Euflora, on the 16th street mall, has been open since April 2nd, 2014 and in less than 7 months is hoping to expand to up to 3 new locations in Aurora, Colorado. The city of Aurora decided to open up licensing to recreational/retail only stores. The city has decided to allow 24 stores to open on October 1, 2014. They divided the city into 6 wards and each ward will have 4 stores in it.
After the August 1st deadline the city announced the total count of applicants for each ward. Read more
Aurora announced Thursday it has awarded licenses to 21 businesses as the city’s first recreational marijuana shops, which can open as soon as Oct. 1.
Each of the city’s six wards are allowed up to four recreational pot shops. There will be four shops each in Wards 1 to 5, and Ward 6 will start with one shop.
The city received 58 applications by the July 31 deadline, and the applications were reviewed on a point system.
The Green Solution, which has four stores in Denver already, will have four stores in Aurora.
Aurora has not had any medical or recreational marijuana sales.
Two recent deaths and increased emergency room visits in Colorado have highlighted concerns about the safety of legal marijuana edibles.
Dr. George Sam Wang of Children’s Hospital Colorado says part of the problem is that the effects of edible marijuana begin more slowly than smokeable pot, though they tend to last longer. Read more
The lunchtime crowds on Denver’s 16th Street Mall were usually heavy on Friday, as hundreds of Rockies fans strolled their way into the city’s Lower Downtown or “LoDo” district, for the major league season opener at Coors Field. Read more
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By Steve Raabe, The Denver Post
Retail marijuana may soon make its appearance on Denver’s 16th Street Mall.
Two medical-marijuana dispensary owners have applied for licenses to open recreational stores on downtown Denver’s premier commercial corridor. Read more
