Ronald Crosson II - Providence Business News

IN PROGRESS: Michelle A. Reddish, left, administrator at the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission, talks about the commission’s process of putting a licensing system in place for recreational marijuana sales. She is one of four panelists at the Providence Business News’ 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit in Providence on March 6. Also on the panel are, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and social equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Doubling down on social equity in R.I.’s cannabis industry

Entrepreneurship 03/14/2025

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MICHELLE A. REDDISH, left, administrator for the R.I. Cannabis Commission, speaks at Providence Business News' The Business of Cannabis Summit at the Providence Marriott on Thursday. Also on the panel is, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and social equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board. PBN Editor Michael Mello, standing, moderates. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Past missteps, current limbo still hampering legal cannabis sector

Economy 03/06/2025

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PBN’s 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit slated for March 6

Economic Activity 02/28/2025

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Government 08/30/2023

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