A neighborhood in Denver is pushing back, and this could cost growers their license.
Activists in Elyria-Swansea are upset that commercial marijuana growing operations are too close to residential areas, they also site the smell emanating from them too as an issue. Their first target is a local dispensary called Starbuds, which grows marijuana on the second floor of their building. Their license was recently renewed, but that might change next time if these activists are able to push back.
More from Denver Post.
The final decision is up to Stacie Loucks, the executive director of the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses, who could issue her ruling in coming days.
Starbuds received its annual renewal last year with less resistance. But this year, residents and advocates came armed with a new aspirational neighborhood plan that the city has since adopted.
Drew Dutcher, Leo Branstetter, Nola Miguel of the Cross Community Coalition, and the stock show’s president and CEO, Paul Andrews, were among those who testified at an April hearing that Starbuds’ operation, though relatively small at 240 plants, frustrates the city-backed ambition to bring positive change to the area.
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