Somerville Meeting to Address Proposed Davis Square Medical Marijuana Dispensary

[02143.livejournal.com]

Patch.com article linked here: Somerville Meeting to Address Proposed Davis Square Medical Marijuana Dispensary is reporting there is a neighborhood meeting this coming Monday to discuss proposed dispensary at 245 Elm St, currently housing Family Dollar.

Anyone know where the permit application can be located, or any official meeting notice? [EDIT: see meeting notice below] Proposed operator is Garden Remedies which just opened their first location in Newton just a week ago, on Nov 15.

With Question 4 passing, it's important to note the transition process & timeline for retail dispensaries. As I understand it, the ballot initiative states that retail licenses will be issued by the new Cannabis Control Commission by Jan 1, 2018, with existing medical dispensaries being given preference for retail licenses. If this deadline is missed and there is no framework in place to issue licenses by that date, then all medical dispensaries are automatically allowed to sell to the public.

EDIT 11/24: The meeting is now on the official Somerville calendar, linked here: Community Meeting: Medical Marijuana Dispensary. The meeting is Monday, Nov 28th 2016, 6:00 PM at Community Baptist Church on 31 College Ave.

EDIT 12/2: Followup article posted on Wicked Local, linked here: Davis Square one step closer to medical marijuana dispensaries

Comments

[gruene.livejournal.com]

That seems like a huge amount of space. Forgive my ignorance, but what do you need all that sq footage for either as a dispensary or a retail business? Are there really that many pot varietals to showcase?

[teko.livejournal.com]

Most dispensaries sell not only pot varietals, but vaporizer liquids and a variety of edibles as well.

That said, it's a giant space for a marijuana dispensary. I'd rather have a Family Dollar there, personally.

[ron_newman]

I'll miss the Family Dollar, despite its chronic state of disorganization. There isn't really another one close by (the one on Somerville Ave. became a Dollar Tree)

[02143.livejournal.com]

NETA Care in Brookline I believe is regarded as the top dispensary in the state right now, is housed inside a 10,000 sqft old bank building. The scale of their medical operation there requires a huge amount of secure storage, processing space, admin space, and a massive lobby for patients to wait on a line that feeds 4-8 "teller" stations.

[teko.livejournal.com]

Am I not seeing it, or is there no notice here about where the meeting's actually being held? I'm assuming it's not inside the Family Dollar.

[02143.livejournal.com]

I found the official meeting notice, see my edit above.

[teko.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm going to try to be there; I'm very interested to hear their presentation and plans for the space.

[ron_newman]

If you go to this meeting, can you follow up with a report on it? (A new post may be better than a comment here.) Thanks.

[teko.livejournal.com]

Due to some unexpected complications I wasn't able to make it, sadly. I'm hoping someone else was able to make it there on time, unlike myself.

[02143.livejournal.com]

Followup article in Wicked Local:

Davis Square one step closer to medical marijuana dispensaries (http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/news/20161202/davis-square-one-step-closer-to-medical-marijuana-dispensaries)

[teko.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Sounds like they're a very professional group that'll do a good job with the space. I am curious about how they'd subdivide the space into a second retail area if the front doors will open onto a waiting room area. I assume they'll need to add another entrance.