TORONTO – One small-town mayor did more than voice his support for the town’s local marijuana industry. He showed up in person to be the first customer at the town’s local, government-run cannabis store.
“It’s a feeling of relief and excitement,” North Bonneville mayor Don Stevens told KGW News in Portland, Oregon about being the first pot-purchaser. “It’s taken a year-and-a-half… to get to this point.”
Stevens has been a vocal supporter of the plan to create a government-run marijuana store, known today as the “Cannabis Corner,” in the small Washington State town.
An admitted recreational marijuana user, Stevens says he supports the idea of the store for financial and economic reasons.
Money earned from the government-run store will not go directly into the municipal government’s coffers; however the city can apply for grants to use the proceeds from the store’s sales.
The county government and other local civic organizations can also apply to use the funds.
“We’ve already been talking about upgrading the city park for the kids,” said Stevens. “Our city park is pretty pathetic; we have two little swings where if you’re bigger than a toddler, you can’t even fit into them.”
Stevens says the product sold at the “Cannabis Corner” will be sourced from Vancouver, British Columbia as well as other locations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The store boasts of a friendly “budtender” who will help first-time buyers make the right selection – providing they show proper ID proving their of the legal age.
The store is planning a grand opening on April 20, or “4/20” on the calendar.
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