Marijuana is now available for sale in the city of Kalamazoo to anyone 21 or older.
Lume Cannabis Co. began selling cannabis products for adult-use customers beginning Saturday, June 6, at its Kalamazoo store at 3406 Stadium Drive. The store is the first to offer recreational marijuana sales in the city, according to Lume.
The store opened to the public at 50% capacity and customers are required to wear a mask or other face covering to enter the store due to restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lume said in a news release.
Kalamazoo Store Manager Nathaniel Adkins said the company, with eight stores in Michigan, strives for uniformity of its product offerings, so that the experience at every Lume store is the same.
“We’ve had a lot of awesome feedback and we’e met a lot of really good friends over these last two days,” he said on Monday, June 8, the third day of recreational sales in the city.
Lume continues to operate a medical marijuana business on site that opened in October 2019.
The company was doing about 70 tickets per day selling to medical patients, and sales increased to about 250 tickets per day once the company began offering recreational sales, Adkins said. People from Texas, Virginia and other states have stopped in, in addition to more local visitors, he said.
“We are thrilled to expand our Kalamazoo retail operation to offer our high-quality cannabis products for adult use,” said Doug Hellyar, president and COO of Lume. “We have been preparing for this day for months and look forward to introducing our wide variety of Lume flower and our new effects-based Lume Cartridges to the recreational cannabis community in Kalamazoo and surrounding communities.”
Lume can now allow customers wearing masks or other face coverings inside the Kalamazoo store for in-store retail sales, Lume said, which is in line with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-110, which eased restrictions on retailers, restaurants and other businesses beginning in June.
Customers are still encouraged to place online orders for curbside pick-up and delivery to protect the health and safety of its staff and customers, the company said.
“Our goal is to be the state’s top cannabis operator and that begins with providing our high-quality products and a customer experience our competitors can’t match,” Hellyar said in a prepared statement. “We take great pride in educating our customers on all things cannabis and making it as convenient as possible to access the best products to meet their needs.”
Lume is a privately held vertically integrated cannabis company with Michigan roots, according to the company, committed to producing high-quality cannabis products for medical patients and recreational consumers to enjoy.
Lume operates stores in Michigan in Adrian, Big Rapids, Evart, Honor, Kalamazoo, Negaunee, Owosso and Walled Lake. Lume plans to have 20 stores by the end of 2020, and 100 stores across the state by the end of 2024, the company said.
The Kalamazoo location will be the company’s eighth store to offer adult-use sales.
The Evart cultivation location, currently 50,000 square feet, will be expanded to 150,000 square feet by the end of 2020, and to 450,000 square feet by the end of 2024. The company said the move would make Lume the leading single-state cannabis operator in the United States.
The city of Kalamazoo approved rules and zoning regulations for recreational marijuana businesses in May, allowing businesses to apply to operate by obtaining a local license through the city.
Lume is the only business currently licensed by the state to operate in the city, according to state records.
Others are working toward opening in the adult use market now.
The Refinery, a medical marijuana provisioning center operating at 3650 Alvan Road in Kalamazoo, applied for its local license to operate an adult-use retailer as soon as the city approved ordinances to allow cannabis businesses, Co-Owner Thomas P. Farrell said. Farrell runs the cannabis business with his father, Thomas M. Farrell. The company is now waiting for its state license for adult use sales to be approved, and for final approval from the city to open.
“We’re just relieved as hell that the ordinance finally went through,” Thomas M. Farrell said.
Jevin Weyenberg of Lake Effect medical cannabis dispensary at 8314 Portage Road in Portage, said the business is seeking adult use licenses for grow and processor operations in the city of Kalamazoo.
“I look forward to seeing a robust cannabis industry in the city of Kalamazoo that is going to provide hundreds of jobs and opportunities for the community in the near future,” Weyenberg said.
Lake Effect is also planning to apply for an adult use license for a retail shop in the city of Portage with plans to sell to the adult use market in addition to medical. The adult use shop would be located at the same site as the medical provisioning center, he said.
The city of Kalamazoo approved ordinances in May to allow recreational cannabis businesses. The city approved cannabis businesses, though it took several months longer than some other nearby communities to do so.
Officials said part of the delay was due to the city working out the details of its social equity policy before approving the ordinances in May. The policy aims to help people harmed by the war on drugs to enter the newly legal industry.
Lume sued the city of Kalamazoo over the delay in allowing adult-use cannabis businesses.
