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Liaison Name: Conor Newman
Host Neighborhood: Allston
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2021, 6 p.m.
Applicant Name: Mass Greenwoods LLC
Address: 116 Harvard Avenue
License Type: Retail Recreational Cannabis License
A
B
A
Hi
folks,
for
those
who
don't
know
me,
my
name
is
connor
newman,
I'm
with
the
mayor's
office.
Neighborhood
services
on
the
austin
brighton
liaison
part
of
my
role
is
to
facilitate
the
community
process.
So
here
we
have
an
application
for
a
recreational
cannabis
dispensary
located
at
116,
hybrid
ave
with
the
applicant
mass
greenwoods
as
a
part
of
the
public
process.
A
We
have
this
public
meeting
where
members
of
the
public
have
an
opportunity
to
learn
about
more
about,
what's
being
proposed
and
also
the
chance
to
ask
questions
to
the
applicant
and
to
myself
regarding
what
the
city's
role
is
in
this
process.
Eventually,
these
guys
like
to
go
in
front
of
the
boston
cannabis
board.
I
will
seek
approval
from
the
board.
The
boston
cannabis
board
is
an
independent
board
that
will
make
the
determination
they'll
listen
to
public
testimony
as
well
as
information.
That's
been
submitted
via
email
or
letter
to
their
office
as
well.
A
I
want
to
take
the
time
to
recognize
a
couple
of
representatives
from
elected
officials
offices
we
have
alex
from
rep
honan's
office
and
we
have
pam
mullany
from
councillor
braden's
office.
Often
these
elected
officials
weigh
in
as
well
so
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
their
office.
If
you
have
questions
or
comments,
there's
going
to
be
a
brief
presentation,
and
I
ask
that
the
applicant's
team
just
kind
of
work
through
that
diligently,
but
we'll
have
ample
time
for
questions
and
comments.
A
D
E
I
will
lead
off.
My
name
is
jonathan
capano,
I'm
an
attorney
with
mass
green
woods.
My
firm
is
smith
costello
and
crawford
public
policy
law
group.
We
are
representing
mass
greenwood
in
their
pursuit
of
licensure
with
the
balkan
cannabis
board,
as
well
as
the
cannabis,
control
commission
and
connect.
Me
is
also
part
of
the
you
know.
It's
part
of
the
boston
cannabis
board
application
process,
but
it's
also
part
of
the
state
application
process
and
on
april
27
2020
the
cannabis
control
commission
issued.
E
Allowing
for
virtually
commute
virtually
virtual
community
outreach
meetings
in
order
to
comply
with
governor
baker's
emergency
order
that
was
extended
to
april
1st
2020.
So
the
cannabis
control
commission
is
requiring
that
all
these
meetings
be
held
virtually
until
april.
So
I'm
going
to
run
through
a
short
list
of
requirements
to
have
on
the
record
for
our
state
application
and
to
share
with
you
how
this
means
in
compliance
with
both
the
city
and
the
state
process.
B
E
The
host
community
for
a
virtual
community
outreach
meeting,
so
we
obtained
the
approval
from
connor
newman
and
his
office
as
well
as
jasmine
nguyen
with
the
boston
cannabis
board,
to
have
a
virtual
community
here
tonight
on
december
12th.
Next,
the
applicant
shall
share
full
compliance
with
notice
requirements
between
the
immunity
outreach
meetings.
E
Here
three
by
the
state,
one
extra
from
the
city,
the
first
requires
14
days
notice.
This
is
a
public
notice.
In
a
newspaper
we
post
it
in
the
boston
herald
on
december
14th.
The
notice
for
this
meeting.
The
next
three
require
seven
days,
advance
notice.
So
the
first
of
those
three
is
a
is
a
notice
to
the
city
we
filed
that
notice
on
december
15th.
E
E
E
Next,
the
applicant
shall
accept
questions
in
advance
of
the
meeting.
There
was
an
email
address
at
the
bottom.
I
believe
it
was
connor's
email,
so
if
conor
has
received
any
any
questions
leading
up
to
the
meeting,
you
can
kind
of
start
with
those.
