According to a 2021 Metro South Chamber feature, Jean-Baptiste founded Legal Greens in 2019 with Mark Bouquet and Mike Maloney. The article reported that the company had invested $1 million and hired and retained 15 employees by that year. A February 2019 Cannabis Control Commission record classified Legal Greens, LLC as a woman-owned and minority-owned business with Economic Empowerment Priority status. Together, the dated public record and local reporting place the founders’ community aims in a concrete frame: capital committed, jobs counted and a Brockton native among the people who started the business. The retailer’s own page continues that theme by describing employment opportunities and affordable products as parts of its mission.