to
present
myself
to
showing
you
that
the
reason
why
I'm
here
is
to
help
the
community
and
to
actually
do
that.
So
when
you
say
how
many
people
are
we
going
to
hire
we're
going
to
do
what
the
best
we
possibly
can
number
wise
to
be
able
to
hire
management
and
staff
that
actually
represent
the
social
equity
and
the
51
that
I
control
did
that
answer
it.
I'm,
sir.
BV
G
Totally
appreciated
in
your
presentation,
you
talked
about
partnering
with
non-profits
and
again
the
whole
concept
of
you
know:
creating
more
wealth
in
the
black
community.
Have
you
identified
those
nonprofits?
Do
you
have
a
specific
sort
of
any
more
specifics
around
that
like?
How
do
you
actually
do
that?
Because
we
know
we
know
that
that's
an
issue
for
sure
in
boston,
but
how
does
that
actually
roll
out?
What
does
that
look
like
in
practice.
BV
One
one
is
black
network
development
association,
whose
mission
is
to
increase
the
eight
dollar
medium
network
for
non-immigrant,
black
bostonians
do
home
ownership
and
their
first
project
that
they're
working
on
is
called
stabilization
housing
where
people
from
the
community
move
in
get
their
credit
together
and
they
move
from
renter
to
ownership.
So
the
whole
process
is
about
getting
you
from
being
a
renter
to
ownership
and
that's
one
of
our
major
ones.
BV
G
BV
BP
May
I
yeah
yeah,
so,
on
top
of
the
black
net
worth
development
association,
we
are.
We
have
a
plan
and
an
agreement
in
place
with
big
hope
project
for
providing
expungement
assistance,
assisting
people
who
are
in
re-entry
getting
out
of
prison,
they're,
doing
outreach
for
the
massachusetts
social
equity
program
and
their
goal
is
to
reduce
the
harm
from
the
war
on
drugs.
So
we
plan
on
working
very
closely
with
them.
BP
BP
Frank,
I
refrain
from
showing
our
building
and
our
security
plan
and
our
floor
plan,
because
we
were
very
serious
about
our
security
and
our
we
have
it
set
up.
So
the
building's
not
gonna
have
any
signage
or
markings
or
registers
or
customers.
No
one's
ever
gonna
know
we're
there
because
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
shipping
and
trucking
zone.
I'm
happy
to
show
you
if
you
would
like
to.
BP
BP
G
Thank
you
last
question.
You
have
a
pretty
extensive
site
diversion
plan
and
you
talked
a
lot
about
package
packaging
that
cannot
appeal
to
children
and
advertising
and
branding
that
is
for
folks
over
the
age
of
21,
but
you're
not
selling
anything
right,
you're,
just
delivering
it.
I
was
just
wondering
why
so
much
focus
on
the
packaging
and
all
that,
if
it's
not
you're,
not
selling.
BP
BV
R
Hi,
I'm
kim
krusioli
from
the
mayor's
office
of
neighborhood
services,
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
my
colleague
colleague,
jason
gant.
He
had
to
leave
to
go
to
a
fire
displacement,
but
the
community
meeting
took
place
on
december
20th
2021,
in
which
the
community
was
in
support
of
the
proposal.
The
new
market,
business
association
and
other
direct
abutters
gave
testimonies
of
support
and
have
submitted
letters
of
support
as
well,
and
our
office
would
like
to
defer
to
the
board
on
this
matter.
Thank
you.
BL
BL
AI
D
AI
Involved
yeah,
I'm
harry
johnson,
co-founder
of
the
big
old
project.
I've
talked
very
very
at
length
with
mario
and
wayne
about
you,
know
restorative
justice
practices
and
they
are
very
on
board
and
I
want
to
you
know,
fully
fully
support
them.
They're
gonna
pay
it
forward
in
the
community.
They
could
hire
people
who
look
like
black
and
brown
people
from
the
community,
and
you
know
I
just
want
to
tell
the
the
whole
city
that
we
should
all
support
more
progressive
games
companies
like
them.
Thank
you.
BN
V
V
We
need
businesses
like
this,
especially
in
that
corridor
and
its
proximity
to
nubian
square
and
how
we
can
help
create
jobs
is
going
to
be
extremely
important,
and
we
need
to
keep
in
mind
that
this
entrepreneurial
activity
helps
to
balance
out
the
25
of
nonprofit
energy,
that
is
in
the
city
of
boston,
which
is
helpful.
