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Description
Liaison Name: Jeysaun Gant
Host Neighborhood: Roxbury
Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 6 p.m.
Applicant Name: EnRoot LLC.
Address: 415-417 Blue Hill Ave.
License Type: Co-locate a Marijuana Courier and Delivery Operator License
B
A
A
So
brian
will
be
speaking
through
the
presentation
today,
once
brian
is
finished,
going
through
the
entire
presentation,
we
will
open
it
up
to
questions
and
answers
where,
if
you
have
any
questions
around
the
proposal,
you
can
ask
brian
and
any
questions
around
the
process,
the
city
process.
You
can
direct
towards
myself.
B
Thank
you
jason
good
evening.
My
name
is
brian
keith
principal
at
rooted
in
roxbury,
I'm
joined
tonight
by
members
of
our
team.
Tonight
we
will
be
discussing
our
proposal
for
a
home
delivery.
Cannabis
business
at
415,
blue
hill,
ave,
rude
and
roxbury
is
working
in
collaboration
with
james
finney,
owner
of
enroute
llc,
the
entity
which
will
occupy
this
space.
Allow
me
to
introduce
james.
D
Good
evening
my
name
is
james
finney.
I
am
the
co-owner
co-founder
and
co-owner
of
enroute,
and
I'm
glad
to
be
here
tonight
to
share
with
you
our
proposal
for
a
delivery
operation
in
grove
hall.
I
have
been
searching
a
long
time
to
have
this
opportunity
and
it's
finally
presented
itself
tonight.
We
are
going
to
be
sharing
with
you
background
on
our
company
and
our
experience
in
our
proposal
for
a
home
delivery,
cannabis
business
at
415,
bluehole
ave.
D
This
is
our
official
community
meeting
being
hosted
by
the
mayor's
office,
but
we
have
had
the
benefit
of
speaking
with
many
of
you
leading
up
to
this
meeting.
This
is
certainly
not
the
end
of
our
community
engagement
process,
but
really
the
beginning,
and
we
look
forward
to
continued
work
with
this
community.
D
As
the
one
of
only
11
state
designated
economic
empowerment
advocates
in
boston,
I
wanted
to
start
tonight
by
sharing
a
little
bit
more
about
who
I
am
and
what
our
future
business
will
stand
for.
I
joined
tonight
with
my
partners
in
this
effort
rooted
in
roxbury,
founder
joanne
and
her
husband,
brian
rakita,
and
her
husband,
solomon.
D
Some
of
you
may
know
some
of
you
may
know
me.
I
grew
up
in
these
streets.
I
was
the
boy
that
could
not
speak
until
he
was
six
years
old
from
the
home
in
the
franklin
field,
development
to
my
mother's
hair,
salon,
spectrum,
hair
performance
on
columbia,
road,
my
cousins
and
my
uncles
on
64
brunswick
street
third
floor
and
maybe
even
from
the
time
performing
at
the
mari
star,
talent
show
nights.
Throughout
my
early
years
I
worked
at
the
burger
king
on
washington
street
as
a
manager
given
opportunity
to
our
local
youth.
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
The
next
slide
is
to
the
next
slide
is
a
look
at
our
proposed
floor
plan
and
operations,
as
you
as
you
can
see,
on
the
right
side,
is
our
second
floor
dispatch
in
administrative
office
and
on
the
main
floor,
our
security
and
vault
system
drivers
will
pick
up
product
on
the
left
side
of
the
building
and
bring
them
out
to
the
lot.
Next
to
our
site,
we
have
proposed
operating
seven
days
a
week:
nine
a.m
to
nine
pm,
allowing
for
the
limited
delivery
operations
during
peak
commuter
times
jobs.
D
D
D
All
cameras
will
be
shared,
live
in
in
real
time
with
boston
police,
in
addition
to
significantly
improving
life,
scheduling
our
delivery
times
at
off-peak
hours,
surveillance
and
bringing
a
physical
presence
that
activity
this
prominent
corner.
There
are
a
number
of
other
policies
that
we
will
be
putting
in
place
to
ensure
we
and
our
employees
are
always
good
neighbors.
D
D
D
All
employees
will
be
paid
competitive
wages,
we
have
access
to
quality,
health
care
and
dental.
We
have
access
to
down
payment
assistance
for
time,
buy
it
home
buyers
and
we
will
be
able
to
take
part.
They
will
be
the
end.
We
will
be
able
to
take
part
in
profit
sharing,
based
on
the
success
of
our
location.
D
D
D
D
Three
percent
of
revenue
will
be
automatically
placed
to
the
city
direct
fund
as
a
business
owner.
We
will
share
your
goals
of
creating
a
clean,
safe
and
vibrant
environment,
where
everyone
and
sees
business
activities,
enhance
property
value
and
further
investment
in
the
area
and
root
will
be
a
asset
to
grow.
Paul.
D
A
All
right
perfect,
so
just
for
everyone
here
I
am
going
to
transition
everyone
to
a
panelist.
So
while
you
ask
your
question,
you
can
be
seen
on
camera
if
you
choose
to
be
so,
but
I
just
wanted
to
let
everyone
know
that
currently
and
you'll
also
be
able
to
see
well
everyone
else
who
was
on
the
meeting
once
again.
I
do
encourage
if
you
have
a
question
to
raise
your
hand,
and
once
your
question
is
answered,
please
put
your
hand
down.
B
A
A
G
My
question
is
you:
did
he
did
mention
that
he
was
going
to
have
the
state
of
the
arts
security
with
the
employees?
That's
on
site?
That's
there.
I
just
need
to
know.
Were
there
will
they
have
to
have
any
kind
of
weapons
to
secure
themselves
or
the
building
itself,
along
with
with
the
product
that
they
will
be
warehousing.
B
So
that's
a
good
question,
so
the
rules
around
cannabis
in
the
state
of
massachusetts
is
that
all
facilities
and
all
people
who
work
in
those
facilities
or
registered
agents
to
those
facilities
are
not
allowed
to
carry
any.
I
guess
you
would
call
them
offensive
weapons,
so
no
guns
or
knives,
or
things
like
that.
So
no
we're
not
allowed
to
carry
any
type
of
weapon
of
that
nature.
B
C
B
B
A
H
Guys
sound,
like
you,
have
an
amazing
plan
for
the
dorchester
roxbury
area,
first
off
and
you're,
going
to
some
incredible
research
to
be
done,
and
I
see
good
things
in
your
future.
I
was
along
with
her
asking
about
I've
been
reading
about
some
of
the
other
11
licensed
we're
looking
to
start
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
H
Is
there
any
way
that
your
timetable
could
be
pushed
up
so
that
way,
the
neighborhood
this
neighborhood,
that
that
you
put
so
much
effort
and
and
time
and
investment
into
that
you
could
get
your
investment
going
any
faster?
Is
there
any
way
to
to
see
that
projection
come
within
within
a
more
timetable
of
18
months.
B
So
that's
the
goal.
18
months
is
conservative,
but
we
want
to
be
as
one
responsible
as
possible
as
we
move
forward
continuing
to
consult
with
the
community
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
any
concerns
that
may
have
as
we
move
forward,
but
also,
if
you
know
the
area-
and
you
know
the
building
itself,
the
building
is
in
very,
very,
very
rough
shape.
B
We
are
going
to
maintain
the
building
as
it
is
we're
going
to
improve
the
building
the
exterior,
so
that
you
know
it's
a
very
prominent
corner
at
the
corner
of
devon
and
bluegill.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
passers-by
one.
They
don't
know
that
it's
a
that
it's
a
cannabis
business,
but
that
they
do
see
a
biz
or
building
that
is
very
much
improved
from
its
current
state.
B
Right
now,
after
that
rain,
there's
a
huge
pool
of
rain,
that's
kind
of
pooled
up
on
the
ceiling
or
on
the
on
the
roof
of
the
main
roof
of
the
building.
The
building
is
in
tough
shape
that
that's
currently
leaking
into
the
actual
building
itself.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
to
bring
that
building
up
to
code,
but
then
we
also
have
a
lot
to
do
as
far
as
the
cannabis
process
with
the
city
and
the
cannabis
process
with
the
state
so
18
months
for
us
is
conservative.
B
H
The
build-out,
like
you,
said
you
you're
having
a
roof
problem
this
and
that
you
know
a
couple
good
contractors
could
get
you
guys
done
pretty
quickly,
but
it
is
great.
It
is
a
great
location.
It's
it's
a
it's
a
one
in
a
million
location,
I've
seen
it
I've
seen
the
garage
base
and
it's
it's.
It's
tailor-suited
for
this
type
of
business.
B
And
thank
you
for
bringing
that
up.
For
those
of
you
who
know
the
location.
It
does
have
three
garage
bays
on
the
side
that
street
devon
street
is
a
residential
street.
We
don't
want
to
use
those
garage
bays
for
vehicle
entry
and
exit
that
would
have
us
creating
curb
cuts
where
curb
cuts
don't
currently
exist.
B
We
don't
want
to
take
parking
away
from
any
of
the
neighbors
who
currently
live
on
one
of
those
bases,
so
we're
actually
going
to
be
breaking
up
that
side
of
the
street
or
creating
a
more
secure
door
than
what's
currently
there
as
just
regular
garage
doors.
Everything
that
we
do
enter
exit
will
be
done
on
the
main
drag
of
blue
hill
app.
B
I
H
J
B
J
J
I'm
I'm
not
referring
to
the
other
john
bryan,
I'm
talking
about
the
gentleman
before
saying
getting
good
good
contractors
in
there.
So
one
does
he
live
in
the
neighborhood
and
two
when
usually
when
there's
a
development
going
on,
usually
you'll
get
a
picture
like
future
site
or
whatever
was
that
posted?
Because
you
also
spoke
about
communion
engagement?
Who
did
you
engage
in
to
say?
Is
this
something
for
the
community?
J
Who
who
did
you
speak
to?
You?
Know
clergy,
surrounding
business,
people,
the
elderly
who
live
in
the
area
who
have
been
homeowners
for
many
many
years?
So
you
know
oftentimes.
This
is
what
happened
in
our
community.
They
just
throw
things
up
and
they
and
there's
like
sound,
like
you've,
already
been
doing
this
for
quite
some
time.
So
my
question
is:
who
who
were
you
engaging
with?
You
know
you're,
saying
time
and
investment
that
that's
a
concern
for
me
and
that's
always
that's
what
that
always
happens.
So
I'm
just
concerned
about
that.
Thank
you.
B
Sure
we've
had
we've
had
we
were.
We
showed
up
to
a
meeting
of
that
project
right
held,
we
weren't
necessarily
invited
to
the
meeting,
but
they
were
talking
about
us
and
we
were
there.
So
we
had
a
conversation
with
the
members
that
were
there
at
the
time
we
spoke
with
sister
virginia
yesterday,
and
we
spoke
with
a
member
of
mosque.
