Opening a cannabis dispensary as the height of a global pandemic waned wasn’t a traditional business move. But nothing about Major Bloom has ever been traditional. On August 9, 2021, we opened our doors and have kept them open ever since.
Now, nearly four years in, we’ve operated every single day. That’s over 1,400 straight days of selling weed. And this isn’t just about staying open. It’s about showing up for the community, for the culture, and for the people who’ve been left out of this industry for too long.
Setbacks Don’t Stop the Bloom
In 2023, two years after we opened, we were hit hard. A catastrophic attempted break-in shook our entire operation. The damage was physical — doors, windows, infrastructure — but the deeper impact was the sense of being targeted, again, for doing something legitimate, something rooted in healing.
We could’ve closed. We could’ve paused. Instead, we got up the next day and sold weed. Emergency construction didn’t stop us. Neither did COVID-era uncertainty. And neither did the noise from ex-partners, skeptical public officials, or community members who just didn’t want to see us win.
We’ve stayed open through all of it, not because it’s been easy, but because it’s been necessary.
More Than Just a Business
This isn’t your average retail story. This is a movement with roots. Before legalization, weed had its own rhythm — a regional, trusted distribution chain. From one hand to another, neighborhood to neighborhood, the plant was sacred. And the plug was local.
That’s still true here. We’re based in Worcester, the city where I was expelled for weed. The city where I was beaten by police. The city where I’m still fighting custody battles for my children. The same place where I founded a Black-owned, equity-certified dispensary that employs a staff that’s 95% from historically marginalized communities.
We’ve made this business work in a system that wasn’t designed for us. And we’ve done it with purpose.
A New Standard of Consistency
A New Standard of ConsistencyWe run 16-hour days, from 7:30 a.m. to nearly midnight. Doors open at 9 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. And those hours aren’t symbolic — they’re the grind. It’s the Malcolm Gladwell 10,000-hour rule in motion, with our twist. Practice makes mastery, sure, but it’s deliberate practice, like psychologist Anders Ericsson taught us, that changes the game.
We’ve logged the hours. But more importantly, we’ve delivered with intention—each interaction, each gram, each day.
Open Holidays, Open Hearts
While most businesses close for traditional holidays, we remain open. Thanksgiving. Christmas. Juneteenth. July 4th. Not out of defiance, but because we know how people really celebrate. Weed’s been part of family gatherings and cultural rituals long before legalization. We’re just continuing that truth, and we honor our team by paying them time and a half when they show up.
Our customers appreciate it. They tip well. They see us.
They Said No. We Said So What.
When we passed 1,000 consecutive days of operation, we reached out to the Guinness Book of World Records. We wanted to document what we’d done: a cannabis business, Black-owned, equity-first, never missing a day.
They said no. Because federal law still criminalizes cannabis, they wouldn’t honor the achievement.
So we looked local. If Guinness can’t recognize us, maybe Worcester can. We’ve created jobs, supported causes, held community events, and never shut our doors. If any business has earned the key to the city, it’s one that’s stayed rooted in service every single day.
Built by Us, For Us
Everyone at Major Bloom shares the same unshakable purpose. Our staff? Not just employees. They’re veterans, immigrants, legacy operators, creatives, and caretakers. Even the white folks on the team come from backgrounds that mirror our mission — disenfranchised, overlooked, but never counted out.
We aren’t here to perform diversity. We are the embodiment of it. We’re what equity should look like.
A Bloom That Keeps Growing
We opened during a pandemic. Survived a break-in. Weathered hate, resistance, and systemic bias. And through it all, we’ve kept building. With our cross joint production, Moon Rocks, solventless concentrates, and media platform, we’ve gone from a storefront to a full-blown cultural hub.
Every day, we’re reminded that this work isn’t for everyone. But it’s always been for us. For the ones who turned trauma into power. For the dealers who dreamed of storefronts. For the customers who show up and say, “You’re doing it right.”
Final Thoughts
As we approach year four, we’re not just aging, we’re evolving. Thank you to the people who doubted us. You taught us to grind harder. Thank you to the setbacks. You taught us resilience.
And to Worcester: We’re still here. Still selling weed. Still standing tall.
Still On Bloom.
