Tag: small businesses

Conn. DCP announces application dates, license numbers for adult-use cannabis businesses

Jan 05, 2022

adult-use cannabis businesses, adult-use licenses, adult-use market, applicants, application dates, Connecticut, CT, DCP, DCP Commissioner Michelle Seagull, Department of Consumer Protection, illegal operators, license numbers, license types, low license numbers, minority-owned businesses, small businesses, social equity

Just yesterday, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection announced that it would begin accepting applications for adult-use licenses early next month.

Conn.: Urge the Department of Consumer Protection to create plenty of small business opportunities

Jan 03, 2022

adult-use licenses, cannabis business licenses, Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection, competition, Connecticut, Connecticut legalization law, Connecticut Social Equity Council, corporations, CT, DCP, Department of Consumer Protection, illicit market, legalization, license caps, low license caps, prices, small business opportunities, small businesses, supply and demand

Tomorrow, January 4, the Connecticut Social Equity Council will meet to move forward with their plan to begin accepting applications for adult-use licenses within the next several weeks. Under the Connecticut legalization law, the Department of Consumer of Protection (DCP) is allowed to set limits on the number of licenses that will be issued for each of the nine categories. We are calling on DCP to not set license caps, and if they must set license caps, that they be high.

Act now in support of urgent federal cannabis reform!

Dec 06, 2021

banking protections, banking services, cannabis businesses, cannabis industry, cash-only, Congress, crime, federal cannabis reform, minority-owned companies, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, public safety, SAFE Banking, SAFE Banking Act, small businesses, social equity

Congress is now negotiating the fate of a bill that would make it easier for cannabis businesses to get basic banking services. The SAFE Banking Act, which would allow banks to legally work with state-licensed cannabis businesses, was recently added to a must-pass piece of legislation currently under consideration — the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). We are asking for your help to ensure it passes.