“Massachusetts businesses are thrilled that we might be delaying or limiting the number of licenses we’re about to hand out.”
By Christopher Shea, Rhode Island Currant
Cannabis cultivators and prospective store owners implored the panel responsible for regulating Rhode Island’s cannabis market to avoid any further delays in awarding 20 new retail licenses on Friday.
The two remaining members of the state’s Cannabis Control Commission were scheduled to potentially vote on staggering the release of the licenses, along with extending the deadline for license applicants to secure local zoning approvals. At last month’s meeting on February 13, commissioners first considered the idea of staggering the distribution of retail licenses.
Commissioners opted to punt their decision on how the license lottery will proceed in order to absorb testimony provided by 23 industry representatives who gave public comment, along with other written correspondence provided to the panel.
“We definitely hear you and hope to move forward in the best way,” Commissioner Layi Oduyingbo told the industry leaders who packed the conference room at the Public Utilities Commission in Warwick.
Applicants will not get any extension to get their local zoning approval. Oduyingbo and Commissioner Robert Jacquard voted against. Applicants had through March
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