11.
B
we've
spoken
with
the
mom
from
the
mosque
on
interbell
street
and
we
had
a
conversation
with
a
brief
conversation
with
reverend
groover
on
that
being
said,
reverend
gruber
who
lives
in
the
area
and
also
is
the
reverend
from
charles
street
ambi.
That
being
said,
we
want
to
have
more
conversations
and
we're
we're
willing
and
open
and
very
able
to
make
ourselves
available
to
have
conversations
whether
it's
one
on
one
or
one,
on
many
with
members
of
the
community,
we're
happy
to
what
we
are.
B
What
we
want
to
impress
upon
you
here
tonight
is
that
what
we've
showed
you
tonight
and
what
james
discussed
is
our
plan.
That's
our
plan.
We
want
to
work
with
the
community
to
make
a
plan
that
is
reflective
of
what
the
community
is
comfortable
with.
We
can
only
start
where
we
start,
but
we
want
your
input.
We
want
to
hear
your
input
tonight
and
moving
forward
so
that
we
can
put
forth
a
plan
that
is
reflective
of
what
your
needs
are.
B
I
B
I
was
able
to,
I
was
not
able
to
reach
them,
I'm
not,
I'm
not
sure.
No,
I
was
not
able
to
reach
them.
We
did.
We
did
flyer
them
because
they
were,
you
know,
statutorily
required
that
we
did
that
we
do
reach
out
to
them.
We
did
send
them
certified
letters
and
we
did
knock
on.
We
did
knock
on
the
door,
but
we
were
not
able
to
reach
them
in
order
to
have
a
direct
one-on-one
conversation
with
them.
I
B
Well,
I
mean
so:
we
are
going
to
be
a
cannabis
business,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
just
going
to
be
a
business
with
employees.
So
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
The
concern
when
it
comes
to
cannabis
shops
is
that
it'll
bring
traffic
and
it'll
bring
people
who
are
lining
up
outside
and
making
a
scene,
and
things
like
that
personally
I'll
speak
personally
for
myself
when
I
drive
by
different
cannabis
shops,
including
pure
oasis
and
others.
B
B
We
want
to
hire
at
minimum
39
people
39
people
from
this
neighborhood
39
people
who
are
black
and
brown,
giving
39
people
from
our
community
jobs
are
high,
paying
with
profit
sharing
with
benefits
with
down
payment
assistance,
so
they
can
buy
homes
in
the
city
and
stay
in
this
very
expensive
city.
So
I
mean
no
business
is,
is
perfect
and
ideal
for
everyone
and
especially
cannabis,
and
we
understand
that
and
we
respect
that.
N
I
don't
know
who's,
saying
hi
to
me,
but
my
question
is:
it
sounds
like
this
week
was
the
first
week
and
actually,
I
think,
sister
virginia
may
have
called
me
a
week
or
so
ago
around
what
your
plans
are.
It
sounds
like
you
have
determined
that
that's
where
you're
gonna
go
and
it
sounds
like
the
input
that
you're
willing
to
accept
from
the
community
is
not
whether
or
not
you
should
be
there,
but
how
you
should
be
there
at
this
point.
N
O
N
Into
our
community
and
as
an
educational
organization
and
an
organization
that
probably
has
some
deep
rooted,
philosophical
differences
in
how
young
people
are
accessing
that,
I
think
that
I
I
am
only
speaking
to
go
on
record
to
say
that
we're
not
in
support
of
that.
I
think
that
we
have
we've
done
our
fair
share
with
with
pure
oasis
and
it's
nothing
against
anybody
black
we're.
Definitely
for
black
people
trying
to
and
brown
people
trying
to
develop
economically.
P
B
Respond
to
I
agree
with
you,
I
don't
think
I
don't
think
that
cannabis,
business,
just
like
liquor,
stores
or
barber
shops
or
any
business
should
be
concentrated
in
one
area,
because
you
know,
as
someone
who
is
you
know
who
you
know
a
little
bit
understands
business.
You
don't
want
to
have
a
concentration
of
businesses,
because
that
that
degrades
your
ability
to
be
profitable,
but
we
are
a
different
concept
than
pure
oasis,
we're
a
different
concept
than
any
business
cannabis
business.
B
B
The
way
we
like
to
look
at
it
is
we'll
actually
be
an
asset
because
we'll
be
not
taking
away
business
from
pure
oasis,
but
we'll
actually
be
helping
pure
oasis
and
other
cannabis.
Businesses
facilitate
their
transactions
at
a
customer's
door
versus
at
their
sites.
So,
instead
of
having
the
lines
again,
which
I
don't
believe
exists,
but
instead
of
having
the
lines
that
people
say,
form
outside
of
cannabis,
businesses
we'll
be
taking
those
lines
away
from
the
front
of
those
businesses
and
putting
them
at
the
customer's
door
as
opposed
to
in
front
of
the
business.
B
So
if
a
young
person
is
walking
by,
they
don't
see
the
line
outside
the
business,
because
that
line
will
be
significantly
reduced
because
more
of
that
line
is
taking
or
more
of
that
transaction
is
taking
place
online
and
then
delivered
directly
to
the
customer
at
their
door
versus
on
the
retail
site.
So
if
anything,
our
building
will
be
a
building,
we'll
have
employees
and
we'll
have
drivers,
and
our
building
will
facilitate
the
transactions
at
other
cannabis
businesses.
B
Therefore,
reducing
the
crowd
and
the
traffic
that
comes
to
the
cannabis
businesses
door-
and
you
know
as
far
as
young
people,
I
don't
want
to
be
the
boogeyman
who
kind
of
breaks
this,
but
young
people
before
pure
oasis
opened
and
before
any
cannabis
business
open.
They
were
exposed
to
cannabis.
They
were
exposed
to
illegal
cannabis.
What
we're
doing
is
we're
bringing
a
legal
product
that
we
do
not
sell
to
young
people
selling
to
young
people
is
the
easiest
way
for
us
to
lose
our
license.
B
B
L
B
Yep,
so
what
we'll
be
doing
is-
and
thank
you
for
that's
a
really
good
question.
So
what
we'll
be
doing
is
when
a
person
orders
directly
from
us
they'll
be
uploading.
Their
driver's
license
to
our
secured
portal,
so
they'll
be
checked,
so
we'll
be
checking
their
license
immediately
once
they
place
their
order.
So
we
know
we
have
that
pushed
out
of
that
person's
license.
We
can
check
it.
We
can
see
their
age.
We
can
see
that
they're.
You
know
from
here
et
cetera,
et
cetera.
B
Then,
when
the
when
the
driver
is
at
their
door
delivering
the
product.
Excuse
me
we,
the
driver
would
then
check
their
license
again,
so
we're
doing
a
double
check.
First
and
first
we
have
that
license
on
file,
but
then
we're
checking
the
license
again
at
the
door,
so
we're
doing
a
double
check
to
ensure
that
who
placed
the
order
is
also
the
individual
who
is
who
is
receiving
the
order.
If
the
individual
who
placed
the
order
is
not
the
individual
who's
receiving
the
order,
we
will
not
deliver
that
order.
L
R
R
B
Would
disagree?
I
would
disagree
that
we
have
enough
here
in
grove
hall.
I
think
that
we
actually
need
more,
not
more
cannabis,
but
I
think
we
need
more
options,
I'm
38
years
old,
and
we
have
to
recognize
that
there's
people
who
are
my
age
there
are
people
who
are
younger
than
me.
There
are
people
older
than
me
who
want
to
do
more
than
just
you
know,
walk
through
and
and
go
to
a
flower
shop,
or
do
something
like
that.
They
want
other
options.
B
You
know
we're
a
city
where
young
people
where
we
have
to
attract
young
people
where
we
have
to
attract
different
populations
and
people
who
have
different
perspectives
so,
like
I
said
we
have
in
grove
hall,
a
retail
recreational
dispensary
that
serves
customers,
and
our
hope
is
that
we
will
now
have
a
business
that
that
serves
customers
at
their
door.
We
will
be
a
business,
we
will
just
be
a
building
and
we'll
serve
customers
at
their
door.
But,
like
I
said
I,
I
would
disagree
that
we
have
enough.
B
If
I
may
finish,
we
need
a
variety
of
things
in
a
neighborhood
to
create
a
vibrant
neighborhood.
If
you
go
to
a
neighborhood
like
if
you
go
to
a
business
district
like
center
street
in
jamaica,
plain,
like
clary
swear
in
hyde
park
like
caught
like
ash
like
a
ashmont
square
peabody
square
in
near
ashmont
station.
If
you
go
to
those
neighborhoods
like
roslindale
center,
those
are
vibrant,
downtown
business
districts.
B
We
we
should
be
striving
to
do
better
than
those
business
districts
and
those
just
business.
Districts
are
welcoming
cannabis
businesses
and
not
because
they
see
them
as
negative
to
the
community,
but
they
see
the
positive
impacts
that
can
come
in
those
downtown
business
areas,
especially
for
business
owners
who
are
responsible
business
owners.
N
B
F
B
A
community
excuse
me:
we've
also
chosen
communities
such
as
newberry
stream,
because
we
don't
think
that
as
black
business
owners
that
we
should
be
relegated
to
the
outer
boroughs
of
the
city
of
boston,
we
want
to
be
in
the
high
traffic
high
volume,
high
revenue
area,
such
as
newbury
street.
Our
second
location
for
our
retail
is
in
us
on
west
street
in
downtown
crossing
and
I'll.
Just
I'm
a
very
honest,
transparent
guy,
newberry
street
boylston
street
commonwealth
have
doesn't
get
more
wider
than
that
doesn't
get
more
richer
than
that
downtown
crossing
west
street.
B
There
are
millionaires
who
live
on
those
streets
where
we're
trying
to
put
our
cannabis
business
so
we're
not
just
trying
to
force
our
our
our
businesses
in
our
communities
where
we
live.
I
live
right
off
of
blue
collar
myself
in
all
neighborhoods,
so
that
one
we
can
show
that
black
businesses
can
be
successful
and
we
can-
and
we
can
put
our
investors,
who
could
be
you
on
this
call.
We
can
put
our
investors
in
a
place
where
they're
now
in
the
cannabis
industry,
which
just
surpassed
a
billion
dollars
last
month
in
the
state
of
massachusetts.
B
How
many
black
companies
or
black
and
brown
owned
companies
do,
you
think,
have
a
piece
of
that
billion
dollars
right
now?
Do
we
want
our
community
to
have
a
piece
of
that
billion
dollars,
or
do
we
want
the
business?
Do
we
want
that
billion
dollar
plus
industry
to
continue
to
go
to
other
white
companies
who
are
likely
not
from
boston,
not
even
from
massachusetts?
We
have
to
make
right
decisions
about
what
we
want
to
see
in
our
community,
and
I
understand
not.