Lume Cannabis Co. began selling cannabis products for adult-use customers beginning Saturday, June 6, at its Kalamazoo store at 3406 Stadium Drive. The store is the first to offer recreational marijuana sales in the city, according to Lume.
The store opened to the public at 50% capacity and customers are required to wear a mask or other face covering to enter the store due to restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lume said in a news release.
Kalamazoo Store Manager Nathaniel Adkins said the company, with eight stores in Michigan, strives for uniformity of its product offerings, so that the experience at every Lume store is the same.
“We’ve had a lot of awesome feedback and we’e met a lot of really good friends over these last two days,” he said on Monday, June 8, the third day of recreational sales in the city.
Lume continues to operate a medical marijuana business on site that opened in October 2019.
The company was doing about 70 tickets per day selling to medical patients, and sales increased to about 250 tickets per day once the company began offering recreational sales, Adkins said. People from Texas, Virginia and other states have stopped in, in addition to more local visitors, he said.
“We are thrilled to expand our Kalamazoo retail operation to offer our high-quality cannabis products for adult use,” said Doug Hellyar, president and COO of Lume. “We have been preparing for this day for months and look forward to introducing our wide variety of Lume flower and our new effects-based Lume Cartridges to the recreational cannabis community in Kalamazoo and surrounding communities.”
Lume can now allow customers wearing masks or other face coverings inside the Kalamazoo store for in-store retail sales, Lume said, which is in line with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-110, which eased restrictions on retailers, restaurants and other businesses beginning in June.
Customers are still encouraged to place online orders for curbside pick-up and delivery to protect the health and safety of its staff and customers, the company said.
“Our goal is to be the state’s top cannabis operator and that begins with providing our high-quality products and a customer experience our competitors can’t match,” Hellyar said in a prepared statement. “We take great pride in educating our customers on all things cannabis and making it as convenient as possible to access the best products to meet their needs.”
Lume is a privately held vertically integrated cannabis company with Michigan roots, according to the company, committed to producing high-quality cannabis products for medical patients and recreational consumers to enjoy.
Lume operates stores in Michigan in Adrian, Big Rapids, Evart, Honor, Kalamazoo, Negaunee, Owosso and Walled Lake. Lume plans to have 20 stores by the end of 2020, and 100 stores across the state by the end of 2024, the company said.
The Kalamazoo location will be the company’s eighth store to offer adult-use sales.
The Evart cultivation location, currently 50,000 square feet, will be expanded to 150,000 square feet by the end of 2020, and to 450,000 square feet by the end of 2024. The company said the move would make Lume the leading single-state cannabis operator in the United States.
The city of Kalamazoo approved rules and zoning regulations for recreational marijuana businesses in May, allowing businesses to apply to operate by obtaining a local license through the city.
Lume is the only business currently licensed by the state to operate in the city, according to state records.
Others are working toward opening in the adult use market now.
The Refinery, a medical marijuana provisioning center operating at 3650 Alvan Road in Kalamazoo, applied for its local license to operate an adult-use retailer as soon as the city approved ordinances to allow cannabis businesses, Co-Owner Thomas P. Farrell said. Farrell runs the cannabis business with his father, Thomas M. Farrell. The company is now waiting for its state license for adult use sales to be approved, and for final approval from the city to open.
“We’re just relieved as hell that the ordinance finally went through,” Thomas M. Farrell said.
Jevin Weyenberg of Lake Effect medical cannabis dispensary at 8314 Portage Road in Portage, said the business is seeking adult use licenses for grow and processor operations in the city of Kalamazoo.
“I look forward to seeing a robust cannabis industry in the city of Kalamazoo that is going to provide hundreds of jobs and opportunities for the community in the near future,” Weyenberg said.
Lake Effect is also planning to apply for an adult use license for a retail shop in the city of Portage with plans to sell to the adult use market in addition to medical. The adult use shop would be located at the same site as the medical provisioning center, he said.
The city of Kalamazoo approved ordinances in May to allow recreational cannabis businesses. The city approved cannabis businesses, though it took several months longer than some other nearby communities to do so.
Officials said part of the delay was due to the city working out the details of its social equity policy before approving the ordinances in May. The policy aims to help people harmed by the war on drugs to enter the newly legal industry.
Lume sued the city of Kalamazoo over the delay in allowing adult-use cannabis businesses.
