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ST PAUL, Minn.- The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced on Monday, April 14, that it was beginning to coordinate with recreational marijuana business license applicants about their next steps now that it can move forward with the approval process.
Josh Collins, communications director at OCM, says that the businesses it is notifying right now are from uncapped categories including small time retailers (microbusinesses), wholesalers, testing labs and transportation businesses.
Before they can open their doors Collins says next steps will require them to pass state inspections related to the business’s specific category and the local zoning ordinances in their city or county.
He says in the next several weeks and months the office expects the businesses that will be best equipped to enter the market now that licensing is moving forward will be medical dispensaries that applied for a medical combination business license.
Those businesses already have the supply chain infrastructure to sell cannabis for medical purposes, which he says can give them a major head start when entering the new recreational market.
He says the office has also seen signs that plenty of microbusiness licensed retailers across the state are ready to go as well.
“We know some of our applicants are going to be taking their time, they’re still looking at retail locations and working with their local communities to find sites but there are some that ready to go. They’ve already been engaging with those local officials,” Collins siad.
As they navigate these final requirements Collins says his office expects the first of these businesses to open their doors by late spring or early summer.
But he says there are some businesses that may have to wait a bit longer, such as those with capped licenses including retailers with multiple locations, large chains (mezzo businesses) cultivators who want to grow the plant and manufacturers seeking to process them into new products.
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