The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission signed off Thursday on provisional licenses for four businesses seeking to open retail operations.

The five-member commission also handed out provisional licenses to the following marijuana businesses: Green Biz, of Northampton; Healthy Pharms, of Georgetown; Rise Holdings, of Amherst; and Slang, of Pittsfield.

The commission also signed off on final licenses for two businesses, including the first recreational shop set to open in the Greater Boston area.

Amherst

Rise Holdings, located at 169 Meadow St. in North Amherst, seeks to expand its operations from medical only to include recreational sales as well.

To open, RISE needs a special permit from the town and a final license from the state Cannabis Control Commission.

The company was previously approved for medical and cultivation licenses. RISE operates a cultivation facility in Holyoke, which opened in April on Appleton Street, and is proposing to open a recreational pot dispensary in the city’s Arts and Innovation District.

In it’s application, Rise officials outlined plans to both give priority to applicants who come from areas and groups that have been overly affected by marijuana arrests and support those who faced criminal charges due to past laws, including hosting explainer events on sealing or sponging criminal records.

In Amherst, a college town where the average age is 22, the company will employ a significant amount of technology to ensure all customers are 21 or older.

RISE Amherst’s hours are Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Georgetown

Healthy Pharms’ plans to open a retail operation, indoor cultivation and product manufacturing received support from the commission Thursday. All three requests for provisional licenses were granted.

The company said in its application the recreational business can be open within two months, pending a final license.

Northampton

There may soon be more than one marijuana dispensary in Northampton.

Green Biz was approved for a provisional retail license in the city. In it’s application to the state, Green Biz officials said the recreational facility, to be located at 34 Bridge St., could be operational by July.

The company previously applied for, and was granted a provisional license in Pittsfield.

In both Western Massachusetts communities, the company was approved by local officials to operate.

Pittsfield

Slang LLC received the final provisional retail license granted Thursday. The company seeks to open a recreational facility in the Berkshire County city on Merrill Road.

There are 10 recreational marijuana shops approved to operate across Massachusetts. The first to open in 2018 were New England Treatment Access’ location in Northampton and Cultivate Holdings in Leicester. In months since, eight other locations were approved in Easthampton, Fall River, Great Barrington, Hudson, Pittsfield, Salem and Wareham. The 10th shop, Sanctuary Medicinals in Gardner, opened this week.