LANSING, Mich. — Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope has announced 20 provisioning centers have been conditionally approved after the City of Lansing has completed a review and repeal process for these centers.
Using criteria laid out by the city ordinance, applicants were judged on 24 different criteria using a 100-point scoring system. Emphasis was placed on applicants who would provide the largest economic benefit in terms of hobs and investment to the City of Lansing while minimizing negative impacts like odor, safety and traffic.
The applicants for the 20 selected sites have provided plans to invest $82.3 million in investment, hire 2,264 at their medical marijuana grow, processor and provisioning center facilities.
"Patient and neighborhood safety is the first concern. All of these operators will have to comply with strict state and local ordinance requirements in order to operate," Clerk Swope said. "The secondary benefits to the community will be quite dramatic over the coming months. All of these applicants have chosen to either rehabilitate existing buildings or build new facilities in our City, investing more than $82 million in improvements. They also made commitments to pay their workers a minimum of $15 per hour."
All of the applicants had to complete background checks and facilities must be approved by the fire department and building safety for code compliance on an annual basis.
Any conditionally approved applicant will still have to have approval from the state of Michigan and a valid certificate of occupancy before receiving a license to operate in the city. Licenses must be renewed annually.
To see a list of applicants who have "active" applications and received conditional approve from the City Clerk, visit lansingmi.gov/marijuana.
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