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Cresco Labs wins Illinois recommendation
for Cannabis Cultivation Center, but Rauner puts all applications “on
hold”
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[January 27, 2015]
The
office of Governor Bruce Rauner has released the list of Illinois
Department of Agriculture approved sites for marijuana dispensaries
as well as the list of approved cultivation companies.
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 The State of Illinois ruled that it would allow one cultivation
company per state police district. Lincoln and Logan County is
located in District 9. According to information released, Cresco
Labs is the only cultivation company to have been approved in
District 9 by the Department of Agriculture.
Cresco Labs is the firm that has talked with both city of Lincoln
and Logan County officials regarding placement of a cultivation site
on the north side of the city, near the Interstate 55 interchange.
Both Logan County and the city of Lincoln have adopted zoning
ordinances that would permit the center.
 The applications for the dispensaries and cultivation centers were
reviewed and approved by the IDOA under the Quinn Administration.
However, because Governor Quinn did not act on the recommendations
prior to his departure from office, the applications will now be
subject to review by the Rauner administration. A spokesman for
Rauner told a Chicago news source this week that the governor's
office will be conducting their own research on this matter. The
statement said that the new governor wishes to "conduct a thorough
legal review of the process used by the Quinn administration, and
refer its findings to the Attorney General's Office. The statement
concluded, "No license will be granted until this process is
thoroughly reviewed."
[Nila Smith] |
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