St. Croix: two conditional dispensary licenses awarded
The Office of Cannabis Regulation published merit scores for two conditional Cannabis Dispensary Licenses on St. Croix on January 16, 2026, filling two of the island's seven statutory slots.
· Updated April 11, 2026
January 16, 2026. The Office of Cannabis Regulation published the merit-based scores for the first round of conditional Cannabis Dispensary License awards on St. Croix. Two applicants cleared the review under section 777-15 of the 2024 Cannabis Rules and Regulations, filling two of the seven dispensary slots the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act reserves for St. Croix under § 787 of title 19.
The awardees, in order of merit score:
- The Harmony Collective, LLC, a perfect 1000 of 1000 under the merit scoring rubric. Listing: The Harmony Collective.
- Caledonia Cannabis Company, 819. Listing: Caledonia Cannabis Company.
Five slots on the seven-license St. Croix cap remain unfilled after this round, the widest opening of any of the three islands.
Vertical integration on St. Croix
The Harmony Collective, which scored the only perfect 1,000 in the dispensary round, also holds a conditional Commercial Cultivation License from the October 16, 2025 cultivation round with a score of 980 out of 1,000. The operator is positioned to grow its own product and sell it through its own St. Croix storefront, an arrangement § 777(a)(4) of the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act permits only within a single island. Caledonia Cannabis Company, the other St. Croix dispensary awardee, does not appear on the cultivation roster and will need to source from the seven other cultivators operating on the island: Virgin Herb LLC, Virgin Cannabis Co., Alchemy Labs, Loud Bhang Farms, 340 High Grade LLC, Shoys Growers, and MDC Cultivation.
What “conditional” means here
Per the Office of Cannabis Regulation public notice: conditional approval “does not authorize the sale, distribution, or operation of a cannabis dispensary. No cannabis activity may commence unless and until all additional statutory, regulatory, and operational requirements are satisfied and a final Certificate to Operate is issued by the Office of Cannabis Regulation in accordance with law.” Both St. Croix awardees are still in build-out, inspection, and staffing. Neither is open.
The notice cites the statutory basis as “Act 8680, as amended by Act 8925.” The 1000-point scale is set in section 777-15 of the 2024 Rules, which means The Harmony Collective submitted the only application in the January round to score the maximum on any island.
Why St. Croix is scored on its own
Under § 777(a)(4) of the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act, cannabis products may not move between the islands. A conditional license in Christiansted authorizes nothing in Charlotte Amalie or Cruz Bay. The St. Croix market will stand up on its own supply, its own opening schedule, and its own price points, decoupled from the five St. Thomas awardees and the three St. John awardees from the same round.
What to watch
Each conditional holder must satisfy the remaining operational requirements before any retail sale can occur on St. Croix. With five of seven St. Croix slots still open, a second round of merit reviews remains available to applicants who missed the January window. The legality guide tracks territory-wide status; the operator guide covers the merit-review framework.