Medicinal Marijuana Grocery Store

Medicinal marijuana grocery store

Introduction

The first medical marijuana store of Topsham, Highbrow, will move to the old Ruby Tuesday in Topsham Fair Mall, less than 500 feet from his current home. Richelle Stacy, Commercial Manager of Highbrow, said the caregiver’s store will only occupy a part of the building. The kitchen will be used to make groceries as cookies and sweets, he said. Selectmen approved a medical marijuana retail sales license for Highbrow, as well as a manufacturing license to produce groceries. Highbrow will begin with three employees, but hopes to increase up to 10 employees, according to your application.

Developing

Highbrow opened its doors in 2017 in 49 Topsham Fair Mall Road. After Ruby Tuesday closed in March, the owner of the mall, John Larson, agreed to lease the building in 55 Topsham Fair Mall Road A Highbrow. The remaining space in the building will become the home of a Rock City cafeteria through an association with rock City Coffee, based in Rockland, said Stacy said. The cafeteria will simply be a normal cafeteria without products with marijuana infusion, he said. The groceries made will be for recreational and medical use, he said, and cannot be consumed in the place.

Charles Doherty from Highbrow said he hopes to reopen in the new location in April or May. A medical marijuana caregiver, Doherty said the new location will provide more space to work with medicinal marijuana patients, reducing waiting times.

The new edible production should also allow Highbrow to reinforce its beverage line, which is currently sold in more than two dozen stores.

Doherty said that Highbrow recently approval for a recreational marijuana store in Rockland that should open at the end of this month. His new recreational marijuana store in Bath should open fines in January or early February. Wait to hire 30 to 40 new employees for these two new locations, as well as in Topsham. Highbrow has experienced constant growth in his Topsham store, said Doherty.

Jennah Godo, a prevention specialist who works with the prevention of substance use in youngvisible and very busy. The old restaurant is much closer to Topsham Fair Mall Road, the main access road, than the original shopping center that currently houses Highbrow. God said that the investigation shows that decreasing the perception of damage while accessing access to any substance increases, the use of young people increases.

conclusion

What I ask is that they really consider the role we want to play as a city in the promotion and advertising of a privileged location next to the road in our popular Topsham Fair Mall area with two different medical businesses under the same roof, he said. Selector Ruth Lyons said she would prefer that the old Ruby Tuesday building continues to serve as a restaurant or retail space instead of a marijuana business. She was the only member of the Board of Selectors of five TopSham members who opposed the licenses on Thursday.