Gold Coast residents first spoke out against the dispensary in early March at a community meeting held on the same night another cannabis company, Cresco Labs, held a meeting for a separate Gold Coast dispensary.Ĭresco Labs later dropped its bid for a dispensary at 29 W. is OK but purchasing cannabis at retail and enjoying it in the privacy of your own home is not.” “They’ve been taught for the last 50 to 70 years that, you know, drinking at a bar until 4 a.m. “There are people that are still trying to get their arms around the fact that cannabis is legal in Illinois, and I understand that,” he said. Unruh said he understands the opposition to cannabis, but the company is not abandoning its desired location. It’s very obvious when someone is drunk or if they’re over-served in a restaurant.” “The difference is that the restaurants can regulate it …. “Who’s gonna know if you eat edibles, if you’re high or not,” Newberger said. Newberger said the difference between the weed shop and the bars is alcohol is consumed on premise where the server “can stop you from buying anymore alcohol,” whereas someone who purchases cannabis at a dispensary leaves with the product to hypothetically consume the product anywhere, like Newberger’s stoop. Neighborhood bar and restaurant owners that have made the area a destination for dining and nightlife, including John Colletti of popular Gibson’s Bar and Steakhouse, have joined the effort to oppose the pot shop. “We have streets where people live, and that’s not where the people that live here want these people, or any people, to congregate.” We don’t have any of that here,” Newberger said. You have places where people can park and congregate. ![]() “You don’t have kids walking to school there. In other areas of the city, like Andersonville, dispensaries are expanding their footprint with the support of local retailers, but that model won’t work in his neighborhood, Newberger said. Newberger said the Gold Coast is primarily a residential neighborhood, but it’s unique because “it’s a place where family and restaurants coexist.” Credit: Justin Laurence/ Block Club Chicago “It’s that foot traffic that will drive a recovery of these retailers and these taverns and these restaurants.” PharmaCann wants to open a dispensary at 12-14 W. “Foot traffic is good for retail neighborhoods,” Unruh said. Jeremey Unruh, senior vice president for public affairs at Pharmacann, said what the opposition group labels as “congestion” will actually benefit the neighborhood in a “post-civil unrest and post-COVID-19 environment.” “The sheer number of people will be too much for this address, this street and this neighborhood to handle,” group spokesman Matthew Newberger said. 10 to update neighbors on the plan was not enough to persuade a coalition formed against the dispensary - called Stop Pot at 12-14 W Maple - to drop their opposition. Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park Open dropdown menuīut a virtual meeting PharmaCann held Aug.South Chicago, East Side Open dropdown menu. ![]() Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards Open dropdown menu.Lincoln Square, North Center, Irving Park Open dropdown menu.Lakeview, Wrigleyville, Northalsted Open dropdown menu.Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Norwood Park Open dropdown menu.Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham Open dropdown menu. ![]()
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