Q&A: CBD Store Reopens In Worcester MA’s Public Market After Polar Park Eminent Domain
City of Worcester took the company’s previous location through eminent domain
Cambio Natural Products, which specializes in CBD products, just reopened in its new location in Worcester Public Market. Owner and local businessman Joe O’Grady spoke with WBJ about the decision to pursue his CBD business after the City of Worcester took the company’s previous location through eminent domain, as part of the ongoing $132-million Polar Park baseball stadium project. Although he had originally planned to open a cannabis dispensary in the location, O’Grady, who also runs the Worcester strip club Hurricane Betty’s, said he believed pursuing CBD was the right decision in the end.
What does Cambio do?
Cambio Natural Products focuses on broad spectrum CBD supplied from a Massachusetts-licensed Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources supplier. We’re also a bit of a lifestyle company. All of our advertising shots, all of our media, is gained from a buddy of mine who owns a travel company I helped him build. I’ve been doing that for the last 15 years, and CBD is a natural fit for travel and for sports because of the health benefits.
Why did you decide to stick with your CBD endeavor after losing your building during your attempt to start a dispensary?
Well, a couple of reasons. One was, by the time the city took my building after I had already owned a building in the appropriate zone, I was poised to be one of the first dispensaries open. Once they told me that address wasn’t going to be allowed, there was really nowhere else in Worcester to find a property at that time.
If you remember, when all of these big companies were coming into Worcester, they were putting down money to rent a couple different properties within the zone just so they could have the best location when they went to meet with the city.
So basically, I was frozen out and then I didn’t want to be the 25th dispensary to open in Massachusetts. And CBD is a longer-term play. There are health benefits; it’s medicinal. You’ve already started seeing it in cosmetics, lotions, shampoo. You’re going to start seeing it all over the place.
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