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Exhibit A — Community Benefit and Sustainable Business Practices <br />program's operational budget and establishing a system for tracking and reporting on its <br />performance. Our Liaison's contact information shall be made readily available both via the <br />Company's website and shall be on file with the City. <br />Interested Parties Quarterly Meeting & Advisory Board <br />Our Liaison will host quarterly open houses at our cannabis retail business to adults over the age <br />of 21 to engage the community, provide transparency about our operations, and receive continuous <br />feedback so we can better serve the local community. The open house event will give community <br />members an opportunity to discuss costs, benefits, and other community issues related to <br />commercial cannabis and our Company's cannabis retail business. These quarterly meetings will <br />allow the community to express any grievances they feel that may impact the cost of the nearby <br />community from a financial standpoint, while giving our Company the opportunity to discuss the <br />benefits our Company's cannabis retail business will bring, both from a monetary standpoint and <br />being a role model as a pillar of safety for the community. Our open houses will also be an open <br />forum to discuss any potential issues that the community feels could be an issue to the community <br />and how our Company can work to resolve these issues and improve upon anything that is <br />requested by the community. Members of the community, local business owners, law enforcement, <br />city officials, and other interested parties will be invited to attend the quarterly meetings. <br />In addition to the quarterly meetings, our Liaison will create an advisory board consisting of <br />reputable members of the local community and cannabis industry to advise our Company and <br />ensure that our Company has continued input from the community and leaders within the industry, <br />as well as expert lmowledge of the ever growing and evolving cannabis field. With the <br />establishment of the advisory board, our Company will use the quarterly meetings to discuss areas <br />of improvement within the community and ways we can help, whether it is in the form of monetary <br />donations or volunteer efforts from our employees. <br />Through this advisory board and meetings will be another way for us to work with local <br />organizations in hiring people for our location. <br />Engagement with Local Nonprofits and Community Organizations <br />In line with our "Weed for the People" motto and business model, engagement with local <br />nonprofits and community organizations is a critical component of our Company's Community <br />Benefits & Investments Plan. <br />Embedded at the core of Our Company's team is a mission of service, sustainability, and <br />community involvement. Our Company works with local charitable organizations in order to <br />address the community's needs. Through our statewide partnership with non profit Music <br />Changing Lives, Catalyst Cannabis Co is engaging our community throughout Southern California <br />in different programs including food and clothes distributions, toy drives, art murals, and virtual <br />music and art enrichment programs for underprivileged and at risk youth 5 years and older. <br />Moreover, we will continue to incentivize our employees to volunteer with preferred organizations <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />