#MOCA DISPENSARY RIVER NORTH FULL#

However, association president Michael Riordan testified during the hearing that MOCA had not done enough to alleviate their concerns after the company’s Logan Square dispensary was burglarized in January, a crime Riordan called a “startling turn of events for someone who is asking to be a partner with us.” Leaders of the residents’ association said they supported Cresco’s plan to open a dispensary at 436 N. over the objections lodged by Reilly and the River North Residents Association racheted up the simmering battle between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and members of City Council over how new pot shops are approved. The five-member board’s approval of MOCA's application to open its dispensary at 216 W. PharmaCanna and Greenhouse Group withdrew their applications to open in the area prior to the hearing. MOCA is racing Cresco Labs for the right to set up shop in a small section of River North that had been coveted by four firms. Whichever company receives final approval first will be able to open and block all others from opening within 1,500 feet.īecause none of the proposed dispensaries required a zoning change, they were able to bypass the City Council and head straight to the zoning board for the permit. The five companies must now build out their dispensaries ahead of a final state inspection. Weed St.- with conditions tied to three of the approvals. North Ave., Nature’s Care Company at 810 W. The board also approved permits for dispensaries proposed by Cresco Labs at 436 N. However, because state law prevents pot shops from opening within 1,500 feet of one another, only three of the locations that received approval will be allowed to open. MOCA Modern Cannabis was one of five cannabis companies that emerged from a 12-hour hearing of the board with a special-use permit to open a recreational dispensary, clearing a key regulatory hurdle. Brendan Reilly (42) excoriated the mayoral-appointed Zoning Board of Appeals as “a joke” on Friday after its members green-lit a proposal for a River North cannabis dispensary over his objections and those of a neighborhood group. Republicans pick Milwaukee to host 2024 national convention īetter Government Association | Block Club Chicago | Bloomington Pantagraph| Chicago Daily Law Bulletin | Capitol Fax | Capitol News Illinois | Chicago Defender | Chicago Magazine | Chicago Reader | Chicago Reporter | Chicago Sun-Times | Chicago Tribune | Crain’s Chicago Business | Daily Herald | Decatur Herald & Review | Hyde Park Herald | Illinois Newsroom | Illinois Times | Injustice Watch | New City | News-Gazette | NPR Illinois | Northwest Herald | ProPublica Illinois | Peoria Journal-Star | Quad City Times | Rockford Register-Star | The Center Square | The Southern Illinoisan | State Journal-Register | South Side Weekly | WBEZ | WTTWĬresco senior counsel Jim Boland reviews the company's plan for a dispensary at 436 N Clark St. Why these activists want to turn jails into polling places New report shows Illinois is ranked third for outbound migration

#MOCA DISPENSARY RIVER NORTH FULL#

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