At
the
beginning
in
q,
a
or,
however,
you
see
fit
conor,
but
I
think
we
typically
start
the
q,
a
with
any
questions
submitted
in
advance.
E
Great,
so
the
applicant,
so
the
next
requirement
is
that
the
applicant
shall
post
on
a
publicly
accessible
website
all
meeting
materials
at
least
24
hours
in
advance
of
the
meeting.
The
boston
city,
clerk's
office
posted
the
slideshow
presentation,
you'll
see
tonight
on
their
website
on
december
15th.
E
The
next.
The
next
point
is
that
the
applicant
shall
submit
to
the
commission
the
number
of
participants
attending
the
meeting.
I
believe
the
last
time
I
checked,
we
were
around
42
attendees,
that's
still
that's
not
true,
42
attendees
and
five
panelists
the
last
two,
or
that
we
will
share
a
recording
of
this
with
the
host
community.
E
That
won't
be
an
issue,
because
if
this
is
the
city's
platform,
it's
the
city's
technology,
so
they
will
have
a
copy
of
it,
and
then
we
will
also
share
a
copy
or
a
link
to
this
meeting
with
the
cannabis
control
commission
as
a
part
of
our
application
with
the
state.
So
those
are
the
requirements
that
we've
met
here
for
tonight's
meeting.
I
will
now
turn
it
over
to
eric
lawrence
and
he
will
present
on
behalf
of
mass
greenland.
D
Good
evening,
everyone
very
excited
to
be
here
I'd
like
to
thank
the
city
of
boston
department
of
neighborhood
services
and
conor
for
hosting
this
meeting
and
allowing
us
to
present
our
presentation
to
the
austin
community.
This
evening
again,
my
name
is
eric
lawrence,
I'm,
the
ceo
and
owner
of
mass
greenwoods.
D
D
The
32
years
ago,
my
first
son
was
actually
born
in
the
austin
area,
so
austin
was
chosen
pretty
deliberately
up
by
us.
I
know
that
austin
is
a
very
vibrant
community.
It's
a
very
diverse
community
and
about
78
of
its.
The
demographics
in
austin
are
aged
under
34
years
of
old
30
34
years
of
age,
so
it's
ideal
masculine,
which
is
an
economic
empowerment
and
social
equity.
Applicant
next
slide.
Please.
D
I
should
say,
and
I'll
explain
news
muse.
We
develop
muse
as
a
acronym
for
marijuana
united
for
social
equity.
So
that's
the
dba
that
we
will
be
going
by
will
be
muse.
Our
mission
at
news
will
be
to
operate
a
sustainable
premium,
retail
outlet
that
makes
a
positive
social
impact
through
providing
living
wage
job
opportunities.
D
We
plan
to
offer
wages
between
the
20
and
30
dollar
range,
which
is
well
above
the
industry
average.
One
of
our
goals
is
to
reduce
the
turnover
rate
that
is
currently
going
on
in
the
cannabis
industry
and
by
offering
a
slightly
higher
wages.
We
feel
that
we
can
do
that.
We
also
plan
to
offer
employee
profit,
sharing
programs,
career
development,
entrepreneurial
mentorship
to
those
that
have
been
disproportionately
affected
by
cannabis.
Prohibition.
D
D
Doing
community
outreach
we
garnered
over
700
signatures
on
right
in
front
of
our
proposed
location
from
residents,
workers
and
people
who
shop
or
or
dying
in
the
austin
area,
and
one
of
the
common
threads
were
that
there's
a
lot
of
gentrification
going
on.
There's
a
lot
of
development
and
people
being
priced
out
of
their
their
housing
situations
to
mitigate
that
for
our
associates,
we'll
offer
a
housing
grant
that
will
be
between
ten
thousand
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
a
year.
D
We
plan
to
develop
an
inclusive
company
culture,
where
our
employees
will
play
a
large
part
in
our
our
our
business
model
in
developing.
Our
business
model
will
advocate
for
economic,
empowerment
and
social
equity
and
promote
diversity
and
sustainability,
sustainability
from
a
being
as
financially
sustainable
business
as
well
as
environmentally,
and
then
every
available
opportunity
will
offer
recycled
packaging
so
that
we
can
be
sustainable
next
slide.
