Uxbridge

Cultivate, one of the early players in Massachusetts’ recreational cannabis industry, has purchased land in an Uxbridge business park to build a cultivation facility to supplement they existing Leicester operations. 

Caroline’s Cannabis, the first small business woman-owned cannabis retailer in the state to open, is proposing a second location in Hopedale just several months after opening in Uxbridge. 

Blackstone Valley Naturals, a proposed marijuana company in Uxbridge, is closing in on state and local approvals and hopes to be open by the end of the year.

The Blackstone Valley Animal Hospital in Uxbridge has been sold for $800,000 to a Pennsylvania-based veterinary real estate investing firm.

Half of Massachusetts cities and towns have enacted or are considering a ban on recreational marijuana businesses, towns like Uxbridge and Athol have gone in the other direction.

Worcester could have up to 15 cannabis shops. Western cities of similar size show there could be demand for far more, but the economic impact may not be so noticeable.

The moment the ballot initiative passed in November 2016 allowing for recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, economic development officials across the state should have been sharpening their pencils.

A middle ground needs to be found on regulations and commercialization on the state's new recreational marijuana, a prominent addiction doctor said at Anna Maria College Wednesday.

A week after starting talks with Leicester, marijuana retailer Cultivate has begun negotiations with Uxbridge for a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility of up to 130,000 square feet.

Leicester-based cannabis firm Cultivate, one of the first two shops to launch sales on the East Coast, has begun negotiations with Framingham for a host community agreement.