Everyone
see
cannabis,
but
cannabis
is
coming.
We.
A
S
B
B
So
do
we
want
the
community
to
support
us
absolutely?
Do
we
necessarily
need
community
support?
No,
I
mean,
I
think,
that
we
all
know
I
live
in
roxbury.
Just
like
many
of
you
live
in
dorchester
and
roxbury.
We
know
that
buildings
get
built
with
no
community
support.
We
know
that
things
come
to
the
community
with
no
community
support,
so
the
reality
is,
do
we
need
community
support?
No,
would
we
love
your
support?
Would
we
love
to
amend
our
project,
so
it's
more
reflective
of
what
you
would
want
to
see
from
a
business
like
ours?
S
Including
sister
virginia,
and
you
said
someone
from
mom,
which
was
myself,
but
I
think
that
you
you
you
failed
to
mention.
I
mean
the
way
you
said
that
was
as
if,
though,
you
had
the
support
of,
and
in
that
conversation
we
voiced
our
objection
strong
objection
to
to
this
being
open.
So
I
would
hope
that
in
in
future
conversations
that,
if
you
mention
that
you
spoke
to
this
reverend
and
this
minister,
you
need
to
give
the
context
of
that,
because
it
seems
as
if,
though,
you
was
alluding
to
that.
You
have.
F
B
You're
breaking
up
I
I
will
say
that
if
you
drew
that
that
I
was
trying
to
say
that
you
were
supporting
our
business
from
what
I
said
that
we
had
a
conversation
with
you
that
that's
not
what
I
said
and
that's
not
what
I
said
that
I
didn't
mean
to
say
that
that
project
right
supported
us.
Nor
did
I
mean
to
imply
that
reverend
grover
supported
us.
Nor
do
I
need
to
apply
that
sister,
virginia
or
moss
number
11
supported
us.
S
B
Yeah
no
and
that
and
that's
your
fault,
but
I
can
answer
that
question
but
but
I
mean
you've
already
said
it,
you
expressed
that
you
were
not
in
favor
and
you
expressed
many
reasons
why
you
were
not
in
favor,
which
I
I
completely
respect.
Sister
virginia
also
expressed
that
she
was
not
in
favor.
I
don't
want
to.
I
don't
want
to
speak
to
mike.
I
know
that
my
kosu,
generally
speaking,
is
not
in
favor
of
cannabis,
but
I
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
how
he
feels
about
this
business.
B
I
would
assume
it's
the
same,
but
I
don't
want
to
speak
to
that
and
my
conversation
with
reverend
gruber
was
more
of
a
private
conversation,
but
in
that
conversation
he
did
not
give
a
feeling
whether
he
was
for
or
against
it,
and
my
conversation
with
the
imam
from
interville
street
was
similar.
He
did
not
give
a
position
as
to
whether
he
was
for
or
against
this
particular
project.
He
didn't
express
that
he
was
not
for
cannabis.
S
We
fought
to
to
that
area
of
drug
dealing
and
drug
selling
and
and
really
cleaned
it
up
to
the
point
where
we
can
have
economic
development,
such
as
grove
halls,
mecca
and
and
bringing
attracting
banks
to
come
into
the
grove
hall
area.
Our
work
in
that
community
has
been
to
rid
it
of
drugs
to
clean
it
up
and
to
make
it
a
viable
business
place,
and
this
is
why
we
feel
that
it
is
add
an
insult
to
injury
to
to
use
the
the
business
of
minister
don
muhammad
as
a
place.
S
That
would
be
now
distributing
marijuana.
And
so
I
just
want
to
say
that
for
the
record,
how
strongly
we
oppose
that,
not
only
on
the
basis
of
having
another
cannabis
business
in
grove
hall,
but
specifically
in
the
the
business
that
that
it
was
long
one
of
the
longest
standing
black
owned
businesses,
nova
scene
of
minnesota.
Muhammad
one
of
the
pillars
of
this
community.
And
I
would
hope
that
y'all
would
again
reconsider.
Maybe
finding
another
location
for
your
business.
B
B
B
S
Brian,
lastly,
that
what
you
just
said
only
adds
insult
to
injury.
You
know
that
a
muslim
and
a
black
business
will
be
in
you
know
again
distributing
drugs
marijuana
and
no
is
legal
and
that's
the
thing.
A
lot
of
us
people
are
overcome
by
the
fact
that
marijuana
is
legal,
but
slavery
was
legal
just
because
it's
legal
doesn't
make
it
right.
You
know,
and,
and
so
jim
crow
was
legal
that
doesn't
make
it
right.
We
know
the
harmful
effect
that
marijuana
is
having
slavery,
people,
not
just
young
but
old
as
well.
S
Our
people
are
now
addicted
to
this
cannabis.
It
is
not
like
it
was
20
30
years
ago
where
people
use
cannabis
as
a
recreational
people
are
addicted
to
marijuana.
They
smoking
it
first
thing
in
the
morning
for
breakfast,
lunch
dinner
and
throughout
the
day,
they're
chained
smoking
marijuana
like
people
with
chain
smoking
and
continue
to
change
smoke
cigarettes.
S
So
this
is
something
that
is
causing
major
harm
to
our
people,
our
community,
contributing
to
mental
health
problems
that
we're
having,
and
so
it's
it's
not
a
good
thing
to
be
bringing
to
be
to
be
brought
into
our
community.
So
the
fact
that
is
a
black
and
then
a
muslim
that
that's
bringing
this
only
adds
insulting
injury.
B
No,
I
would
agree
with
you:
slavery
was
legal,
and
then
it
became
illegal.
What
I'll
say
about
cannabis
is
that
I'm
going
to
take
a
guess
for
everyone
on
this
call.
Cannabis
had
was
legal
for,
since
we
were
born
up
until
just
a
few
years
ago
in
the
state
of
massachusetts,
so
cannabis
was
illegal
for
longer
than
it
has
been
legal,
so
it
was
illegal.
B
Just
like
just
like
slavery
is
today
now
cannabis
is
legal,
so
we
have
a
long
history
and
a
long
chain
and
a
long
cycle
and
a
long
thought
processes
that
we
have
to
break.
We
have
to
break
the
stigma
of
this
being
a
chain
smoker's
problem
or
a
chain
smoker's
drug,
or
something
like
that.
It's
not
all
about
the
cannabis.
It's
not
all
about
smoking.
B
Cannabis
is
also
about
they're.
Also
edibles,
you
don't.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
a
smoking
product,
but
there's
also
the
medical
benefits
that
come
from
cannabis
that
I'm
not
going
to
get
into,
because
I'm
not
going
to
point
out
with
regards
to
medical
cannabis,
which
is
not
what
we're
selling
we're
not
saying
we're
doing.
Recreational
the
difference
between
recreational
and
medical
that
doctors
prescribe
is
medical
actually
has
a
higher
potency
than
what
we
will
be
selling.
So
please
understand
that
the
there
are
medical
benefits
to
cannabis.
B
We
are
not
selling
medical,
we
are
recreational,
but
we
shouldn't
just
again.
We
should
work
to
educate
ourselves
and
work
to
change
our
mindset,
but
I'm
not
here
to
change
anyone's
mind.
I'm
just
here
to
inform
you
about
what
we're
doing,
but
thank
you.
I
appreciate
your
thoughts
and,
as
I
said
to
the
other
individual
willing
to
have
further
conversations
with
you
would
love
to
sit
down
with
me
one-on-one
and
find
out
where
we
can
find
common
ground
and
find
a
solution
to
concerns
that
you
may
have.
So.
Thank
you,
hello.
H
Is
if
it's
my
turn
to
speak,
I'd
like
to
I've
done
some
research
on
the
cannabis
industry
and
you're,
absolutely
right,
free
covet.
They
thought
that
massachusetts
would
tap
out
at
about
350
million
this
year.
They
just
passed
over
a
billion
and
a
half
dollars
so
to
have
a
person
of
color
black
and
brown,
with
a
seat
at
the
table
to
have
access
to
that
type
of
wealth
to
enrich
our
communities.
H
I
think
it
would
be
a
shame
to
to
let
it
go
to
a
white
face.
I'm
a
minority,
I'm
jewish!
I
cannot
speak
as
a
person
of
color,
but
I
think
you
know
growing
up
in
dorchester
to
have
some
outside
corporation
come
in
and-
and
you
know,
massachusetts
is
on
par
to
do
almost
five
to
six
billion.
They
said
this
year
out
of
the
33
legal
states
in
the
united
states,
were
on
par
to
be
the
number
one
grossing
taxable
base
for
cannabis.
H
A
R
Hi,
where
the
owners
about
in
the
building
that
he
is
dealing
with,
and
I'm
hearing
all
of
everything
that
he
says
and
it
seems
like
it
doesn't
matter
whatever
we
bring
or
whatever
our
concerns
are
it
doesn't
matter,
so
I
just
want
to
go
on
the
record.
My
name
is
ingrid.
I
just
want
to
go
on
a
record
that
I'm
totally
against
it.
O
And
same
here
this
is
lois.
I
am
against
it
because
the
thing
is
I
feel
like.
Why
are
we
even
having
a
meeting
if
it
doesn't
even
matter
it's?
Why
we're?
Even
here
if
it
doesn't
even
matter
what
we
have
to
say?
You
know
I
remember
talking
with
mr
keith
and
he
said
that
I
think
I
forgot
the
location
that
you
were
rejected
and
then
you
came
to
this
location.
So
my
question
is
why
this
location,
why
this
location.
R
We're
finally
cleaning
it
up
and
we're
still
having
issues
right
now
going
on,
and
here
comes
now
we're
bombarded
now
with
this
cannabis,
another
cannabis
which
doesn't
make
any
sense.
It's
I'm
hearing
everything
you
guys
are
saying,
and
it's
more
to
me
about
money,
money,
it's
not
even
about
what
we
feel
what
we're
going
through
as
a
community.
It's
always
it's
just
about
money.
R
O
And
you
know
we're
not
knocking
money,
because
we
know
we
all
need
money,
I
get
it,
but
there's
other
ways
of
doing
it,
and
I
understand
the
last
person
that
just
spoke.
You
know
you're
telling
us
about
these
billions
of
dollars.
Sometimes
that's
not
what
it's
all
about,
if
that's
the
case,
and
we
have
all
these
millions
of
dollars,
pour
it
into
that
youth
center
that
we
have
been
trying
to
get
for
years.
Thank
you
for
our
youth
for
so
long.
Why
are
we
pushing
this?
O
I
don't
care
if
it's
delivery,
I
don't
care
if
there's
a
line
and
yes,
there
has
been
line
the
person
that
said
they
drove
by
and
don't
see
any
lines,
you're,
not
driving
by
24
7..
We
have
witnesses,
we
have
witnessed
people
turning
around
in
the
middle
of
the
street
and
you
know
just
just
blocking
traffic
parking
in
front
of
our
driveways.