Peace.
D
D
G
D
Jim
smith
is
our
legal
advisor.
Victor
chan
is
a
training
and
operation
advisor
victor
will
also
help
with
inventory
procurement.
For
us,
juan
paknet
from
sarah
naturals
is
also
a
training
and
operational
advisor.
Both
victor
and
juan
have
offered
internships
where
we
can
get
hands-on
experience
prior
to
opening.
D
We
also
have
engaged
with
cultivated.
They
are
the
first
nation
jails
to
job
program.
Also,
part
of
the
economic
empowerment
applicant
is
is
that
we're
required
to
hire
a
certain
percentage
of
our
people
that
have
categories
for
marijuana
offenses
and
that
mass
cultivated
will
help
us
with
hiring
those
associates.
C
C
C
So
this
slide
is
just
a
demonstration
of
what
the
disparities
in
cannabis
have
been
previously
before
legalization
at
the
state
level
and
currently
when
it
has
been
legalized
at
the
state
level.
As
you
can
see
on
the
left
in
2014,
the
massachusetts
aclu
noted
that
arrest
rates
have
are
much
higher
in
black
communities
for
marijuana
possession
and
comparison
in
white
communities.
C
C
Now
the
graphic
on
the
right,
which
is
from
2017,
shows
that
the
majority
of
people
engaging
in
the
legal
cannabis
market
have
been
white
people
who
have
founded
or
owned
a
cannabis
company.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
economic,
empowerment
and
social
equity
is
create
justice.
Economic
justice
by
ensuring
that
cannabis,
legal,
legal
cannabis
market
can
be
participated
in
by
many
different
people
from
a
lot
of
different
communities,
specifically
black
and
brown
communities
that
were
previously
disproportionately
impacted
by
the
war
on
drugs.
D
D
There
are
no
schools
within
500
feet
and
then
no
residential
of
butters
directly
to
the
building.
So
we
think
it's
an
ideal
location.
We've
got
two
thousand
square
feet
of
street
level:
retail
a
two
in
a
two
thousand
square
foot
basement
as
well,
so
it's
adequate
space
for
cannabis,
dispensary
next.
D
This
is
a
3d
rendering
of
what
the
exterior
will
look
like
when
we
do
our
renovations.
We
will
clean
the
building
up.
One
of
the
major
adjustments
that
we'll
make
to
those
will
be
adding
a
additional
entrance
to
the
right
side.
You
can
show
that
maya,
yeah
right
there
we'll
add
an
entrance.
This
will
help
a
customer
flow
as
well
as
security
studies
show
that
dispensaries
that
have
a
separate
egress
to
enter
the
building
from
exiting
have
less
incidences
incidents.
Instances
of
diversion
next
slide.
Please.
D
Okay,
this
site
plan
shows
our
floor
plan
and
parallel
to
our
3d,
rendering
for
the
location.
So,
where
maya
has
her
cursor
there
to
see
where
the
entrance
that
we
would
like
to
add
to
the
building,
this
will
will
have
security
on
the
outside
of
the
building
that
will
check
ids
and
it
will
allow
the
visual
check
of
an
id,
and
it
will
allow
the
customer
to
step
into
our
check-in
area.
D
Once
inside
the
check-in
area,
the
customer
will
present
their
id
and
it
will
be
scanned
through
a
state,
a
scanner
to
check
the
validity
of
the
id
if
their
id
does
not
pass
through
the
state
scanner,
they
will
not
be
allowed
to
enter
into
the
dispensary
beyond
that.
Beyond
the
check-in
area,
we'll
have
an
indoor
cueing
area.
D
D
F
H
C
So
mass
greenwoods
is
a
cannabis
dispensary,
that's
serious
about
our
social
impact,
economic
growth
and
job
creation
for
the
austin
neighborhood
is
really
important
to
us.
75
percent
of
our
associate
workforce
will
consist
of
local
residents
from
austin
women,
people
of
color
veterans
and
those
disproportionately
impacted
by
the
war
on
drugs.
