Marijuana shops are deemed essential in Kansas City during the coronavirus lockdown and a California marijuana retailer will soon be part of five medical marijuana dispensaries opening in the area.
The first “From The Earth” shop is getting ready to open at 62nd Street and Troost Avenue in August.
In addition to the Troost location, there also will be “From The Earth” shops on Independence Avenue, Southwest Boulevard, Raytown, Mo., and in Independence, Mo.
All five are expected to open by year end.
“We are pretty much on the economic dividing line of Kansas City right here,” said Nate Ruby, the president of Onyx 7. “A mile to the west, I think the average income is about $175,000. One mile to the east it’s around $30,000. So I thought this would be a great centralized location to kind of bring together two communities through cannabis.”
According to Ruby, if social distancing continues through the summer, his dispensary on Troost Avenue will offer delivery service from the first day it opens.
The storefront also includes a drive through window for pickup of medical marijuana products.
Ruby says Missouri currently has about 45,000 medical marijuana patients and is adding about 1,000 new registrations a week.
