Alpena has since July 3 been open to accepting medical marijuana license applications, but, surprisingly to some, none have yet been submitted. The deadline is Aug. 16 for applications to be submitted for consideration.
The city’s medical marijuana ordinance passed earlier this year allows a pair of each of the four types of medical marijuana businesses: provisioning centers, growers, testing facilities, and transportation companies. No pot businesses are allowed downtown.
The 2018 voter-approved law allowing recreational marijuana in the state also allows local governments to set limits on marijuana businesses, including outright banning them within their borders. Governments who ban the businesses lose out on a share of tax revenue from the marijuana industry.
The lack of applications in Alpena is surprising, officials said, because city leaders reported during the crafting of the city’s ordinance great interest from people in and outside Alpena.
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