C
C
Also,
we
look
to
provide
additional
patronage
to
neighboring
businesses,
we'd
like
to
increase
business
activity
through
brand
partnerships
and
collaborations
with
other
businesses
in
allston
village.
Neighborhood.
Revitalization
is
also
really
important
to
mass
greenwoods,
as
eric
previously
mentioned,
we'll
invest
into
and
beautify
the
facade
of
our
building.
C
Currently,
our
building
is
one
of
seven
empty
storefronts
only
on
that
block
of
harvard
ave,
so
we
definitely
want
to
bring
more
revitalization
and
more
business
into
the
area,
we'll
support
local
initiatives.
For
example,
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
we
attended
the
allston
brighton
community
toy
drive,
which
was
a
great
event.
Thank
you
so
much
for
putting
that
on.
C
So
people
who
have
marijuana
related
quarries
that
are
non-violent
and
not
involving
minors
can
remove
those
from
their
record
and,
lastly,
we'll
join
allston
village,
main
streets,
the
brighton
austin
improvement
association
and
the
all
austin
civic
associations,
so
we'll
attend
and
participate
in
those
meetings.
Monthly.
C
C
C
C
C
D
Great,
thank
you
maya,
yes,
so
we're
we're
committed
to
being
a
good
neighbor.
We've
actually
signed
a
good
neighbor
agreement
with
the
austin
main
street
village
organization.
We
want.
We
want
to
have
a
positive
impact,
so
we
will
require
all
visitors
to
our
facility
to
follow
a
nuisance
prevention
policy
which
will
consist
of
no
public
consumption.
No
diversions
of
products,
no
lottery,
no
littering
will
be
tolerated
at
all.
D
Our
internal
security
will
monitor
the
perimeter
of
our
store
to
prevent
any
nuisance
behaviors.
Anyone
that
is
caught
with
doing
any
kind
of
nuisance
behaviors
will
be
prohibited
from
entering
the
store
in
the
future.
The
inside
waiting
area
for
cueing
will
also
help
prevent
any
nuisance
behaviors
any
outside
occurrences.
D
Our
location
is
very
accessible.
It's
accessible
via
local
mbta,
green
line,
bus
number,
66
and
number
57,
and
a
blue
bike
station.
That's
point
three
miles
away,
we'll
also
spawn
a
sponsor
of
t
passes
for
our
associates
and
encourage
the
use
of
public
transportation
through
mb.
Through
the
mbta
perk
program.
D
We
have,
through
our
last
a
couple
of
community
meetings.
Parking
has
come
up
as
a
concern.
What
we've
done
since
those
meetings
is
that
we
have
agreed
to
at
least
25
additional
parking
spaces
from
crave,
which
is
directly
behind
our
location,
located
on
brighton
avenue,
so
400
400
feet
from
our
location.
D
There's
a
60
space
municipal
lot
that
is
directly
across
the
street
from
us
and
also
to
our
on-street
parking.
The
lot
that
is
directly
across
the
street
from
us
we've
been
we've
actually
contracted
with
fuss
and
o'neill
and
catherine
as
catherine
is
on
the
line.
I'd
like
her
to
give
us
an
update
on
the
traffic
study.
That's
going
on
this
traffic
study
is
not
complete,
it
is
in
progress,
but
I
think
that
there
are
some
updates
that
she
could
share
regarding
parking
in
the
area.
I
Sure
so
I'll
just
say
that
my
name
is
catherine
o'shea,
I'm
a
transportation
engineer
with
bus
and
o'neill,
and
we
are
in
the
process
of
conducting
a
traffic
study.
We're
going
to
be
looking
at
the
number
of
trips
that
can
be
expected
to
be
generated
by
the
site
which
of
those
trips
can
be
expected
to
be
vehicle.
Trips.
I
We're
considering
the
site
within
the
context
of
the
available
public
transit,
and
we
are
collecting
data
on
the
current
parking
occupancy
and
we'll
be
discussing
the
expected
parking
occupancy
as
a
result
of
the
dispensary,
and
that
study
will
be
completed
before
the
team
appears
before
the
boston
cannabis
board.