But
we
need
to
do
more
than
just
give
a
man
a
fish.
We
need
to
teach
a
man
how
to
fish
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
the
next
generation
has
opportunities.
V
A
Thank
you
kai.
I
see
a
lot
of
hands
raised
and
there's
still
more
people
that
signed
up
to
chat
just
know
that
the
board
does
not
take
into
consideration
more
weight
than
spoken
testimony
than
written
testimony
and,
if
you're
saying
the
same
sentiment
to
someone
else,
just
say
that
just
so
we
can
wrap
up
for
tonight.
H
Hi,
I'm
ben
murphy
from
the
new
market,
business
improvement
district,
but
mario
senora
and
his
family
have
long
been
excellent
neighbors
and
among
some
of
the
most
generous
and
reliable
members
of
our
association
in
the
new
market
community
and
during
the
course
of
this
business,
venture
mario
has
come
to
us
many
many
times
for
feedback
on
their
proposal
and
has
been
extremely
responsive
to
the
needs
of
the
new
market
area.
So
for
that
reason,
I'd
like
to
state
for
the
record
that
we
strongly
support
approving
green
flash
delivery.
Thank
you.
AR
Technical
difficulty,
technical
difficulties,
big
things
I'm
here
to
my
name-
is:
will
justice
I'm
from
the
community
of
roxbury.
I
want
to
come
on
to
to
support
green
flash
delivery.
I
mean
these
are
my.
These
are
my
colleagues.
These
are
the
people
that
work
around
all
the
time
and
I'm
did
good
for
the
community
and
I
just
had
to
show
my
support
and
I'm
pretty
sure
a
lot
of
those
heads
up
are
saying
the
same
thing.
So
this
is
the
community
saying
that
we
support
green
flash
delivery.
Thank
you.
AE
Hello,
this
is
maya
gaul
born
and
raised
in
eggleston
square
135
school
street
roxbury
mass
o2
109.
I
just
want
to
remark
that
I
am
in
support
of
green
flash
delivery.
I
spoke
with
mario
a
couple
of
years
ago
with
his
intent
to
provide
social
impact
with
greenline
and
I
believe
they
are
in
line
with
thinking
about
how
to
create
equity
in
the
community.
BC
BJ
BJ
BJ
Pretty
much
comrades
in
the
in
the
in
the
space
and
from
what
I
know
from
mario.
I
know
that
he's
really
down
with
social
equity.
He
he
he's
really
a
support
of
his
neighborhood,
trying
to
make
a
better,
better,
better
cannabis
community.
With
with
that,
so
I'd
just
like
to
support
him
and
just
be
here
for
that.
So
I
I'll
cut
my
time
and
you'll
look
to
the
next
person.
Thank
you,
everybody's
pretty
much
stated,
but
I've.
BR
BY
BF
Hello
still
here,
I've
known
mario
for
years
he's
got
a
background
in
distribution
and
logistics,
and
this
is
a
great
location
for
a
delivery
business
in
the
industrial
zone
with
access
to
the
highway,
and
we
also
just
need
to
support
our
equity
applicants
because
they're,
the
ones
who
ensure
jobs
go
to
the
most
impacted
communities.
Thank
you
very
much
in
support
of
this.
AK
Hi
guys
it's
brendy,
oh
I'm
from
boston,
and
I
also
support
green
flash
and
everything
that
they're
doing.
I
do
believe
that
they're
going
to
bring
a
lot
of
much
needed
jobs
to
our
community,
and
I
think
that
they're,
taking
very
wonderful
precautions
and
a
lot
of
us
worry
about
safety,
so
the
body
cam,
the
gps
tracking
and
the
very
thorough
id
verification,
I
think,
are
really
wonderful
assets.
AK
BZ
Hi,
my
name
is
leonard
lee,
long-time
resident
of
roxbury,
but
also
I
was
the
marijuana
transitioner
for
department
of
public
health
for
the
state
of
massachusetts.
What
does
that
mean?
I
represented
the
marijuana
group
from
massachusetts
for
the
cdc
foundation,
which
was
doing
and
talking
to
a
lot
of
dispensaries
throughout
the
country,
I'm
in
support
of
of
of
this
proposal
for
a
number
of
reasons,
one
of
the
main
ones,
because
I've
seen
so
many
dispensaries
and
also
you
know,
delivery
services
throughout
the
country.
This
model
is
really
good.