We
don't
know
who
it
is
because
there's
a
line
at
the
cannabis
you're
saying
that
that's
not
gonna
happen,
you're,
saying
that.
O
A
Sorry
I
was
reading
a
question
in
the
chat,
so
I
do
want
to
clarify
that
one.
This
meeting
is
a
requirement
for
them
to
have
by
the
boston
cannabis
board.
Additionally,
all
comments
and
letters
of
opposition
and
or
support
that
are
sent
to
either
myself
or
the
cannabis
board,
are
counted
and
do
play
a
part
in
the
decision
made
by
the
cannabis
board.
Additionally,
this
meeting
is
held
to
one
bring
the
project
to
the
community,
so
nothing
from
this
meeting
is
being
pretty
much
cemented
in
now.
A
There
will
be
no
construction
happening,
no
groundbreaking,
nothing
will
be
happening.
This
meeting
is
specifically
just
so.
The
community
can
hear
the
project
proposal
and
honestly
give
comments
and
feedback
that
the
action
that
the
applicant
and
team
can
choose
to
either
adhere
to
and
listen
to
or
not,
but
that
is
solely
upon
their
decision
as
brian
did
state,
but
with
community
support.
A
That
is
something
that
can
be
given
and
or
you
know,
used
to
oppose
the
project.
So
your
voice
and
any
comments
and
or
questions
you
have
around
the
actual
proposal-
can
be
sent
to
myself
or
the
cannabis
board
and
they
will
be
heard.
Thank
you,
brian.
You
can
go
ahead
and
answer
the
question.
I
just
wanted
to
give
that
yeah.
B
Our
proposal
to
you
and
what
we
stand
by
for
is
constructive
criticism
as
to
what
we,
what
you
would
like
as
neighbors
to
see
us
change
for
us
as
someone
looking
to
open
a
business,
not
opening
the
business,
is
you
know
for
us,
it's
not
an
option,
but
anything
beyond
that
is
an
option
and
we'd
like
to
hear
what
we
can
do
and
what
we
can
do
differently
in
order
to
make
this
more
palatable
for
you
palatable
for
you.
If
there's
nothing
that
we
can
do.
B
If
you
just
don't
want
it,
I
mean.
Well,
then
that's
where
we
are.
So
it's
not
us
that
that's
not
hearing
you!
It's
the
decision
that
you've
made
has
already
been
made,
but
if
you're
willing
to
offer
constructive
criticism
and
and
offer
some
thoughts
on
what
we
could
change
about
our
business
and
our
business
model.
B
That's
why
we're
here
and
that's
what
we're
here
to
listen
for
in
your
comments.
You
said
that
we
are
that.
There's
no
point
for
you
being
here:
I
would
disagree,
but
you
have
to
ask
us
to
do
something
in
order
for
us
to
do
it.
If
you
don't
ask
us
to
do
something,
we
can't
do
anything.
We
can
only
go
with
the
proposal
that
we've
put
forward,
but
we're
all
ears
and
we've
got
the
pad
of
paper.
E
E
And
unfortunately,
we're
the
only
house
on
the
street
that
does
not
have
a
driveway,
so
my
concern
is
parking
for
your
employees.
You
mentioned
having
five
spots
in
a
lot
next
to
the
building
off
of
blue
hill
avenue,
but
I'm
gathering
that's
for
your
trucks,
and
so
where
will
your
employees
park?
I
want
to
be
able
to
come
home
and
find
be
able
to
park
in
front
of
my
home.
C
B
B
No,
I
mean,
I
think
it's
I
mean
we
would
have
the
same
problem
that
that
anybody's
vehicle
has.
Is
you
know?
How
do
you
know
that
the
car
that
you
park
on
the
street?
How
does
someone
who's
making
the
decision
that
they
want
to
break
into
a
vehicle
that
they're
not
going
to
break
into
your
vehicle
if
it's
not
on
the
street
or
anyone's
vehicle?
Not
just
yours?
B
So
no,
I
mean
we're
going
to
park
it
in
our
secure
lot
and
you
know
we'll
have
cameras
and
it'll
be
obvious
that
the
location
is
under
surveillance
and
then
we'll
make
the
decision
that
everyone
does
who
parks
off
street,
that
we,
that
will,
that
we've
done
everything
we
can
to
mitigate
someone
who
wants
to
break
in.
But
you
know
we
it's
just
like
anything
else.
We
can't
stop
people
from
breaking
into
vehicles,
but
the
vehicles
won't
have
cannabis
in
them.
At
the
end
of
the
day.
B
Your
first
question:
where
would
the
employees
park
I'll,
make
a
commitment
tonight
and
I'm
making
it
publicly
in
front
of
json
and
in
front
of
everyone
that
we
wouldn't
open
this
facility
until
we
have
additional
contracted
parking
for
our
employees,
where
they
can
park
locally
and
then
walk
to
our
location?
Right
now
we
have
eight
parking
spots
on
site.
B
Three
of
those
spots
are
dedicated
for
delivery
vans,
so
our
employees
would
never
out
when
they're
on
site,
our
employees
would
never
park
in
those
three
dedicated
spots,
because
those
are
dedicated
for
the
delivery
vans,
which
will
only
have
three
of
so
with
that
we'll
have
five
on-site
parking.
So
the
commitment
that
I'm
making
is
that
until
we
have
additional
off-site
parking,
that's
contracted
to
us
for
us
and
and
solely
for
us.
We
will
not
open
this
facility.
B
B
Sure
yeah,
so
what
I
said
was
currently
we
have
eight
on-site
parking
spots.
Three
of
those
spots
are
dedicated
for
delivery.
So
when
the
store
is
active,
when
the
when
the
location
is
open,
we
have
five
spots
for
our
employees,
three
that
are
dedicated
to
our
delivery
vehicles.
Until
we
have
additional
off-site
parking
contracted
solely
for
the
use
of
our
building
and
our
employees,
we
will
not
open
this
location.
K
Okay,
now,
if
it
wasn't
for
the
parking
right,
my
question
is:
were
were
you
or
are
you
still
going
to
establish
this
business,
even
though
it's
clear
that
your
people
are
against
it?
You
have
your
brothers
and
sisters
here
who
are
completely
against
this
facility.
We
don't
need
any
more
substances
in
the
community
that
are
putting
our
people
to
sleep.
K
That's
that's
my
that's
my
thought
again.
It's
I'm
completely
opposed
to
it
and
and
it's
clear
that
many
others
are
opposed
to
it.
So
that's
my
stance
on
it
and
it
seems
like
aside
from
the
parking
you
were
gonna
you
plan
on
establishing
the
business
anyway,
because
you're,
saying
you're,
saying
when.
B
So
well,
first,
I
think
that
when
we
see
a
black
person,
you
know
before
you
starting
a
business
and
trying
to
do
something.
We
shouldn't
feel
that
that
black
person
is
being
used
as
a
tool.
Just
because
he's
a
black
person,
I
am
a
black
person.
My
wife
is
a
black
person.
My
james
is
a
black
person
and
we're
starting
a
business,
we're
not
being
used
as
a
tool
we're
starting
a
business
with
our
money
and
we're
putting
this
together
with
our
thoughts
and
our
ideas.
This
is
not
there's.
B
You
know
someone
behind
us
with
strings
that
are
you
know
controlling
us.
The
five
of
us
are
starting
a
business,
but
I
appreciate
you
with
regards
to
with
regards
to
what
you
said
about
the
business
yeah
like
I
said,
we
want
to
start
this
business
and
for
us
you
know
whether,
whether
we
were
starting
an
ice
cream
shop
or
something
else
we
would
want.
We
would
want
to
have
to
work
with
the
community
on
what
the
ultimate
project
and
proposal
looks
like,
but
to
say
that
we
can't
do
it
right.
B
That
is
unacceptable
to
us
because
we
want
to
do
it
and
it's
a
legal
business.
It's
a
legal
product
and
it's
you
know
we're
within
our
rights
to
do
it
at
this
location.
So
what
we
are
asking
you
about
and
I'll
I'll
I'll
put
the
obvious
thing
out
there.
Our
hours
are
9
a.m
to
9
p.m.
The
obvious
thing
to
say
is
well:
can
you
reduce
your
hours?
No
one's
even
asked
us
to
reduce
our
hours,
so
what
I'm
saying
is
we
have?
C
F
B
T
Okay,
I
have
a
couple
the
first
one.
First
plus
I
want
to
say
it's
it's
it's
pretty
good
that
you
know
you
have
african-american
or
people
of
color
trying
to
maintain
a
position
where
we
can
open
a
business.
Okay,
I'm
good
for
that.
But,
as
I
grew
up
in
the
city
of
dorchester,
my
sister,
my
sisters
owned
the
house
that
is
adjoined
to
what
is
going
to
be.
T
Perhaps
your
business,
I'm
totally
opposed
into
that
being
and
I'm
just
kind
of
disappointed,
because
it
was
the
same
kind
of
song
and
dance
that
we
heard
when
there
was
opening
up
the
oasis.
Okay,
it's
the
same
pony
dance,
that's
coming
back
around
and
the
thing
is
there
is
other
sort
of
business.
I
can't
tell
you
what
to
do,
but
this
other
sort
of
business
that
would
be
beneficial
to
our
community.
It's
particularly
when
you
say
young
people.
T
We
are
young
people
in
here
trying
to
maintain
our
residency
in
boston,
purchasing
home,
taking
care
of
them
along
with
the
elder
generation.
We
merge
together,
but
when
we
have
a
cannabis
store,
that's
already
been
open
and
yes,
there
is
line
because
I
I'm
there
all
the
time
I
drove
back
and
forth.
Sometimes
when
I
come
to
park,
I
have
to
go
around
the
block,
because
people
are
parking
in
the
residency.
That's
been
there
for
over
40
something
years
and
they
can't
even
park,
because
then
there
is
a
parking
thing.
That's
one!
T
Okay,
the
hours
these
are.
These
are
church
going
folks
in
this
community,
believe
it
or
not,
and
for
you
to
say,
you're
gonna
open
seven
days
a
week
from
seven
to
nine
pm.
Well,
that's
unacceptable!
That's
that
is
totally
unacceptable,
because
then
there's
churches,
a
couple
of
churches
around
there,
there's
also
schools
in
this
zone.
T
That
will
let
our
young
people
know
it
is
it's
it's!
Okay
to
do
this,
then
the
thing
that
we
basically
been
trying
to
clean
up
in
community
and
has
been
cleaning
up
in
the
community
and
now
that
we
finally
getting
that
sort
of
thing
out
it's
coming
back
in
in
a
different
form,
which
is
unacceptable.
