With a host community agreement from the city in hand, Canna Ultra Premium Westfield, which is planning to open in the former Heka facility, was granted three provisional licenses by the Cannabis Control Commission during its meeting in Worcester on Thursday.
The three provisional licenses the CCC approved were for the business operating as a marijuana retailer, a manufacturer of marijuana products, and a Tier 4 Indoor license to cultivate marijuana at its facility at 98 TM Dion Way.
At the meeting, the CCC's Licensing Manager Tsuko Defoe said the business was on an expedited review process because one of its owners is a social equity applicant. Last May, the business group led by Adenike "Nike" John and partners Wayne Shaffer and Stephen Berardino approached the city to ask about entering into a community host agreement before it sought the licensing for the operation by the CCC.
In October, after hosting the required Community Outreach Meeting, the City Council approved the host agreement by a vote of 8-3. The city will receive 3% of retail sales as part of the Host Community Agreement. The company included in its CCC application that it would donate $5,000 each year to the West Springfield Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6714.
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