BZ
It's
a
really
solid
model
based
on
the
models
that
I've
seen
and
I've
seen
over
40
of
them
over
the
past
seven
years,
and
I
mean
I'm-
I
am
in
great
support
of
this
I've
known
dwayne.
We
went
to
high
school
together,
so
I
know
the
integrity
that
he
carries
and
I'm
familiar
with
his
partner's
family
and
in
their
work,
but
above
and
above
and
beyond
anything
in
order
to
execute
any
and
all
of
these
initiatives
in
terms
of
employment.
BZ
In
terms
of
you
know,
community
benefits
you
have
to
have
a
good
model,
and
this
model,
like
I
said
I've,
seen
over
40
models
throughout
the
country
and
this
model
is
really
really
solid.
So
I
am
in
great
support
of
this
and
look
for
the
success
to
happen,
so
we
can
benefit
from
all
those
other
extras
going
on
with
the
business.
BZ
BH
CA
Yes,
yes,
can
y'all,
hear
me
uh-huh
hi,
my
name
is
cloud9,
I'm
I'm
the
broadcaster
of
the
host
of
new
england
hippies,
and
I'm
just
here
to
give
my
support
to
green
flash.
But
I
only
have
one
question
is
because
I'm
somebody
of
the
community
and
I've
been
around.
I've
been
around
the
southampton
area
and
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
homelessness
down
there,
and
so
I
was
like
I
just
want
to
know
it's
like.
Is
there
any
way
how
we
gonna
help
them
people,
because
they're
part
of
the
community
too.
BP
BP
BP
CA
BW
Great
great,
so
I
want
to
lend
my
support
to
green
flag,
flash
delivery
and
dwayne
osborne
for
me,
there's
no
prouder
bostonian
than
duane.
He
goes
around
this
country
and
always
supports
boston
in
every
way
that
he
can,
and
I
know
that
he
loves
his
community.
I
know
he's
trying
to
do
major
things
for
the
community
and
that's
what
I
wanted
to
let
you
guys
know
so.
I
support
green
flash
and
dwayne
osborne.
A
A
BT
Okay
awesome:
my
name
is
amanda
govan.
I
am
one
of
the
members
of
reclaim
roxbury
and
a
host
of
other
organizations
in
boston
as
far
as
social
justice,
restorative
justice
and
housing
justice-
and
I
am
calling
in
support
of
green
flash
delivery.
Dwayne
is
has
been
a
strong
pillar
of
the
inner
city
community
for
many
decades
and
when
a
black
man
has
love
for
his
city
and
he
goes
around
the
world
displaying
that
that
is
something
very
special.
BT
BX
Yes,
that's
correct,
hi
everyone
good
afternoon.
I
just
wanted
to
lend
my
full
support
for
green
flash
delivery
and
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I'm
very
proud
of
dwayne
osborne
and
mario
dwayne
osbourne
is
my
father
and
I'm
just
really
proud
of
him
like
I
said,
and
I
can't
wait
to
see
this
business
grow
and
good
luck
to
you
guys.
Thank
you.
BX
CB
I'm
sorry
I'm
on
a
train
right
right
now,
so
I'm
gonna
be
quick.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
was
born
and
raised
in
the
raspberry
dorchester
area
and
know
dwayne
through
my
uncle
and
have
learned-
and
I
have
learned
a
lot
since
meeting
him
about
just
what
this
will
entail
and
how
it
could
impact
our
community
in
a
positive
way.
So
I
want
to
call
in
and
say
that
I
am
in
support
of
green,
fast
delivery.
C
Yes,
good
evening,
my
name
is
henderson
sergeant
and
I'm
also
in
favor
of
green
flash
delivery,
I've
known
dwayne,
probably
20
years.
I
work
with
him
with
world
merchandising
group
and
he's
efficient,
he's
on
time
and
it'll
be
a
pleasure
in
this
new
endeavor.
So
good
luck,
I'm
in
support
of
green
flash
delivery.
Thank
you
thank.
A
No
seeing
no
one,
the
board
will
take
this
matter
under
advisement.
Thank
you
all
right.
So
those
were
all
the
matters
before
the
board.
Today.
The
board's
voting
meeting
will
take
place
next
wednesday
january
19th
at
1pm.
The
information
to
access
the
voting
agenda
will
be
on
our
website
boston.gov
cannabis.
Again,
the
record
will
be
remain,
kept
open
until
next
tuesday
january
18th
until
5
pm.
Thank
you
all
for
attending
and
enjoy
the
rest
of
your
evening.