Getting from one difficult place to another is also highly representative of cannabis.”. View Job . Your browser will redirect to your requested content shortly. San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley), Operating Status of Organization e.g. Anyone who has not driven through that area north of downtown Sheffield in the last 10 years will be shocked at the difference. Not only do its co-founders both live in Berkshire County, but their growing and processing facilities, and their retail store, reside here as well. In a recent interview, Cohen said of the retail store on Route 7: “It’s representative of the Berkshires. Click here to see the licensing history of Berkshire Welco LLC, which is doing business as the Pass. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. Photo courtesy Berkshire Welco The orb on the logo contains the words “The Pass Berkshires” with a series of undulating lines designed to mimic the mountains of the region. Berkshire Welco is focuses on the cultivation, manufacturing, and retailing recreational marijuana. Cohen is an experienced entrepreneur, having started an online advertising company, iBalls Internet Media, in the 1990s, and is currently the principal of Catch Interact, a marketing and early-stage tech investing company. It’s big and open and clean, with a ceiling height like a big lofty barn. In a playful variation of the Berkshires farm-to-table culinary culture, the Pass calls its operation “farm-to-label.”. However, that assertion was rated half-true by Politifact. Accounting/purchasing Clerk. The Pass | 387 followers on LinkedIn | Farm to Label Premium Cannabis | Cannabis at the intersection of nature + culture. The name of the business itself is really a triple entendre. In its marketing and packaging — and inside the retail store — the Pass emphasizes soft pastel colors that set the tone for the experience. The facilities cannot open for business until final inspections are completed. Berkshire Welco is focuses on the cultivation, manufacturing, and retailing recreational marijuana. Who are Berkshire Welco competitors? The Pass has a 2,000-square-foot retail building, and behind it are two facilities: one for growing and another for processing. Centered amidst the mountains and farms of Berkshire County, The Pass is grounded by the area’s guiding principles of human and agricultural wellness. "Six Feet Apart: Zero Degrees of Separation", The Escher String Quartet plays Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Close Encounters With Music presents "The French Connection: Saint Saens, Debussy, Faure, Boulanger", Website by Web Publisher PRO © 2020 The Berkshire Edge, LLC. At the community outreach meeting in Sheffield in March 2018, Weld pointed to statistics that show that teen use of marijuana has actually decreased in Colorado, where adult recreational use was legalized in 2013 and sales began the following year. This process is automatic. It is so open and airy.”, The Pass will be branded and operated as “vertically integrated” rather than specialized, meaning the company will cultivate, process and sell its own product in addition to the products of several other select partners. Click here for information on the July 17 opening. That happened only recently. ... Notice was published at least seven days prior in the Berkshire Eagle. At the Pass, Cohen will focus on team-building and marketing while Weld, a former emergency-room physician’s assistant who himself lives on a farm in Sheffield, will concentrate on the cultivation and manufacturing process. Read our Terms of Use, The Pass, a 'farm-to-label' cannabis store and grow facility in Sheffield, will finally open next week. Would you also like to receive our weekly Real Estate newsletter? “The Pass stands for our being given a pass to consume, that this is now legal,” Cohen said. Berkshire Welco is focuses on the cultivation, manufacturing, and retailing recreational marijuana. The Pass has a large retail building, and behind it are two facilities: one for growing and another for processing. Berkshire Welco d/b/a The Pass, welcomes individuals of every race, color, orientation, age, gender, origin, veteran status, and those harmed from directly and… View Job . A new cannabis store slated to open next week in Sheffield has a somewhat different approach: a full-service cannabis business that celebrates the Berkshires from start to finish. Welcome to the Company Directory. Berkshires-themed attire is optional. Active, Closed, Last funding round type (e.g. It started with an idea and, later, a community outreach meeting in Sheffield Town Hall with an audience that was half friendly and half suspicious.