T
T
You
tell
me
you
can't
think
about
putting
a
good,
reasonable
health
health
store
else
house
restaurant
in
there
our
people
are
dying
from
diabetes,
high
blood
pressure,
because
we
have
all
these
things
that
are
coming
in
here
and
no
one
is
not
saying
anything,
but
we
are
looking
at
the
profit
and
the
bottom
line.
We
have
to
stop
this,
be
calling
we're
killing
on
each
other.
T
That
is
so
disappointing
to
me,
because
then
that's
not
what
we're
supposed
to
be
about-
and
I
know
you
guys
are
saying
people
are
going
to
bring.
If
you
don't
do
it,
someone
else
is
going
to
do
it.
Well,
you
know
what
if
we
all
take
a
stand,
and
we
said
okay,
we
have
one
here.
Okay,
let's
do
something
positive.
Let's
show
you
guys
show
my
son,
that's
not
only
cannabis
that
belongs
in
his
community.
It
is.
It
is
disheartening
to
me
it
is
sad.
T
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
have
kids,
but
as
a
mother
and
as
a
member
of
this
community
and
seeing
people
like
miss
catherine
that
lives
on
the
street
for
years
and
taking
care
of
her
home
and
sometimes
come
home
and
can't
find
parking
because
we
have
a
cannabis
store
and
these
people
not
live
in
our
neighborhood.
So
I'm
not
sure
how
reinvested
they're
going
to
be
in
that
you
know
some,
so
you
guys
really
need
to
think
and
give
us
a
chance
and
not
saying
you
know
not
think
we're
knocking
you
down.
T
I'm
not
knocking
you
down,
because
I
want
to
see
your
success
and
I
want
to
see
you
successful
because
then
I
believe
in
the
american
dream,
but
when
it's
coming
in
that
point
of
view,
because
it's
the
same
song
and
pony
dance
like
the
other
one
did
and
then
when
they
came
in
here,
they
said.
Oh,
we
have
parking.
It's
not
going
to
be
any
line.
T
That's
a
lie!
Blatant
lie.
There's
lines
this
disrespectful
on
sunday
morning,
when
I'm
going
driving
to
church
and
see
there's
a
line
next
to
a
church,
a
god-fearing
church.
That
is,
you
know,
and
the
core
of
our
our
inheritance
are
the
backbone.
Is
the
church.
If
we
oppose
into
it,
you
have
to
you
guys,
have
to
listen.
We
have
to
learn
to
not
talk
at
each
other,
but
listen
to
each
other
and
then
come
up
with
a
compromise
plan.
T
Okay,
because
it
to
me,
that's
all
I
have
to
say
on
that,
but
I
am
totally
opposed
to
this.
I
think
we
can
go
so
many
routes
on
on
on
this
whole
thing,
and-
and
you
know
please
stop
disappointing
my
son,
because
then
that's
what
it
is
when
he
comes
home,
what
is
he
going?
What
are
you
guys
telling
him?
The
only
thing
we
can
do
in
our
community,
because
everybody's
doing
it
in
some
is
very
lucrative-
is
to
bring
in
these
these
these
these
products
into
our
community
and
make
money
off
of
off.
T
T
Our
elderly
are
dying
from
high
blood
pressure,
diabetes
and
stuff
because
we
have
so
many
k,
so
many
fried
food,
just
you
know
what
I
mean
so
many
liquor
stores
now
we're
bringing
in
cannibals
more
into
that
community.
We
have
one
less
than
500
feet
away
now
we're
going
to
do
distributing
next.
What
what
what
else
we're
going
to
bring
in
into
it
we're
going
to
start
lining
them
up
and
infecting
them
with
it
and
saying
it's
okay.
What
are
we
going
to
give
back
to
your
community.
B
A
B
B
We
can't
say
that
to
customers,
but
we
will
not
have
customers,
and
you
say
yet-
and
I
hear
you-
you
know,
rules
change
things,
change,
people
change
their
minds.
I'd
be
willing
to
sign
a
pledge
with
the
city
with
the
community
groups.
That
says
that
we
will
not
change
this
business
license
to
anything
other
than
what
we're
proposing
today,
which
is
a
a
business
that
does
home
delivery
to
customers.
I'd
be
willing
to
sign
that
because
I
I
I
do
I
do.
B
T
T
Did
you
try
that
venue?
Because-
and
this
is
not
a
distributor
this
is
we
don't?
This
is
not
a
distributed
event.
This
is
a
residential.
This
is
a
residential
area
and
it
does
have
businesses.
But
this
is
not
a
distributing
area.
New
market
we
knew
market
has
has
has
space
there.
Have
you
tried
renting
one
of
those
warehouses
or
something
since
it's
a
distributed
venue
I
mean
we
are
looking
at.
B
We
are
looking
at
a
second
to
answer.
Your
question.
Yeah
we
are
looking
at
a
second
location,
and
new
market
would
be
would
be
a
viable
location
yeah.
I
think
that
what
we
don't
want
to
do
as
a
as
a
business
in
an
emerging
market,
we
don't
want
to
limit
ourselves
and
we
shouldn't
you
know
we
shouldn't
be
asking
ourselves
to
be
smaller.
We
should
be
asking
ourselves
black
business
grow.
We
see
white
owned
businesses
growing
all
the
time.
B
We
see
white
people
from
different
communities
that
that
open
liquor
stores
in
our
community
that
open
things
that
we
don't
necessarily
want
to
see
in
our
community.
I
I
think
that
when
it
comes
to
black
businesses,
who
people
who
are
from
here,
you
know
I
went
to
o'brien.
I
could
list
all
the
elementary
schools
I
went
to,
but
I
won't
I
did
graduate
from
the
o'bryant
you
know
so
I
I've
been
here
my
entire
life,
so
I
know
the
concerns
and
I
recognize
the
concerns
of
this
community.
B
My
mom
lived
on
devon
street
when,
when
she
was
young,
you
know
what
I
mean
so
so
we
understand
the
neighborhood.
We
understand
the
concerns
and
we
want
to
be
good
neighbors
as
we
move
through
this
process,
and
we
want
to
work
with
you.
As
I
said,
our
hours
are
9
a.m
to
9
p.m.
We'd
be
willing
to
hear
from
you
if
you
have
a
different
proposed
time
and
we'd
love
to
to
hear
that
time
and
work
with
you
on
it.
Okay,.
A
C
A
P
Outside
of
all
the
comments
that
a
number
of
residents
and
community
members
have
said
that
I
agree
with,
and
I
also
agree,
the
final
point
was
that
your
location
is
really
not
ideal
for
a
distribution
site
when
you
look
at
the
corner
of
blue
hill
and
devon,
and
a
courier
site
would
seem
to
mean
that
you
would
need
to
have
a
lot
of
deliveries
going
in
and
out
of
a
parking
space.
That's
right
on
blue
avenue
and
devon,
where
it's
very
always
crowded,
there's
always
lines
of
congestion.
You're
going
to
have
trouble!
P
P
For,
for
that
to
be
a
distribution
site
really
is
problematic.
I
also
have
questions
about
impacting
the
parking
spaces
of
mrs
graham's
house
that
if
she
ever
sells
that
property
that's
going
to
impact
her
property
and
her
ability
to
sell
that
property,
there's
just
a
number
of
tremendous
problems
with
your
side
on
sundays
and
saturday,
sunday,
saturday,
friday,
there's
a
lot
of
different
church
and
other
faith-based
activities
going
on
in
that
neighborhood.
It's
always
parked
out
along
those
streets.
There's
always
a
lot
of
traffic.
That's
right
there,
your
your!
P
We
also
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
robberies,
delivery
vehicles
of
delivery
drivers
that
go
on.
I
don't
think
your
plan
will
address
that,
and
especially
if
your
employees
are
not
able
to
carry
offensive
weapons,
then
they're
going
to
be
at
risk
of
of
being
robbed
as
well.
But
those
are
just
some
of
the
stuff
but
be
very
clear
that
when
you
met
with
the
project
right
group,
there's
tremendous
opposition
and
I
think
that
our
viewpoint
hasn't
changed
from
what
we've
heard
tonight.
B
Asking
a
question
of
you,
michael:
you
know:
we'll
have
three
vehicles,
so
if
three
additional
people-
let's
say
we
didn't,
let's
say
we
didn't
open
our
store,
but
three
additional
people
joined
the
congregation
of
the
church.
Would
that
then
create
gridlock
and
havoc
on
bluehole
because
of
those
three
different
additional
church
members
that
came
on
a
sunday.
P
That's
just
such
a
false
statement
because
you
guys
are
going
to
be
coming
in
and
out
in
and
out,
because
they're
going
to
be
doing
deliveries
on
an
ongoing
basis.
So
for
someone
to
go
to
church,
go
to
church
and
then
they
leave.
But
you
guys
are
going
to
be
going
in
and
out
depending
upon
the
the
deliveries
you
have
to
make.
B
K
B
B
We
will
be
paying
for
a
traffic
study
and
then
distributing
that
traffic
study
publicly
so
that
everyone
can
see
it.
I
don't
know
what
the
results
of
that
traffic
study
will
be,
but
I
can
anticipate
that
it
will
say
that
the
addition
of
three
delivery
vehicles
into
the
community
will
not
cause
tremendo
a
tremendous
impact
on
the
community,
even
though
they
will
be
doing
deliveries
in
and
out.
B
Additionally,
I
foresee
it
saying
something
to
the
effect
of
the
fact
that
we'll
be
taking
and
when
I
say
taking
customers
away
from
pure
oasis,
we
won't
be
taking
customers
away
from
pure
oasis,
but
we'll
be
facilitating
their
transactions
at
the
customer's
door
versus
at
pure
oasis.
So
instead
of
the
traffic
that
was
described,
that
is,
you
know,
creating
lines
in
front
of
your
oasis
people
parking
in
front
of
your
oasis.
B
B
Oh,
and
can
I
just
before
lyra,
says
I'm
sorry,
you've
had
your
hand
up
for
so
long.
I
also
just
want
to
say
that
our
couriers
will
never
be
on
site.
Our
couriers
are
the
individuals
who
will
do
pickups
and
deliveries
at
the
different
cannabis
businesses,
whether
it's
pure
oasis
or
the
cannabis
or
any
other
bill,
will
never
be
on
site.
They'll,
be
delivering
doing
deliveries
and
pickups
at
other
businesses
dropping
off
at
their
customers.
So
at
the
end
of
the
day,
they're
just
facilitators.
B
A
G
A
B
B
G
B
I
don't
I
don't
necessarily
disagree
with
you.
I
think
that,
but
we
don't
we
didn't
make
that
rule.
That's
a
rule
that
comes
from
the
cannabis
control
commission
at
the
state.
So
whether
you
go
to
a
cannabis
facility
in
boston
or
springfield
or
in
the
berkshires,
they
all
have
the
same
rules
where
the
security
personnel
at
those
facilities
are
not
able
to
have.
You
know
any
type
of
weapon
on
them.
