New cannabis cultivation facility to launch in Hartford
Contributed
The Goods THC, led by Gloribel Diaz, has opened its cannabis cultivation facility in Hartford.
The Goods THC, a minority woman-owned and family-led cannabis cultivation company, said this week it has completed developing its facility in Hartford.
The 32,000-square-foot micro-cultivation facility is located at 275-287 Homestead Ave., in the city’s Upper Albany neighborhood, and expects to launch its first product in late-July or early August. The location is the historic former Hartford Specialty Machinery Co. building.
The facility features 10,000 square feet of space to grow plants spread across seven climate-controlled flowering rooms — the maximum canopy permitted under the state’s micro-cultivation license.
The Goods THC said the 80,790-square-foot industrial site was acquired in December 2022 by Eros I LLC for $1.7 million. The acquisition was driven with the intent to establish a cannabis cultivation operation “in a community historically impacted by decades of punitive drug enforcement.”
The Goods THC is one of the first Social Equity applicants licensed by the Connecticut Social Equity Council. It has received full cultivation permitting from the state Department of Consumer Protection.
The company is led by Gloribel Diaz, a Hartford native and longtime advocate for justice and equity.
“This isn’t just a cannabis business, it’s a homegrown movement,” Diaz said. “We chose to build in Hartford because this is our community. We’re creating opportunities for local residents, launching premium products, and working with nationally recognized brands, all while staying true to the purpose of cannabis reform: justice and reinvestment.”
The Goods THC holds exclusive cultivation rights in Connecticut for two nationally recognized brands: “Cookies” and Mike Tyson’s Tyson 2.0. It also is negotiating with two additional nationally recognized brands, it said.
The company said it also has secured a strategic collaboration with Preferred Gardens, a California-based cannabis cultivator.
The Goods THC also is cultivating its own proprietary line — The Goods — featuring in-house strains explicitly tailored for the Connecticut market, it said.
The company said it has hired Alex Fernandez as head grower. Fernandez has decades of cultivation experience, having developed award-winning strains under the Connoisseur label in California, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Michigan.
The Goods THC said it is actively expanding its operations with the launch of a dedicated manufacturing wing for value-added products, including concentrates, edibles and infused pre-rolls.
The new facility will employ 20 to 30 Hartford-area residents, with a focus on hiring from Social Equity backgrounds through a formal workforce development program.
Most Recent
Most Recent
0 Comments