GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The first application window for medical marijuana businesses in the city of Grand Rapids closes Friday afternoon.
The city will continue accepting applications beyond Friday, but the 4 p.m. deadline is for eager businesspeople who want the first shot at opening dispensaries, cultivation centers and other medical marijuana-related shops in the city.
"This is medical marijuana only," Landon Bartley, senior city planner, explained. "Recreational (marijuana) might happen down the road, but really right now we're just focusing on medical and that's all thatour ordinanceallows for."
He told 24 Hour News 8 that the planning department has received a handful of applications for potential medical marijuana businesses since the city started accepting them March 4. He expects as many as 100 submitted before the Friday deadline.
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