So
that's
not
a
rule
that
we've
put
in
place.
B
G
The
last
question:
will
the
courier
be
able
to
have
on
their
person
a
budding,
a
button
that
they
will
be
able
to
to
push
or
something
in
the
car?
If
they
get
in
trouble
of
delivery
or
get
to
you
know
be
robbed,
will
they
be
able
to
access?
Because
you
said
you
had
state
of
the
arts
van,
so
I'm
just
wondering:
will
they
have
some
kind
of
safety
feature
in
the
van
or
on
their
person,
since
they
they
won't
be
able
to
carry
anything
on
them
to
protect
themselves.
B
Yeah
kind
of
like
a
panic
button,
I
mean,
I
think,
that
I
think
that
that's
something
that
is
worthwhile
and
something
that
we
would
absolutely
look
into
and
likely
invest
in,
because
you
know
we
want
our
drivers
to
be
safe.
We
want
our
customers
to
be
safe,
and
if
there
is
a
problem,
you
know
whether
it's
on
the
road
or
at
the
door.
We
want
our
customers
to
see.
B
We
want
our
drivers
and
our
customers
to
be
able
to
protect
themselves
in
any
way
they
can
and
our
our
facility,
as
I
mentioned,
we
will
share.
You
know,
live
in
real
time
our
security
cameras
with
bpd
on
boston,
police
and
then
all
of
the
vehicles
internally
are
recorded.
The
you
know
what
happens
on
the
inside
of
the
the
driver's
cabin
additionally,
each
driver
similar
to
bpd
each
driver
wears
a
a
body
camera
so
when
they
do
walk
up
to
the
individual
to
facilitate
the
transaction.
G
B
Q
Q
You
know
as
far
as
delivery
people
blocking
driveway
access
people
who
don't
live
in
the
neighborhood
blocking
driveway
access,
particularly
if
the
person
who
needs
to
get
in
or
out
the
driveway
has
an
emergency
and
a
lot
of
times.
Even
from
my
personal
experience
and
all
the
issues
we
have
with
parking
on
faceting
street
and
grove
hall
delivery,
people
are
just
as
disrespectful
as
the
common
gel
and
that's
and
as
a
person
that
you
know
also
kind
of
works,
deals
with
customer
service.
Q
That's
that
leaves
a
bad
take.
That
leaves
a
bad
taste
in
somebody's
mouth
if
you
have
a
unprofessional
interaction
with
a
delivery
person.
So
if
some,
so,
if
your
company's
delivery
person
is
delivering
something
to
my
next-door
neighbor
and
they're
blocking
my
driveway
and
we
get
into
tif
taff
and
say
if
I
was
even
interested
and
say:
oh
well,
maybe
I
might
you
know
patronize
this
business.
I
know
after
that
interaction.
I
wouldn't
so
I'm
just
curious.
B
B
B
We
want
to
be
good
neighbors
to
this
community
into
the
city,
and
we
won't
have
any
patience
for
drivers
who
are
not
good,
neighbors,
not
being
not
being
a
good.
Neighbor.
Is
exactly
what
you
describe
blocking
a
driveway
blocking
a
street?
You
know
halfway
blocking
the
street
or
something
like
that.
That's
not
acceptable.
There's
always
a
way
to
find
a
it
might
be
inconvenient
to
the
driver,
but
there's
always
a
way
to
find
a
place
to
park.
That
does
not
inconvenience
the
residents
and
the
neighbors
of
this
city.
B
I'll
tell
you
what
happened
to
me
just
yesterday.
I
needed
to
go
pick
up.
My
son
from
school
and
I
came
outside
the
entire
street
was
clear,
but
there
was
a
box
truck
blocking
the
driveway
and
I
came
out
and
I
was
like
how
is
this
even
possible-
there's
a
spot
all
over
there's
a
spot
right
in
front
of
my
house,
but
they
chose
to
block
the
driveway.
So
no,
I
I
get
it.
I
hear
you
and
we
will
have
zero
tolerance
for
that
type
of
behavior.
P
U
I
don't
think
anyone
here
would
not
want
to
see
anyone
not
have
a
viable
business,
however,
because
of
the
hurt
and
the
pain
that
this
kind
of
product
has
had
on
our
community,
I
hope
you
feel
what
each
of
us
are
saying,
with
respect
to
this
being
something
that
we
do
not
want
to
have
has
done.
Muhammad's
eldest
daughter
to
use
the
form
of
property
that
he
had
for
this
kind
of
business
is
not
just
hurtful.
U
U
U
U
U
B
We
would
consider
it
and
we
would
actually
have
conversations
about,
if
not
closing,
all
the
way,
having
enhanced
hours
or
or
amended
hours
for
sunday,
that
don't
that
have
a
that
see
us
impacting
less
with
the
church
traffic
in
the
neighborhood,
but
closing
on
sunday
is
something
that
we
would
consider
and
we
would
kind
of
look
at
it.
As
a
spectrum
of
you
know,
do
we
enhance
do
we
amend
the
hours
or
do
we
strictly
close?
B
A
B
M
G
A
P
N
N
A
B
F
F
B
Yeah,
we
don't
yeah,
absolutely
so
the
vehicles
are
are
unmarked
and
the
building
itself
we
don't
have
to,
because
it's
employees
only
we
don't
really
have
to
advertise,
it
will
for
ever
we
won't
advertise
and
we
won't
have
any
signage
on
the
building.
It'll
just
be
we'll,
be
beautifying
and
improving
the
current
streetscape,
because
right
now
it's
in
really
tough
shape.
It's
a
it's
a
tough-looking
building
right
now.
We
would
just
be
improving
that,
but
we
wouldn't
be
putting
any
signage
to
say.
You
know
who
we
are
or
what
we're.
F
And
one
more
question
and
most
scenarios,
even
though
you
are
saying
that
you
will
be
able
to
help
the
foot
traffic
over
at
the
brick
and
mortar
that's
nearby,
wouldn't
it
be
fair
to
say
that
you
would
be
taking
most
of
your
products
away
from
the
grove
hall
area
and
regular
average
three
vehicles
that
could
be
mixed
in
everyday
traffic
coming
and
going
from
anywhere
throughout
the
city.
Correct.
B
Yeah
yeah,
no,
that's
absolutely
right.
We've
got
three
vehicles,
and
would
it
be
coming
and
going
yes
and
coming
in
and
out
on
the
main
drag
of
blue
hill
ave,
but
you
know
when
I
was
driving
earlier.
I
had
to
credit
people
who
have
to
take
a
left
and
once
sometimes
they
take
a
right.
I
mean
it's.
It's
cars,
that's
what
we
do
when
we
drive
our
behavior.
Q
F
B
Yeah,
no,
I
mean
we're
going
to
be
having
we
plan
on
having
39
jobs.
We
make
a
little
less,
but
our
goal
is
to
have
even
more.
You
know
if
we
have
growth
and
if
we
see
the
the
need
we
want
to
hire
more
people
and
we
want
to
hire
more
people
of
color
from
this
community,
giving
them
high
paying
jobs
full
benefits,
dental
down
payment
assistance,
profit
sharing
when
we're
doing
well.
B
We
want
our
employees
to
do
well,
so
they're,
not
just
taking
home
a
paycheck
but
they're
getting
paid
on
the
profits
that
we're
creating.
So
we
want
to.
We
want
to
give
people
from
this
community
an
opportunity
to
own
in
this
community
too
many
of
us
in
this
community
rent
from
people
who
don't
look
like
us.
I
want.
I
want
people,
you
know
that
we
employ
to
buy
homes,
own
homes
and
then
rent
to
people
who
look
like
us.
B
You
know
what
I
mean
or
just
have
single
family
homes,
but
I
want
to
give
people
opportunities
to
stay
in
boston
instead
of
having
to
move
to
brockton
or
having
to
move
to
new
bedford
or
something
like
that.
In
order
to
find
something
that
they
can
afford,
I
want
to
give
we
want
to
give
people
good
paying
jobs
with
benefits
so
that
they
can
take
care
of
their
families.
B
Right,
no,
a
young
person
walking
by
would
have
no
idea.
You
know
when
I
was
growing
up.
You
know
I
I
lived
in
the
ashmont
area.
I
would
take
get
off
at
shaman,
but
sometimes
I
would
get
off
at
ashmont
station
so
that
I
could
go
to
the
liquor
store
across
the
street
not
to
buy
liquor,
but
I
would
buy
a
bag
of
chips
and
I
would
buy
you
know
soda
or
something
like
that,
because
that's
what
I
did
when
I
was
a
young
person.
I
went
into
the
liquor
store
to
do
that.
F
A
J
V
V
Would
you
ever
and
have
you
ever
considered
another
product,
not
cannabis,
any
form
of
drug
or
alcohol
like
have
you
ever
considered
something
else
that
you
believe
is
equally
or
even
more
so
lucrative
or
viable?
And
what
would
your
response
be
to
someone
who
considers
that
building
something
that
should
be
listed
on
the
historical
register?
V
B
B
So
no
I
I
love
that
idea
and
I
would
love
and,
like
I
said,
our
goal
is
to
be
a
nondescript
building,
but
our
goal
is
also
to
make
this
building
make
this
corner,
which
we
believe
is
a
prominent
corner,
more
beautiful
and
more
attractive
than
it
is
currently,
while
still
maintaining
the
current
beauty
and
image
of
the
building
as
it
is
today,
but
just
improving
it.
So
no,
we!
I
love
that
idea.
B
The
state
is
tracking
that
individual
seed
from
its
inception
until
it's
finally
sold
to
the
end
user
and
it
even
tracks
the
end
user
that
it's
being
sold
to.
So
we
have
no
control
over
the
product
itself,
but
the
state
is
monitoring
it
extremely
closely
to
ensure
that
what
we're
putting
in
the
community
is
a
safe,
reasonable
product
and,
not
least
with
with
anything
that
you
could
potentially
find
when
purchasing
on
the
street
and
then
as
far
as
another
product
more
viable.
B
V
I'm
just
wondering
if
you,
if
selling
cannabis
was
like
your
first
thought
like
if
there
was
anything
else
that
you
thought
of
selling,
you
know
if
there
was
any
other
business
that
you
thought
you
were
mentioning.
We
could
just
ask
questions
about
like
the
product
and
I'm
just
thinking.
Have
you
considered
any
other
products
that
you
consider
viable
in
terms
of
just
like
making
you
know
making
an
income
or
what
have
you
have
you
considered
some
other
things
outside
of
cannabis?
Alcohol
just
wondering
if
there's
something
else
that
you
ever
thought
of
selling.
B
So
me,
personally,
this
is
my
first
type
of
venture
into
this
type
of
market
into
this
field.
We
have
other
cannabis
businesses
that
we're
looking
to
start
in
different
parts
of
the
city.
That
being
said,
my
business
partners
own
the
dudley
cafe
in
nubian
square,
where
they
bring.