On
january
12th.
D
Great
excellent,
thank
you
very
much,
catherine.
Yes,
so
we
are
also
negotiating
some
additional
lease
parking
spaces
that
are
located
at
398
cambridge
street,
which
is
a
five
minute
walk.
So
between
the
parking
that
was
just
mentioned,
we
should
be
able
to
accommodate
our
customer
base,
as
well
as
our
associate
base
without
impeding
on
the
existing
businesses
in
the
in
the
area.
D
Once
we
have
our
host
committee
agreement,
we
can
submit
our
application
and
get
it
under
review
at
the
state
level,
and
once
we
have
our
provisional
license
granted,
we
can
start
a
build
out
that
will
happen
between
july.
We
anticipate
between
july
2022
and
december
2022,
upon
approval
of
all
inspections
and
final
licensing.
We
can
commence
operation
in
december
of
2022
this
time
next
year.
A
Thanks
eric
so
yeah
folks,
if
you
want
to
raise
your
hand
digitally
down
below
you
see
the
ellipses,
it
should
be
an
option.
You
can
also
do
control
shift
r.
I
can
call
on
some
folks.
I
see
a
lot
of
people
have
also
been
chiming
in
the
chat
section,
so
at
some
point
I'll
get
a
chance
to
try
to
read
through
all
those
comments
out
loud,
but
in
the
meantime,
if
there's
any
questions
or
comments,
please
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand,
I'm
happy
to
call
on
you.
G
I
know
a
lot
of
the
people
in
charge
of
you
know
that
company
and
I
want
to
commend
them
all
they're,
all
from
the
neighborhood.
They
have
a
lot
of
black
people
and
you
know
they
put
up.
They
made
them
all
leader
in
their
own
way.
I
appreciate
that
they
really
really
care
about
equity.
I
actually
founded
a
non-profit
the
big
goal
project
we
deal
with
disproportionately
impacted
communities
affected
by
the
war
on
drugs,
and
we
have
a
metric
report
and
a
lot
of
the
things
we
try
to
help.
G
B
F
A
H
Hi,
my
name
is
brendy
with
the
big
hope
project,
and
once
I
just
wanna,
thank
you
guys.
Everything
that
you
said
is
amazing
and
just
like
henry
said,
I
haven't
heard
of
any
other
cannabis
companies
who
are
looking
to
include
as
many
people
from
the
community
at
the
capacity
that
you
guys
are
going
to
be
including
them,
and
I
really
really
really
appreciate
that
you
want
to
minimize
your
employees
leaving
by
paying
an
actual
living
wage.
As
we
know,
the
cost
of
living
goes
up
every
single
day,
so
20
and
30
dollars.
H
J
And
for
in
my
professional
life,
I
work
as
a
as
a
community
organizer
here
in
boston,
so
I've
worked
with
business
owners
and
managers
kind
of
all
over
the
city,
doing
community
engagement
work
and
the
owners
of
of
this
store.
Mass
greenwood
are
definitely
some
of
the
best
in
terms
of
being
excited
to
contribute
to
the
neighborhood
being
communicative,
with
the
neighborhood
being
receptive
to
feedback,
and
I'm
I'm
really
happy
to
support
them
here.
Thank
you
guys
for
a
fantastic
presentation.
A
K
For
a
501c3
based
out
of
boston
massachusetts,
our
mission
is
basically
to
help
people
in
the
community
returning
citizens,
specifically
also
to
you
know,
reduce
recidivism
and
mass
incarceration.
So
I
also
wanted
to
show
my
support
for
your
company
because
you
guys
are
doing
livable
wages
and
really
making
a
dis
a
difference
in
our
community.
K
A
Folks,
I'm
just
going
to
read
some
of
the
comments
that
have
popped
up
in
the
chat
bar
function
hold
on
one
second,
from
arslan
good
evening.
Everyone
arseland
here
in
support
of
the
116
hybrid
app
dispensary
mira,
here,
live
off
of
hybrid
av
on
glenville,
in
support
of
muse
at
116,
hybrid
f
alex.
