The coronavirus pandemic has forced Central Massachusetts business to take on new roles in preventing further spread of the disease, including enforcing mask-wearing in public and – at times – turning away would-be revenue-generating customers who don’t abide by the mandate.
A real estate investment firm with ties to The Botanist has bought for $5 million a Sterling building where the cannabis operator has grown its product.
The Botanist is one step closer to building what could be more than a 100,000-square-foot facility cannabis cultivation and manufacturing facility in Northbridge.
If the production and sale of cannabis becomes legal federally, Central Mass. marijuana retailer The Botanist will become the brand of a large Canadian firm.
Worcester Regional Airport has an economic impact of $97 million, according to a study released last month by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.