You
know
healthy
products
as
well
as
baked
goods
and
other.
B
You
know,
rice
bowls
and
things
like
that
and
salads,
and
things
like
that
to
nubian
square,
which
is
you
know
it's
improving
now,
but
it
has
been
for
many
years
something
of
a
food
desert.
So
so
they
do
do
that.
They
also
own
the
shanti
indian
restaurants
in
dorchester,
roslindale
cambridge,
and
they
just
recently
opened
ashanti
indian
restaurant
in
nubian
square.
V
B
No,
I
I
yeah,
no
that's
a
good
question,
but
we
were
inspired
by
the
fact
that
we
recognized
that
you
know
when
this
became
legalized
on
the
medical
side
in
20.
I
want
to
say
2014
or
2016
when
medical
became
legal,
it
became
dominated
by
people
out
of
state
and
by
people
who
did
not
look
like
the
community
that
had
been
so
for
so
many
years
ravaged
ravaged
by
the
war
on
drugs.
B
It
was
a
very
white
business
and
it
was
a
very
cost
prohibitive
business
for
people
of
color
and
people
like
you,
and
I
there
was
a
requirement
to
just
have
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
just
sat
there,
that
you
couldn't
touch
plus
the
other
startup
costs
to
open
a
medical
facility
that
wasn't
for
us
that
wasn't
for
our
community.
What
the
policies
that
were
in
place
were
not
for
us
there.
B
We
recognized
still
that
the
industry
was
not
looking
like
us.
It
was
a
lot
of
out-of-state
people
coming
in.
It
was
a
lot
of
people
that
were
not
from
this
community
who
were
looking
to
cite
cannabis
businesses
in
our
community.
So
we
said
no,
we
can't
do
this.
We
and-
and
I
know
someone
mentioned
it
earlier-
that
I
looked
like
a
puppet.
There
were
people
who
approached
me
and
there
were
people
with
a
lot
of
money
who
proposed
our
business
partners
and
said
we'll
give
you
this
money.
B
If
you
just
be
the
face
of
this
company,
we
told
them.
No,
we
had
unlimited
funds
behind
us
who
are
willing
to
back
us
in
this
and
other
endeavors
in
cannabis,
and
we
told
them
no,
because
we
didn't
want
this
to
be
a
fake
business
run
by
fake
people
up
front
with
with
white
benefactors
behind
them.
We
wanted
this
to
be
a
truly
person
of
color,
owned,
operated,
run
and
invested
in
business.
B
That's
what
that's
why
we
wanted
to
to
bring
this
to
this
community.
The
way
we
brought
it
40
with
43
investors.
99.9
of
our
investors
are
people
of
color
black,
caribbean
asian
latin.
We
just
brought
on
our
first
white
investor,
who
invested
1250..
That's
our
minimum
investment
with
a
maximum
investment
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We
want.
We
want
people
of
color
to
join
us
in
this
endeavor
so
that
when
this
or
our
other
cannabis
businesses
are
successful,
we're
successful-
I
mean
our
neighbors
are
successful
too.
So
why
did
we
get
into
this
business?
B
P
B
W
M
W
As
you
listen
to
yvette
the
the
old
eldest
daughter
of
minister
don
muhammad,
I
myself
actually
was
employed
in
that
business
at
that
very
site
for
30
years
as
a
manager,
I'm
very
much
aware
of
the
the
accidents
that
have
happened
on
that
corner,
but
I'm
not
calling
about
that.
I'm
calling
because
I
run
a
non-profit
up
in
grove
hall,
we've
been
up
in
grove
hall
since
the
set
1979.,
I'm
a
f
founding
member
of
grove
hall
neighborhood
development
corporation.
W
W
W
W
W
All
money
is
not
good
money
period,
but
I'm
not
focused
on
mine
and
hopefully
speak
for
some
of
the
community.
Why
not
take
that
business?
Who
cares
newberry
street,
take
the
39
employees
from
our
community
and
go
ahead
and
work
and
let
them
work
down
in
newberry,
in
ewbury,
street
or
or
or
if
you
think,
certainly
roslindale
square
clary
square
economically
viable
places.
W
You
also
said
to
me
that
the
majority
of
the
neighborhood
supports
this,
and
and
I'm
assuming
it
is
because
the
community
voted
yes
on
a
referendum
that
ballot
that
was
on
in
the
on
the
ballot
box
and
we
supported
legalization
of
marijuana.
Well,
yes,
we
did
because
young
brothers
and
sisters
going
to
jail
going
to
jail
for
carrying
x,
amount
of
cannabis
or
marijuana
or
drugs,
so
we
so
whatever
we
can
do
to
to
to
stop
our
people
from
from
being
disproportionately
going
to
jail.
W
Then
then,
then,
then,
that's
what
we
do,
but
you
know-
and
you
said
you're
a
young
man
38,
I
think,
is
what
you
said.
Young
people
supported
the
young
lady
who,
in
their
car,
who
called
justin
at
you
know,
wanted
us
to
know
that
the
building
would
be
camouflaged
so
to
speak.
We
wouldn't
know
what
was
in
there.
That
is
not
the
point.
The
point
is
that
we
have
spent.
W
I
personally
have
spent
over
five
decades
working
hard
to
transform
our
community
to
make
it
a
safe
and
decent
place
to
live
you're
going
to
come
back
and
say
well,
how
are
we?
How
are
we
going
to
make
it
unsafe?
Because,
because
I
certainly
heard
that
you
have
put
a
lot
of
thought
and
energy
into
how
to
pre
protect
your
business,
you
know
you,
the
cars,
the
vehicles,
the
people
et
cetera.
I
understand
that
you
have
six.
W
W
My
question
is:
will
you
please
move
your
proposed
business
out
of
the
grove
hall
area
where
we
have
one
business
cannabis
business
located,
one
block
up
the
street.
We
have
another
one
across
columbia,
road
on
geneva
avenue
and
we
have
others
around.
We
don't
need
this
type
of
business.
We
do
need
economic
development,
pull
your
minds
together
and
come
up
with
another
billion
dollar
idea.
That's
my
question.
Thank.
A
B
I
mean
you
said
a
lot
I'll
I'll
just
focus
on
the
the
last
question
you
know:
will
we
move
out
of
the
grove
hall
area
I
mean
as
of
now?
No
you
know
our
goal
is
to
be
at
this
location
and
and
that's
it,
what
we
will
like
like
I've
said
before
what
we
will
do.
We
are
willing
to
amend
our
proposal
to
be
more
reflective
of
what
the
community
would
want
to
see
here.
B
But
for
us
not
seeing
anything
here
is
not
an
option.
We
purchased
the
building,
we
legally
purchased
the
building
from
the
previous
owner
and
we
made
a
decision
that
this
is
what
we
want
to
place
here
and
we're
here
tonight,
and
we
will
be
here
moving
forward
to
have
conversations
about
what
we
can
change
about
our
proposal
and
yvette
mohamed.
B
Those
that's
all
constructive
stuff
that
we're
willing
to
look
at
and
we'll
work
with
yvette
muhammad
and
json
to
amend
our
project
to
reflect
that,
but
just
to
say
no,
don't
open
here.
That's
not
that's
not
constructive
and
we
we
want
we're
here
to
be
constructive
and
to
have
fruitful
conversations
about
what
we
can
do
differently
but
say
for,
but
for
us
saying
no
is
not
an
option,
but
I
appreciate
your
comments.
B
U
B
Yeah,
so
look
for
our
nubian
square
proposal
that
was
approved
by
the
boston
cannabis
board,
but
denied
by
the
boston
zoning
board
of
appeals.
We
actually
independently
decided
to
close
our
doors
between
1,
30
and
3
30
pm
to
respect
the
fact
that
you
know
we
have
about
five
schools
in
nubian
square
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
closing
our
doors
when
those
schools
were
dismissing.
So
that's
something
that
we've
already
done,
that
we've
already
done
that
I'm
gonna
wager
a
bet.
B
No
other
cannabis
business
in
the
state
of
massachusetts
has
decided
to
close
their
doors
when
schools
are
closed,
are
dismissing,
but
because
we're
from
this
community
I
live
four
blocks
from
nubian
square.
I
understand.
I
understand
the
community
that
I
live
in
and
we
made
the
decision
to
close
our
doors
and
give
up
five
revenue
hours
a
week
of
business
that
no
business
says.
Oh
I'm
gonna
go
give
up
five
revenue
hours
a
week,
because
schools
are
closing
no
business.
Does
that
no
cannabis
business
does
that
we
chose
independently
to
do
that.
So
we
would.
B
X
You
have
a
very
determined
mind
that
this
is
what
you
are
planning
to
move
forward
with,
even
though
our
community
has
stated
that
we
don't
want
it
there.
So
my
question
is:
when
you
first
purchased
this
building,
what
was
your
purchase
of
this
building?
What
did
you
have
in
mind
for
this
building
when
you
purchased
it.
B
Yeah,
so
our
business
partners
purchased
the
building
and
their
first
intention
was
to
move
their
offices,
which
are
currently
in
nubian
square.
To
the
first
floor
of
this
building
and
place,
I
believe,
was
either
four
or
five
units
of
housing
on
top
of
the
of
the
current
structure,
so
it
would
have
been
ground
floor,
retail
and
either
four
or
five
levels
on
top,
so
five
to
six
stories
total.
I
don't
remember
what
the
exact
number
was,
so
that
was
the
first.
That
was
the
first
plan.
B
B
We
would
have
access
to
parking
which
the
parking
was
already
agreed
upon
for
the
residential
building.
So
you
know
we
had
access
to
parking.
We
had
access
to
a
main
thoroughfare
and
we
had
enough
size
in
the
building.
I
believe
it's
roughly
four
to
five
thousand
square
feet
of
space
between
the
first
and
second
floor.
So
that's
when
we
make
the
decision
to
switch
to
cannabis.
X
But,
given
the
fact
that
you
all
already
have
a
cannabis
location
in
nubian
square,
why
do
you
need
another
one
again
in
our
community?
That's
not
so
far
away
already,
given
the
fact
that
there's
already
another
cannabis
place
right
across
the
street,
I
mean
why
do
we
have
to?
Why
does
our
community
have
to
keep
being
saturated
with
businesses
of
this
nature
that
really
are
for
capital
gain
by
the
business
owners
and
really
do
nothing
for
the
community?
X
I
didn't
hear
very
much
of
what
you
all
are
planning
to
do
for
the
community
other
than
making
a
contribution
to
you
know
a
drug
program,
but
there
are
other
things
that
the
community
needs.
Besides
that,
while
given
various
alternatives
of
things
that
we
do
need,
I
do
want
to
be
very
clear
even
with
those
alternatives.
I
still
am
not
supportive
of
this.
