How to Get a Dispensary Built in Minnesota Minnesota’s cannabis industry is booming, and building a dispensary is your ticket to cashing in. As a leading cannabis designer in Minnesota, Grow America Builders knows the ins and outs of creating a compliant, customer-ready space. Here’s how to get your cannabis dispensary built in Minnesota—fast and right. 1. […]
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In June 2021, Connecticut became the 18th state to legalize recreational marijuana. The use of medical marijuana, and medical marijuana dispensaries, has been legal in the state since 2012, so the state does have some existing legal, physical, and personnel infrastructure around the industry. However, in order to accommodate and govern the recreational use of
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If you’re exploring how to apply for a dispensary license in Ohio, it’s important to understand the strict requirements for both applying for and receiving an Ohio dispensary license. Currently, Ohio law only allows for the retail of marijuana for medicinal purposes and strict guidelines govern who can apply for and receive licensure for various
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Grow America Builders is headquartered in Chicago, so we took a particular interest in how recreational cannabis would be implemented in our home state. There’s no need to rehash the ‘what you need to know’ about legal marijuana in Illinois; that’s been reported on ad nauseum. Instead, we’re going to take a step back and
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Phase two of the Midway Dispensary in Chicago, Illinois is complete, and the final completion phase is underway. Read phase one first if you missed it! Over the last couple of months, we installed the massive HVAC system, passed all city inspections, drywalled, built the vault, and polished the concrete floors. Over the next few
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We are excited to announce that our newest cannabis construction project is underway; The Midway Dispensary in Chicago, Illinois. Upon completion, Midway will be a 4,800 square foot dual use dispensary, serving both medicinal and recreational customers. We’ll be blogging our progress as we move from phase to phase until completion. Keep checking back for
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NY Cannabis Status: Legal In March 2021 Governor Cuomo signed the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act, which legalized cannabis in New York. Prior to that, New York had a medical marijuana program since 2014 but cannabis was still prohibited recreationally. The newly formed governing body for the New York cannabis program is The Office of
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NM Cannabis Status: Legal With the passage of HB2 in the 2021 special session, the enactment of the Cannabis Regulation Act (CRA) is effective June 29, 2021. Retail sales will not go into effect until 2022. Medical use has been allowed since 2007. In fact, in 1978 New Mexico was the first state to enact
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South Dakota Cannabis Legal Status: Medical Sales are Legal Currently only medical marijuana is legal in the state of South Dakota. Though, in a first for the nation, South Dakota voters supported legalizing both medicinal and adult-use cannabis during the November 2020 elections, in November 2021 the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled against adult-use cannabis
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Mississippi Cannabis Legal Status: Medical Sales are Legal Based on voting during the November 2020 elections, Mississippi has until July 1, 2021 to develop regulations for its medicinal marijuana program. The state’s medical marijuana program is estimated to bring in just under $11 million in annual revenue.
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