So
I
believe
we
heard
from
lives
on
market
street
in
brighton,
in
support
of
the
dispensary.
A
Max
in
support
mass
greenwood's
opening
in
alston,
hi,
I'm
scott,
I
live
in
boston,
I'd
like
to
voice
my
support
for
the
dispensary
at
116,
harvard
ave,
paul
and
chen
same
with
as
everyone
else.
I
support
the
mass
greenwood's
opening
alston
cameron
here,
I'm
in
full
support
of
the
dispensary
moon,
I'm
in
full,
enthusiastic
support
with
mass
greenwood's
opening
in
austin
I'm
a
lifelong
austin
resident
community
member
and
employee.
A
I
work
in
healthcare
in
austin
and
live
in
austin
piau
good
evening,
I'm
also
in
support
of
establishment
of
a
dispensary
at
116,
hybrid
ave,
sebastian,
hello,
I'm
sebastian,
I'm
a
resident
of
austin
and
I'm
in
support
of
mass
greenwood's
opening
in
the
neighborhood
congrats
jesse
full
support
of
mass
greenwood's
opening
in
austin
hi.
I'm
rince
here,
I'm
a
boston
resident.
I
have
to
be
on
another
call
shortly,
but
I
approve
of
dispensary
being
open
at
116,
harvard
ave
in
alston,
cedar
street
hello.
A
A
We
have
tony
from
the
austin
civic
association.
He's
dropped
the
link
for
their
neighborhood
association
in
the
chat
people
want
to
check
out
what
they're
all
about
quang.
I'm
I
wanted
to
stop
by
before
the
meeting
to
state,
I'm
in
full
support
in
the
dispensary
opening
at
116
harvard
ave
in
alston.
Thank
you,
clyde
lewis.
I
support
the
dispensary
opening
at
116,
harvard
ave
ivan.
My
name
is
ivan
point.
I'm
full
support
of
the
dispensary
opening
at
116,
harvard
ave
hi.
My
name
is
tim
pagliaro.
A
Sorry,
I
found
this
pronounced
that
I'm
a
resident
of
austin
and
I
fully
support
the
opening
of
116.
Harvard
ave
in
austin
keep
the
ownership
local
as
essential
as
this
industry
matures
david
mitchell.
I
live
in
allston.
I
also
in
full
support
of
the
suspensory
at
116,
harvard
avenue
miro
what
a
wonderful
idea
to
have
gallery
space
love
that
linda
I'm
in
support
of
this
business
coming
to
austin.
A
Someone
mentioned
they
want
to
see
less
empty
storefronts
alan.
I
live
in
allston,
fully
support
the
dispensary
going
on
116,
harvard
ave
hello.
My
name
is
santos,
mr
santos
born
and
raised
in
boston.
I
fully
support
the
dispensary
in
austin
area,
absolutely
love
to
see
this
community
in
boston,
jada
reed,
I'm
a
boss
resident.
I
approve
the
dispensary
opening
at
116,
hybrid,
f,
desiree,
it's
a
great
proposal.
Olson
is
lucky
to
have
this
group
folks
I'll
make
my
way
down
here.
A
We
got
a
lot
of
comments
here,
great
proposal
way
to
contribute
to
the
community
resource
building.
We
have
alex
bonaccini
from
austin
village
main
streets,
we've
been
working
with
eric
and
maya
for
the
past
few
months.
On
this
proposed
store.
We've
submitted
a
lot
of
support
to
the
city,
I'm
very
excited
to
have
mass
green
woods
in
austin.
A
A
Jenny,
I
was
on
call
last
year
about
the
proposed
project
of
removing
parking
and
traffic
on
harvard
ave
to
add,
parklets
and
widen
bike
lanes
and
bus
lanes,
and
that
was
more
of
a
threat
to
business
than
having
another
business
come
in.
This
is
a
great
addition
to
our
business.
Community
joshua
sounds
great.
Definitely
in
support
on
site
corey
ceiling.
Opportunity
is
amazing.