X
I
do
think
that
that
could
be
used
for
something
differently,
as
you
just
described
when
you
first
purchased
the
building,
you
were
going
to
use
it
or
when
your
partners
first
purchased
it,
they
were
going
to
use
it
for
housing
with
first
floor
retail.
That
would
be
a
perfect
use
now
that
you
all
have
changed
it.
It
just
doesn't
fit
with
what
we
feel
our
community
needs.
X
More
of
so
I'm
hopeful
that
the
city
and
the
governor's
office
is
taking
note
of
this,
that
we're
not
supportive
of
this,
and
we
are
tired
of
things
being
pushed
down
our
throat
kind
of
as
of
right,
which
is
what
I
heard
you
say
very
early
on
in
this
meeting
that
it
was
an
as
of
right.
It's
not
an
as
of
right.
We
don't
want
it
here.
B
B
B
They
have
three
one
is
ours,
and
then
they
have
one
on
boylston
and
one
the
two
on
boylston
plus
hours.
So
I
mean
there
are
three
recreational
within
less
than
a
quarter
mile
on
newbury
street
in
downtown
crossing
there's
four
one
is
potentially
ours
and
then
there's
three
that
are
already
approved.
So
there
are
other
neighborhoods
wider
neighborhoods
that
are
have
more
cannabis,
business,
recreational
but
again
bringing
it
back
to
grove
hall.
B
Your
oasis
on
route
are
two
different
concepts
as
far
as
who
we
will
be
serving
the
populations
we're
serving
and
the
type
of
business
that
we
are.
As
I
mentioned,
we
feel
that
we
will
alleviate
some
of
the
traffic
that
is
perceived
to
be
caused
by
pure
oasis
by
having
those
transactions
done
at
the
door
and
then
the
last
thing
I'll
say
just
answer.
You
know
a
piece
or
a
piece
of
question:
what
we're
bringing
to
the
community.
B
We
are
bringing
39
jobs,
but
I've
talked
about
that
a
lot,
so
I
won't
go
back
into
that.
We've
we've
committed
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
James
said
it
during
the
presentation,
so
it
might
have
gotten
missed,
because
that
was
you
know
two
and
a
half
hours,
but
we
are
committing
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
the
community
with
nothing.
That
is
not
earmarked.
We
would
love
it
to
go
towards
the
community
center,
the
development
of
the
community
center.
B
We
would
love
it
to
go
to
go
towards
other
worthy
causes
in
the
community.
We've
also
committed
to
a
community
benefits
fund
that
community
benefits
fund
will
be
overseen
by
a
community
benefits
board.
What
we
want
to
do
is
bring
together
people
from
the
growfall
area,
who
are
cannabis
supporters,
as
well
as
cannabis
opponents
to
work
together
and
determine
how
we
spend
those
dollars
within
the
area,
so
the
the
drug
program
or
the
recovery
program
that
you
mentioned.
B
That
was
just
something
that
came
up
tonight
that
we
said
we're
willing
to
do
so,
like
I
said
we're
willing
to
work
with
the
community
and
amend
our
project,
amend
our
proposal
to
make
it
more
palatable
and
more
to
work
better
for
this
community.
We
just
have
to
hear
the
ideas
we
have
we're
working
with
you
and
we're
engaging
with
you
to
hear
the
ideas,
and
so
we
can
think
critically
together.
B
B
K
B
I
like
to
drink.
No,
I
mean
it's
just
not
for
me,
you
know
it's
just
not
for
me
all
the
time
I
think
just
like
with
anything
you,
you
use
it
with
moderation.
So,
while
I
do
consume
cannabis,
it's
just
not
something
that
I
do
all
the
time.
That's
the
choice
that
I
make
you
know.
Others
in
my
family
make
different
choices.
Others
of
my
friends
make
different
choices.
K
B
No,
that's
a
fair
question.
No.
I
appreciate
the
question
and
you
know
I
think
that
my
focus
is
individuals
who
are
21
plus
and
giving
them
the
ability
to
consume
a
safe
state,
regulated
state,
monitored
product
and
that's
sold
in
a
responsible
manner
in
our
community
and
throughout
the
city
of
boston
by
people
of
color
who
are
from
our
community.
That's
my
goal:
it's
not
to
it's
not
to
sell
to
anyone
else,
and
you
know
we're
just
giving
people
the
choice.
M
M
A
big
concern
is
the
youth
and
you
had
mentioned
that
you
won't
be
selling
to
youth
and
how
the
youth
have
been
smoking
and
eating
edibles
long
before
the
setting
up
of
your
business
or
any
other
businesses.
But
how
are
you
going
to
ensure
that
the
product
that
you're
selling
does
not
get
into
their
hands
only
suppressing
the
progression
of
young
and
young
black
brown
youth?
M
Then
I
do
understand
that
it's
lucrative,
but
when
does
the
progression
of
our
people
come
before
money,
and
even
I've
heard
I
heard
you
know,
there's
this
myth
going
around
that
it's
not
lethal
and
even
though
it's
not
lethal
all
the
time.
It's
addictive
and,
as
brother
mark
said,
in
the
chat,
it's
a
gateway
drug
and
it's
being
reported
more
and
more
that
traces
of
fentanyl
which
is
lethal
is
being
found
within
the
marijuana.
M
B
B
I'm
going
to
take
a
guess:
they're,
not
suffering
from
using
cannabis,
they're
suffering
from
what
you
mentioned:
fentanyl
they're
suffering
from
opioids
and
other
products
like
that
there
are
cannabis
products
that
are
laced
with
with
the
with
what
you're
mentioning
that
is
absolutely
true,
and
that
is
how
people
get
addicted
through
using
cannabis
to
other
drugs.
That
is
when
cannabis
becomes
a
gateway
drug.
B
B
M
B
A
Thank
you,
brian,
so
just
for
everyone's
awareness.
We
are
32
minutes
over
the
meeting
time.
If
everyone
who
still
has
a
further
question,
we
will
go
until
8
40,
but
if
you
have
any
questions
after
that
point,
I
have
left
my
all
of
my
contact
information
in
the
actual
chat
and
all
of
the
questions
left
in
chat.
I
will
make
sure
we'll
get
a
response
and
followed
up
upon
or
if
you
have
any
questions
just
for
myself
or
the
applicant.
A
A
L
L
L
I
can't
bring
them
to
your
business
of
pure
oasis,
viable
family
businesses,
where
families
can
go
and
enjoy
themselves.
That,
I
think,
is
what
we're
talking
about.
You
mentioned
something
about
flora
shock
or
whatever,
hey
I'd
love
to
have
a
flora
shop
in
grove
hall,
that's
viable,
but
I
guess
right
now:
cannabis
is
the
big
money
maker,
so
everybody
wants
to
get
in
on
that
ground
floor.
B
Well,
no,
I
mean
I
would.
I
would
disagree
that
we're
listening
and
not
hearing
you,
I'm
listening.
I'm
hearing
your
comments,
but
I'm
not
here
what
I'm
not
hearing
is
constructive
criticism
as
to
where
we
can
make
amendments
to
the
proposal
that
james
spent
30
minutes
giving
you
what
I
mean
we
like,
I
said
previously:
we've
provided
you
with
a
complete
thought
of
what
we
want
to
do
here
at
415.
Google
have
what
we
now
want
from
the
community
is
for
you
to
tell
us
you
know.
Well,
we
don't
like
your
hours.
B
Can
you
adjust
your
hours
to
this
or
we
don't
like
that?
You
have
three
vehicles.
Can
you
have
two
vehicles?
We
want
those
are
constructive
changes
that
we
would
hear
and
would
say.
Yes,
we
can
do
that
or
no
we
can't
do
that
or
we
can
meet
you
somewhere
in
the
middle.
You
know,
I
made
a
comment
that
I
made
a
commitment
tonight
that
we
wouldn't
open
our
doors
until
we
found
additional
satellite
parking.
That's
a
commitment
that
I'm
making
publicly
here.
B
So,
no
I'm
not
saying
that
we're
here
to
just
push
this
down
your
throat
and
not
listen.
I
heard
the
comment
about
our
parking
and
that
we
only
have
eight
spots
with
five
for
the
employees,
and
I
said
you
know
what
that's
fair:
let's
make
a
commitment
that
we
will
not
open
our
doors
until
we
have
additional
parking
for
this
location.
B
L
B
B
No,
don't
I
hear
you,
I
hear
you
and
I
respect
that
about
those
things,
but
he
owns
it
yeah.
So
I
hear
you
cynthia
and
I
respect
that
you
don't
want
us
perry
open
period,
but
that's,
but
for
us
that's
just
not
acceptable
for
that.
For
us,
that's
a
non-starter,
so
I
will
agree
us
not
opening
is
a
non-starter,
but
we
can
be
constructive
about
how
we
open
and
how
we
bring
our
business
to
the
community.
B
That's
where
we
can
find
some
common
ground
and
find
where
we
can
work
with
you,
but
again
still
haven't
heard
anything
from
me,
that's
constructive,
to
say
why
don't
you
try
this
instead
of
that,
when
I
hear
that
that's
when
I
can
say
yes,
I
can
do
that.
No,
I
can't
or
we
can
meet
somewhere
in
the
middle,
but
you're
you're
stuck
on
don't
open.
I
can't
do
anything
with
that.
I
apologize,
but
I
can't.
L
B
No,
no
and
and
I'll
just
come
back
to
that
and
say
it's
not
the
same
battle,
because
I
was
the
president
of
the
mount
pleasant,
neighborhood
association.
So
it's
not
me
who's,
just
kind
of
lived
here
under
the
radar
and
then
decided
to
do
this.
I've
been
here
and
have
been
very
active
in
the
community,
and
I've
fought
these
battles
with
developers
and
people
who
have
come
into
the
community,
not
knowing
anything
about
the
community
and
wanting
to
put
what
they
want
in
the
community.
That's
not
this
battle!
This
is
someone
who
I
guess.
B
I
just
told
you
where
I
live.
This
is
someone
who
lives
in
roxbury
who
has
fought
those
battles
and
is
who
is
receptive
to
the
concerns
and
receptive
to
what
change
that
you
want
to
see
from
our
project.
So,
while
not
opening
is
not
an
option,
there's
a
lot
more
stuff.
That's
on
the
table
that
you
that
you
and
everyone
on
this
call
could
bring
up
and
we're
happy
to
talk
about
happy
to
discuss.
B
A
Thank
you,
brian
and
cynthia,
so
just
so
everyone
knows
it
is
8
41.
I
will
be
bringing
this
meeting
to
a
close,
but
thank
you,
brian
and
james
and
brenna,
as
well,
for
being
able
to
share
your
screen
and
present
the
project
to
the
community
tonight.
Thank
you
all
of
our
community
participants
who
are
able
to
make
it
and
join
us
and
thank
you
to
everyone
who
gave
testimony
and
also
posed
a
question.