Steamboat Springs -- The town of Oak Creek is taking a closer look at the odor from a medical marijuana processing facility after a resident and former Planning Com -mission member complained that the filters on the plant were not working. Skyler Hartman and Joe Mc - -Intyre III took over Chan Zwanzig's building at 240 S. Arthur St. after the Oak Creek Town Board approved the business in July. Since that time, there haven't been any complaints until a recent Oak Creek Town Board meeting, Mayor Nikki Knoebel said. [continues 339 words]
Steamboat Springs -- The Town of Yampa will take the issue of medical marijuana to voters, possibly as soon as January. Yampa Town Board members made the decision during their meeting Wednesday night. It follows a Sept. 1 moratorium passed by the board that prevents any medical marijuana-related businesses from opening until July 1, 2011. Town Clerk Janet Ray said Thurs - -day that Town Board members still want to check on law enforcement issues and potential liability for the town before the election is official. [continues 168 words]
Dispensaries, Cultivation And Manufacture Centers Barred Hayden -- The prohibition of the medical marijuana industry in Hayden passed without a comment Thursday evening. No members from the public spoke, and no members of the board added to the ongoing conversation about the prohibition of medical marijuana industry in the town during a Town Council meeting. Hayden is the first municipality in the region to place an outright ban on the medical marijuana industry, even as other areas of Routt County are limiting the number or location of businesses. [continues 479 words]
Medical Marijuana Business Will Take Over Building On Arthur Street Oak Creek -- Two medical marijuana growers from Summit County won the blessing from the Oak Creek Town Board to open a growing operation and commercial kitchen but were denied a dispensary. Skyler Hartman and Joe McIntyre III requested a land-use change of minor impact that would allow them to open a retail operation, kitchen and growing operation at 240 Arthur St. in a building that used to hold a granite business. [continues 565 words]
BUsiness Plans to Create Foods With Pot Added Steamboat Springs -- Jacob Wise expects to have a medical marijuana kitchen open within a few months after the Oak Creek Town Board gave the final OK on Thursday night. Wise, who owns a medical marijuana dispensary in Oak Creek, wants to create a medical marijuana kitchen on Nancy Crawford Boulevard as he switches the focus of his business from smokable marijuana to tinctures -- liquids with the active ingredients of marijuana. Wise will have to pay about $3,000 in fees as he opens the wholesale business, including a special fee of $750 for medical marijuana businesses. [continues 223 words]
Steamboat Springs -- Oak Creek medical marijuana dispensary owner Jacob Wise plans to ask the Town Board tonight to allow him to open a kitchen where he can prepare marijuana-based foods. Wise will speak to the Oak Creek Town Board at a meeting at 7 p.m. today in Oak Creek Town Hall. The Oak Creek Planning Com-mission a--p---p-roved Wise's proposal at its last meeting, and now it's up to the Town Board to determine whether the wholesale business can open in Oak Creek. [continues 296 words]
Commissioners' Vote Was Unanimous Steamboat Springs -- No members of the public showed up to speak Tuesday afternoon as the Routt County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a moratorium on medical marijuana facilities in rural parts of the county. The moratorium means the county won't accept any more applications for permits or licenses to open a business "that cultivates, processes or dispenses medical marijuana." Commissioners waited an extra five minutes to start the meeting to allow any potential speakers to get through traffic. [continues 485 words]
Aloha Mobile Caregivers Settles Into New Home In Unincorporated County Steamboat Springs -- After the Steamboat Springs City Council limited the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in city limits, one provider is opening up shop in Milner to avoid the restriction. Routt County officials, who oversee the area, say they have no plans to regulate the dispensary differently than any other business. Chris Ward, owner of Aloha Mobile Caregivers, submitted the paperwork to the Routt County Planning Department in February and completed it in late March to open Aloha's dispensary. Ward has been operating as a mobile caregiver since at least January, with patients across the state. [continues 596 words]
