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Acquisitions
- Cannabis & Tech Today – Last Week in Weed: September 9-16,2025
- CT Insider – Budr Cannabis reopens 3 former The Botanist stores in CT, plans cultivation in state
- Hartford Business Journal – Three cannabis stores re-open under Budr brand as The Botanist exits CT
- Cannabis Equipment News – Budr Officially Reopens Rebranded Botanist Dispensaries in Connecticut
- Dabbin’ Dad – Budr Cannabis Acquires and Reopens Three Former The Botanist Locations in Connecticut with Plans for a Cultivation Facility
- Ridgefield Press – Budr Cannabis reopens 3 former The Botanist stores in CT, plans cultivation in state
- The Norwalk Hour – Budr Cannabis reopens 3 former The Botanist stores in CT, plans cultivation in state
- MSN – Budr Cannabis reopens 3 former The Botanist stores in CT
- The Register Citizen – Budr Cannabis reopens 3 former The Botanist stores in CT, plans cultivation in state
- Greenwich Time – Budr Cannabis reopens 3 former The Botanist stores in CT, plans cultivation in state
- Cannabis Business Times – Budr Cannabis Acquires 3 The Botanist Dispensaries in Connecticut
- Patch – Cannabis Industry In Connecticut: It’s Thriving With Recent Acquisitions And Expansion
- Benzinga -Backed By Poseidon, Cannabis Retailer Budr Adds 3 More Stores To Its Connecticut Portfolio
- Hartford Business Journal – With hedge fund backing, CT cannabis company acquires three in-state dispensaries
- Patch – Biz Growing At Danbury Cannabis Shop, Now Under New Management
- Register Citizen – Budr grows CT cannabis market with takeover of Botanist dispensaries in Danbury, Vernon, Montville
- Cannabis Equipment News – Budr Cannabis Buys 3 Connecticut Dispensaries from the Botanist
- MJBizDaily – Budr acquires 3 Connecticut marijuana stores from The Botanist
- 420 Intel – Budr Expands CT Cannabis with Botanist Takeover
Community Engagement & Delivery
- Hartford Symphony Orchestra – Budr Cannabis is an industry leader and social equity owner, has a commitment to community, and is exactly the partner that every organization wishes to have.
- MJBizDaily – Budr Cannabis recently launched a new service at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, making it one of the first concert venues in the US to offer virtual marijuana ordering on-site.
- Cannabis Equipment News – Budr launches cannabis service at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
- Hartford Courant – CT cannabis business launches way to deliver its product to major concert venue. Here’s how.
- NBC CT – Cannabis companies will now deliver products to some shoreline concert venues
- WTNH – Mobile orders for cannabis products available at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
- CT Insider – Cannabis delivery now available at Westville Music Bowl in New Haven
- Eastern CT State University – After founding the Middletown-based home healthcare agency Change Inc., entrepreneur Derrick Gibbs ’08 is setting roots in Connecticut’s newest industry: recreational cannabis.
West Hartford
- NBC CT – Budr in West Hartford provides customer education about safe consumption
- CT Insider – West Hartford recreational cannabis store Budr poised for August opening
- CT Insider – West Hartford’s first recreational cannabis dispensary set to open July 31
- We-Ha – Budr Plans Grand Opening, Will Become West Hartford’s First Cannabis Retailer
- Hartford Courant – Budr Cannabis is opening in West Hartford; offering first 50 customers discount
- NBC CT – West Hartford’s first recreational cannabis retailer set to open
- Hartford Business Journal – Budr Cannabis opens as West Hartford’s first dispensary next week
- WTNH – West Hartford opens first adult-use cannabis store
Danbury
- NewsTimes – Budr, Danbury’s first all-recreational cannabis dispensary, to hold grand opening: 5 things to know
- New Haven Register – Budr, Danbury’s first all-recreational cannabis dispensary, to hold grand opening: 5 things to know
- Hartford Business Journal – Budr Cannabis Opens Second Dispensary
- NewsTimes – Celebratory mood at Danbury retail cannabis store’s grand opening aims to destigmatize demonized drug
Stratford
- CT Post – Stratford’s first cannabis dispensary opens in Oronoque Plaza near Shelton border
- CT Post – Budr Cannabis to open Stratford’s first marijuana dispensary near Shelton border
- The Hour – Budr Cannabis to open Stratford’s first marijuana dispensary
Tolland
- CT Insider – Retail cannabis dispensary to open in Tolland’s Fieldstone Commons
- Hartford Business Journal – Fortunato Construction Group condensed the Tolland, CT Budr Cannabis retail space project timeline from 10 weeks to 4