A company planning on opening the first medical marijuana dispensary in Bridgeport is not giving up on utilizing the city as a site for one of its planned 10 dispensaries statewide, according to an official with the company.
According to Community Engagement Manager for Firelands Scientific, the plans are to find a place within the city limits of Bridgeport. Right now, she said there is no timeline.
“We are absolutely still interested, and the goal is to definitely find a place,” said Marti. “Bridgeport is one of the cities we want to be in.”
Initially, it appeared that would be the case. A special City Council and Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) meeting was held Feb. 10 for the company, which appeared as Mountaineer ReLeaf on the agenda, to provide information as to their plans.
The plan was to use one of the company’s 10 retail licenses to open a dispensary in Bridgeport. After roughly a one-hour meeting, featuring no opposition, the next step was to get the matter approved by the BZA. The meeting on Feb. 1 included granting a special permitted used to Mountaineer ReLeaf.
A few days later, a revised agenda was sent for the BZA meeting. The revision was the removal of the request for Mountaineer ReLeaf, which as it turns out had nothing to do with them wanting to be removed.
“The property owner retracted their lease, which happens in the business world,” said…
A company planning on opening the first medical marijuana dispensary in Bridgeport is not giving up on utilizing the city as a site for one of its planned 10 dispensaries statewide, according to an official with the company.
According to Community Engagement Manager for Firelands Scientific, the plans are to find a place within the city limits of Bridgeport. Right now, she said there is no timeline.
“We are absolutely still interested, and the goal is to definitely find a place,” said Marti. “Bridgeport is one of the cities we want to be in.”
Initially, it appeared that would be the case. A special City Council and Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) meeting was held Feb. 10 for the company, which appeared as Mountaineer ReLeaf on the agenda, to provide information as to their plans.
The plan was to use one of the company’s 10 retail licenses to open a dispensary in Bridgeport. After roughly a one-hour meeting, featuring no opposition, the next step was to get the matter approved by the BZA. The meeting on Feb. 1 included granting a special permitted used to Mountaineer ReLeaf.
A few days later, a revised agenda was sent for the BZA meeting. The revision was the removal of the request for Mountaineer ReLeaf, which as it turns out had nothing to do with them wanting to be removed.
“The property owner retracted their lease, which happens in the business world,” said…
