GannettEmilia Cardona, The Gardner NewsJuly 17, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Cannabis consumers in Phillipston can prepare for the first recreational marijuana dispensary to open before April 2025.
Monil Patel, owner of Phillipston Liquor and Variety at 325 State Road, saw an opportunity to expand into the recreational marijuana retail business and began his work last fall. Patel said he projects the dispensary to be open before April 20 in celebration of the cannabis plant and culture.
Patel said they are waiting for the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to issue a provisional license for the new dispensary so construction can begin on the barn. Before Patel became the owner of the property on 325 State Road in 2014, it was a country store and ice cream shop called Woodside Country Store.
The ice cream barn next to the liquor store has been empty for over a decade. Patel said he thought it was time to put it to use. The renovations to the barn are estimated to cost from $300,000 to $500,000.
Woodside Cannabis will be the first recreational marijuana dispensary in Phillipston. Owner, Monil Patel, said the dispensary is projected to open by Spring of 2025.
The new dispensary will be named in honor of the