The Vermont Cannabis Control Board (CCB) issued 13 additional adult-use cannabis business licenses Oct. 6, at the board’s first meeting since adult-use sales launched Oct. 1.
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Regulators approved three cultivators, four manufacturers, four wholesalers, a testing lab and a retailer Thursday, Heady Vermont reported.
The latest licenses were issued to the following applicants, according to the news outlet:
Only in VT – Outdoor Cultivator Tier 1Lindies Kitchen – Manufacturer Tier 2Big Intelligence Group, LLC – Wholesaler, WorcesterVermont Cannabis Distributors LLC – Wholesaler, WillistonThe Cannabis Collective – Manufacturer Tier 2Northern Craft Cannabis – Wholesaler, Hyde Park @northerncraftcannabisGlocanna, LLC – Manufacturer Tier 2Apex Arboretum DBA Green State Dispensary DBA Upstate Elevator Operators – Indoor Cultivator Tier 1Apex Arboretum/Upstate Elevator Niceties/Green State Gardener Dispensary – Retailer + Wholesaler, BurlingtonSH Lab Holdings LLC, DBA: Steep Hill Vermont Labs – Testing Lab, ColchesterAltitude Drops – Manufacturer Tier 2Passion Fruit Farms – Indoor Cultivator Tier 1
A full list of Vermont’s adult-use cannabis licensees can be found here.
The state’s first three adult-use dispensaries opened Oct. 1 in Rutland, Middlebury and Burlington.
“It’s really very exciting,” CCB Chair James Pepper said at Thursday’s meeting, according to Heady Vermont.
“This industry could not have taken off without capable entrepreneurs that had some serious hustle and I could see that… this past weekend,” added CCB member Julie Hulburd.