Feb 5, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Kent County’s first recreational pot shop is coming soon, but it won’t be in Grand Rapids. The first will be in the city of Lowell, a town that boasts about 4,000 residents. It’s been more than a year since the City Council decided to allow...
Feb 5, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
LANSING- A pair of licensed cannabis cultivators say the lack of testing labs in Michigan is impacting their ability to get cannabis products from back room to display shelf. Last week I was in Kalkaska and this week, Lansing, filming videos in advance of the launch...
Feb 4, 2020 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
LANSING – On a party-line 6-3 vote, the Michigan Senate Regulatory Reform Committee reported out a concurrent resolution to oppose labor peace agreements being a requirement a company must meet to be eligible for licensing under the Marijuana Regulatory Agency’s...
Feb 3, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
As of Feb. 3, there are 42 active adult-use licenses in the state. Here’s where: (Note: Just because the license is active, doesn’t mean they’re open and selling yet. Be sure to call ahead. ) Active adult-use marijuana licenses in Michigan: THE FLOWER BOWL –...
Feb 2, 2020 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
DETROIT – On January 31, Gage Cannabis Co. opened Cookies, a new flagship cannabis provisioning center in the heart of Detroit, with a mammoth blue street party on 8 Mile Road. Based in the Bay Area, Cookies’ Founder and CEO Berner is a prolific rapper and...
Jan 31, 2020 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
With the growing popularity of marijuana retail after its recent legalization, many cities across Michigan have updated their position on dispensaries, and the City of Utica is one of the most recent to make a change. The “Marihuana Business Ordinance” was unanimously...
