Jon Spadafora and Toby Ripsom say they’ve learned from mistakes made at their former weed wholesaler, which shuttered this summer.
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Green Dragon dispensaries, grow facility to remain open after cash infusion
The company had said last month that its Colorado operations would cease at the end of the year.
Green Dragon founders fired up to ‘get back to where we were’ with new joint
Their 2021 sale of the dispensary chain devolved into lawsuits and an impending closure. But Lisa Leder and Andy and Alex Levine have a new brand.
Green Dragon’s 17 Colorado dispensaries, grow facility to close, CEO says
The company recently got new ownership through foreclosure, an alternative to bankruptcy given weed’s illegal status federally.
CBD firm, former execs in heated dispute over $1.6M domain name Chill.com
“We intend to vigorously defend the baseless allegations,” their attorney responds.
CBD investors’ $750K was lost in Vegas and on designer watches, SEC says
Thirty-eight investors bought into an idea “to sell hand sanitizer and CBD coffee.”
Colorado’s cooling marijuana industry leaves many smaller industrial buildings vacant
Cannabis cultivation facilities usually consist of tiny, partitioned rooms. That has made it tough to attract new tenants or buyers.
Bankrupt eco-friendly CBD extractor will shut down
A music exec-turned-entrepreneur began Boulder Creek with his cousin in 2019.
Dispensary owners sue city over rejected bid to open in southwest Denver
The black businessmen say opposition in the heavily Hispanic Westwood neighborhood was motivated “at least in part by racial discrimination.”
Pot grower hit with ‘severe’ fine for not reporting warehouse fire
A Super Farm employee ultimately called a tip line with concerns the company might still try to sell cannabis that had been “blackened like charcoal.”