I
think
he's
referencing
the
expunging
definitely
support
of
this
being
a
black
owned,
dispensary
great
for
the
community
hi.
A
My
name
is
lauren
and
I
am
a
resident
of
allston,
I'm
thrilled
to
hear
about
the
social
impact,
employee
benefit
and
artist
support
efforts
from
use
it's
taking
in
their.
They
are
locals.
They
have
my
full
support
to
open
at
116.
Hybrid
ave
moon
brought
up
a
great
point.
After
some
people
are
being
cut
off
when
they
were
testifying,
so
people
just
want
to
reiterate
their
backgrounds
to
give
it
a
second
before
launching
in
I
am
don.
I've
lived
a
few
blocks
away
for
50
years.
A
A
My
name
is
ahmadi.
I
live
in
austin
for
two
years
now.
I'm
very
excited
about
this
opportunity
to
have
a
dispensary
in
the
neighborhood
great
for
the
community
jill
from
the
arts.
Districts.
Boston,
I'm
so
in
support
of
this
make
sure
to
submit
your
artwork
for
our
pop-up
show
at
116,
harvard
ave
to
arts
district
boston
gmail.com.
A
A
My
name
is
james
finney
of
gof
enterprise
inc,
I'm
in
full
support
of
the
dispensary.
Then
we
have
martha
watchtime
boston
resident,
I'm
ready
to
voice
my
support
for
the
opening
of
the
spencer
116
hybrid
ave,
foley
support,
dispensary,
opening
it's
a
great
addition
to
the
community
steven
weeks.
Hi,
I'm
steven,
I'm
a
boston
resident,
I'm
in
full
support
of
mass
green
woods.
After
hearing
more
about
the
efforts
presented
tonight
and
feel
more
confident
about
their
efforts,
so
I
think
that's
everyone
in
the
chat
function.
I'm
not
sure
if
there
are
other.
A
L
D
L
M
D
D
D
No,
no,
this
is
a
business
support
team.
These
are
well,
you
know
these
are
people
who
we've
contracted
with
in
the
event.
In
the
case,
we
have
our
legal
advisors
under
retainer,
yep,
jim
smith,
and
let's
go
directly
down
the
line
juan
pacnet.
When
we
first
entered
into
this
back
in
2018,
we
went
through
their
incubator
program
for
dispensary
best
practices
if
they
have
committed
to
inventory
for
us
providing
inventory,
providing
training
in
the
way
of
a
internship,
as
well
as
operational
advice
for
us.
D
D
F
N
N
N
N
So
I
just
I've
never
heard
of
something
like
this,
and
I
think
that,
like
this
type
of
model
and
having
this
business
in
the
austin
community
would
really
incentivize,
you
know
people
being
able
to
make
a
living
wage.
You
know
be
able
to
provide
for
their
families,
people
being
engaged
in
the
community
and
actually
wanting
to
stick
around
supporting
artists,
like
I'm,
really
tired
of
all
the
transients
and
I'm
feeling
like
the
people
that
are
benefiting
from
that
community
are
not
people
that
live
there,
they're,
not
people
that
are
from
there.
N
So
I
think,
having
you
know
like
black
and
brown
people
who
are
actually
from
boston
who
would
be
owning
this
business
and
ensuring
that
this
business
is
actually
giving
back
to
this
community
would
be
deeply
impactful.
So
I'm
really
excited
about
this
opportunity.
I
look
forward
to
seeing
it
in
my
community.
Thank
you.
A
A
O
How
are
you
guys?
First
of
all,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
eric
and
his
team
for
presenting
and
thank
you
for
the
for
the
austin
community,
who
seems
to
just
really
support
this.
This
group,
I
think
they
deserve
it.
I
can
tell
by
their
presentation
and
that
they
worked
really
hard
on
making
sure
that
the
community
was
part
of
this
process
and
in
making
sure
that
they,
you
know
they
participated
with
the
community
and
and
maintain
that
ongoing
relationship.
O
I
think
you
know
I've
seen
a
lot
of
proposals.
This
is
by
far
you
know
the
best
community
meeting
I've
ever
been
to
the
amount
of
support
that
this
group
is
getting.
