The City of Worcester is required by state law to allow for the establishment of 15 marijuana retail stores. Should 15 locations not be approved in the initial RFI period (due August 24), the City will accept additional applications on a rolling basis. Applications received by the August 24 deadline will be reviewed first. The City of Worcester is not accepting additional retail applications at this time unless otherwise notified. 

PDF copies of the documentation needed for a submission to the Cannabis Control Commission in their application process should be sent to cannabis@worcesterma.gov

The requested documents may be included as attachments in an email. A link to a file sharing platform like Dropbox may also be used.

Since the Cannabis Control Commission application is through an online portal, screenshots of the fillable portions of the application should be included in the RFI submission as well as PDF copies of any attachments requested by the Cannabis Control Commission. 

The Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) has the following guidelines:
Community Outreach Guidance and Forms.

Please be advised that the community outreach meeting guidelines are a minimum. Significant efforts should be made to notify the public, neighbors, city officials and elected officials.

The City will not review your RFI application unless you have held your mandatory community meeting.