At Cannabis of Worcester, a new dispensary opening next month at 62 Millbrook St., cannabis products are simply the start of what you’ll find there.
Steve Bowman, the company’s COO, said he wants the dispensary to be a community space where customers can find not just cannabis but work by local artists, products from local businesses and more.
“It’s kind of a Worcester base and everything that we do is focused around what’s there,” Bowman said.
Cannabis of Worcester is planning to open in the next two weeks, once it receives its final approval from the state Cannabis Control Commission. Once the doors are open, Bowman hopes to have a different local business come to do a pop-up in their space, and plans to reach out to local artists to show their work and commission a mural in the entryway of Worcester-related imagery.
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“We really want to be an experience. We want you to walk in the door and never know what to expect,” Bowman said. “One day you walk in and there’s a coffee roaster and they’re giving out samples or promoting their product. And another day, it’s a