Is
it's
just
it's
wonderful
to
see
that
you
know
they're
in
a
community
that
really
appreciates
them
and
knows
what
they're
trying
to
do,
and
so
I
I
fully
support
this.
O
I
think
that
you
know
this
is
why
the
laws
were
passed
for
people
of
color,
for
people
like
this
group
and
and
I'm
just
really
excited
to
see
communities
like
austin,
welcome
them
so
much
I
haven't
heard
of
just
not
even
one
opposition.
So
it's
it's
a
great
thing,
so
I
I
support
the
group
and
and
thank
you
all
for
for
coming
in
today
and
presenting
awesome
work.
A
N
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can
okay
awesome,
I'm
wondering
like
do
you
all
know
of
other
models
like
this,
like
I've?
Just
never
heard
of
something
like
this
like
what
I
guess,
I'm
wondering
from
the
folks
that
are
bringing
forth
this
proposal
like
what
business
models
inspired
you
to
do
this
and
like
do
you
know
of
other
businesses
that
are,
you
know,
community
art
spaces
that
are,
you
know,
working
on
being
an
equitable
employer
and
paying
a
living
wage,
and,
are
you
know,
social
enterprises
that
center
equity
in
this
way.
C
C
There's
also
city
life,
vita
urbana,
there's
artists
for
humanity
that
kayla
mentioned
there's
a
lot
of
different
businesses
within
the
social
impact
space,
and
I
think
I
I
have
not
heard
specifically
of
a
cannabis
dispensary
that
is
engaging
in
the
social
impact
space,
so
definitely
proud
to
be
able
to
do
that
with
eric.
I
also
think
that
you
know
bringing
those
core
values
are
really
important
to
us,
because
we
do
want
to
see
the
community
thrive.
D
Yeah,
I
think
par
part
of
the
inspiration
also
is
having
lived
in
a
community
that
has
been
disproportionately
affected
and
seeing
businesses
come
into
the
community
and
take
and
take
and
not
give
and
not
provide
anything
for
those
who
are
responsible
for
their
businesses
being
successful.
So
it's
a
business
model.
It's
it's
simply
for
me.
It's
about
kind
of
doing
the
right
thing
and
leading
by
example,
for
what
small
businesses
in
general,
regardless
of
the
nature
of
the
business,
should
do
if
you're
into
a
community
the
business
should
work
and
it
should
thrive.
D
Based
on
the
associate
base,
the
customer
base
in
the
community
itself
and
there's
the
the
financially
it
should.
You
know
those
dollars.
Some
of
those
dollars
should
be
going
back
into
the
community
and
making
a
difference
in
that
community,
but
so
many
times
we
see
you
know
we
don't
see
the
benefits
from
businesses
coming
into
our
community.
So
it's
inspired
pretty
much
by
what
I
don't
like
seeing
happen
in
the
communities.
You
know
that
I'm
from
so.
A
D
B
M
You
now,
okay,
I'm
100
in
support
of
this,
and
this
is
one
of
the
best
presentations
I
heard
I
am
from
the
boston
area.
I've
been
here
all
my
life
and
I
understand
exactly
everything
you
guys
are
saying,
and
I
can
I
can't
really
really
relate
to
where
eric
is
coming
from,
because
I
was
born
and
raised
in
the
boston,
housing
area
and
I
keep
seeing
people
come
in
and
take
take,
take
and
the
way
you
guys
came
across
with
everything
I
totally
get
it.
M
A
A
These
guys
do
not
have
a
hearing
date
scheduled
with
the
boston
cannabis
board.
That
will
probably
be
coming
very
soon,
though
so
please
reach
out.
If
you
have
further
questions
or
comments,
or
you
want
to
see
a
copy
of
the
presentation
made
tonight
or
you
talk
to
someone
that
was
not
able
to
attend
due
to
traveling,
but
they
want
to
be
involved.
Just
have
them
reach
out
to
my
office,
as
I
stated
before,
emails
were
probably
best.
I'm
currently
quarantining
right
now,
but
I
will
be
back
in
the
office
sometime
next
week.