Two businesses, one in Grand Rapids and one in Cohasset, are planning cannabis grow operations less than 2 miles apart.
Both see Minnesota's emerging cannabis industry as an opportunity. For one, it's a great investment in an industry in which the investors have experience. For the other, it's a longtime dream becoming reality in the owners' local community.
HWY35 principal investor Jack Mitchell was drawn to Grand Rapids because of the Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation. Mitchell, a major player in Missouri's cannabis industry, was working on a small project in South Dakota when Minnesota legalized marijuana, a move he said was unexpected to most in the industry.
So, he and his partners shifted their focus and began looking for a big warehouse for cannabis cultivation in the state.
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