SOMERVILLE – The county seat’s first recreational cannabis dispensary has received preliminary site plan approval from the borough’s Planning Board.
Root 22 Dispensary wants to convert the Sunoco gas station at the intersection of Route 22 and Gaston Avenue in the far northeastern corner of the municipality bordering Bridgewater. The proposal received the first stage of approval from the Planning Board on April 24.
Former Mayor Dennis Sullivan urged the board to approve the plan.
“It took a lot of time and effort to develop an ordinance” after a statewide referendum approved the legalization of cannabis, Sullivan said.