Muskegon has a second cannabis microbusiness, IndiGrow, owned by Karen and Steven Kekelik, who began creating the business in 2019.
The microbusiness officially opened Nov. 29 inside a renovated 1909 manufacturing building at 639 W. Clay Ave. in downtown Muskegon.
The first microbusiness was created by Muskegon-area natives Aric Keyser and James Dewald are the owners and 50/50 partners of MI Canna Connection.
Unlike the cannabis dispensaries in the area, the new licensed cannabis microbusinesses has the ability to grow, process and sell cannabis from their location; no outside products permitted.
Steven Kekelik touts the business as truly small-batch cannabis.
“It’s a different cannabis model, a closed loop if you will, where we have total control over the plant cultivation, harvesting, curing, processing and sales,” he said.The facility is home to several grow rooms for plants at different stages of maturity, a processing lab and a kitchen for making edibles.
“There are people that have never seen how cannabis grows, is harvested and processed,” Karen Kekelik said. “We’ve built a facility that allows tours, and we welcome people who want a peek behind the curtain.”