There’s a place in northern Michigan where officialdom unabashedly embraced the cannabis industry, and it has come with both pros and cons for employment across the community.
Kalkaska is a relatively small town along U.S. Highway 131, occupying only a few square miles at the center of its densely wooded namesake county. The village became a boom town during the region’s historic 19th century logging era but didn’t experience much of another economic jolt until the oil and gas industry came to town in the latter part of the last century.
The economy grew quiet again for the last couple of decades. Now it’s gone to pot.
Officials in the quiet community not only endorse but actively pursue the marijuana industry as the next economic boom. That has sparked a debate in the small town about employment — specifically what jobs get filled, which remain empty and the reasons why.
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