Cannabis store again asks okay for Gallivan location

The proponents of an adult-use cannabis dispensary at 770 Gallivan Blvd. held a second community meeting on Dec. 18 as they continue to seek city approval to open their business.

City officials explained at the outset of the sparsely attended 19-minute virtual meeting that a new community meeting is required every six months while the proposal is still under consideration for permitting.

Applicants Richie Parsons and Michelle Foley once again outlined their proposal for the Surf’s Up dispensary, which would occupy a former Verizon retail space near Neponset Circle and noted that nothing had changed since the first meeting.

Parsons, a St. Brendan’s native, currently manages a medical marijuana dispensary for the group, which operates five dispensaries in total, in Needham. He would serve as general manager of the store. He noted that they believe they are six months out from opening, with permitting taking longer than expected.

Surf’s Up will not sell individual cannabis cigarettes, or “pre-rolls,” he and Foley said, but rather that there would be a three-cigarette minimum purchase to prevent usage on site.

Meanwhile, they announced again that they had agreed to a mitigation contract with the Cedar Grove Civic Association that would provide $110,000 to the civic group over five years.

Parsons is a musician who was in a 1980s punk-rock band the Gremies that recorded the song, “No Surfin’ in Dorchester Bay.” The song is the inspiration for the dispensary’s name.


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