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CT Picks 16 Potential Cannabis Cultivators For Next Step
16 cannabis cultivator social equity applicants will move on to the next step in the licensing process. Here is who they are.
CONNECTICUT ? The Department of Consumer Protection announced the first batch of 16 cannabis cultivators who can move on to the next step in the licensure process. The cultivators applied under the state's social equity applicant program.
Recreational adult-use of cannabis was legalized in June 2021. Cannabis retail sales are expected to begin around the end of this year.
The 16 social equity applicants were approved by the Social Equity Council. They will proceed to the next step of the application review process, which includes a background check. The state received 41 applications under the social equity program.
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Cultivation is one of the various cannabis licenses in Connecticut. There are seven others, including retail.
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?Provisional licenses will be granted once the background checks are complete and selected applicants have submitted the required information and related fees,? DCP Commissioner Michelle Seagull said in a statement. ?Licensees will then be able to move forward with setting up their business and applying for a final license.?
Social equity applicants need to be at least 65 percent owned and controlled by a person or group of people who have an average household income less than 300 percent of the state median income over the last three tax years. They also need to be a resident of a disproportionately impacted area for at least five of the past 10 years or have lived in a disproportionately impacted area for at least nine years before they turned 18.
Disproportionately impacted areas are U.S. Census tracts that were disproportionately affected by the War on Drugs. A formula was developed based on historical drug-related conviction rates and unemployment rates. Most tracts are located in or near Connecticut cities.
Below is information on the applicants who will move on to the next step in the process. Information is from the state's business registry database.
Managing member John O?Leary of Stamford and member Benjamin Herbst of Stamford.
Member Clara Jackson of Bloomfield.
- Shangri-La Dispensary
Manager Denisha Moktan of Bridgeport.
Member is listed as 9B LLC., a business in New Britain and Nova Holdco LLC, which has a business address in Attleboro, Mass.
Managing member Ann Marino, of Middletown, manager Chad Simard, of Bristol, and member Christopher Perotti of Bristol.
Member Kennard Ray of Hartford.
Manager Christina Visco of Wyndmoor, PA.
Member Gerald Farrell Jr. of Wallingford.
Managing member Vinny Mangiacopra of Norwalk.
Manager Robert Fireman of Jamaica Plain, Mass., manager Daniel Maldonando of Manchester. MariMed operates in other states as well,a ccording ot MJBizDaily.
Manager Tiana Hercule of Hartford.
There are two similarly named businesses with the same agent and business address. FRC Holdings 2 LLC was formed on April 28 and lists Shante Walser of Hartford and Meryth Andrews of Windsor as members.
FRC Holdings LLC was formed on March 14 and lists Mark Christie of Bloomfield as a managing member.
Managing member Arlanda Brantley of Waterbury and member Leland OConnor of New York, NY.
There are two similarly-named companies in the state business database. Connecticut Social Equity Holdings, LLC is listed as the principal for Connecticut Social Equity Holdings Equity, LLC. It lists Linares Faye LLC and Van Scoy LLC as members.
Daniel Czyzewski of Newington is listed as the manager.
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