it s officially ours. if we don t get awarded a license in this, we still own a bank for $1.1 million for which we re still responsible for making payments. so this is a huge risk for us. we need to be open october 1st. before we worry about that, today is a day to celebrate. when you re moving so fast, celebrations are quickly displaced by complications. i just finished dinner and we were working on our business operation plan for the aurora applications and i get a call. it s the security alarm company they say there s somebody there. i m going check inside and see how much damage has been done. i immediately grabbed my phone and look at the cameras. i see firemen. this is it s big pipe with this itty bitty little hole. the fire department had to hit the wall so hard they hit the electrical outlet and there s no electricity in here. not something i expected to deal with as a dispensary owner is
i got another one. it was not selected. okay. i got one. and i got my second choice. the dentist office, for me, was everything. it was going to be the corporate headquarters. conference room, offices, big beautiful brick building. this was the future, but out of 24 licenses in aurora, i was one of the chosen. that is something to be really proud about. all right. starbuds does expand. we move to aurora now. congratulations! thanks! [ laughter ] congratulations! yeah! that s so awesome! yeah! that s exciting. well, big sigh of relief. we got the license and demo is going to start immediately and just cross our fingers and see if we can do it. i m really excited. i m excited to be apart of
what do you think? save the best for last. you think you can do this one when you got back or before so we can put in the permits. i might be able to do something on this. this is our best chance of being open october 1st. yeah. at least we have one good location. i know. i know. all we need is the license. so if we re awarded the license it will be a huge rush to get the demo done, the inventory in here, the staff trained and opened up by october 1st. game day. aurora presentations are on. medicine man is applying for the mexican restaurant location. starbuds lost out on the bank. but is applying for the dentist office and the strip mall. euflora is trying for three licenses, including the million-dollar bank in ward six. oh, shoot.
there s brian showing up. even though i don t have a license yet, i want to get a step ahead it. i called the architect and the designer because in two weeks if aurora sells so you your license. i want to hit the ground running and i want to be one of the first stores open in aurora. this is the new starbuds headquarters conference room, offices, all the traffic, huge signage. did you see the sign? it s pretty cool. keep the smile and put your name on it. [ laughter ] this is office number two. i would love to get rid of the white walls, too. we ll do cool modern wall papers. wall paper sounds funny no absolutely. i met renee the first time the other day. she s coming up with beautiful interior design work.
to take, like, about a week to write. here is a huge opportunity in aurora. there s a limited amount of applications there. we have to make sure we have our i s dotted and t s cross. if you put in an application and something s wrong and we don t get a location for something silly, it would be disappointing. everybody is trying to get into the industry. it s not uncommon anymore. yeah. it s an open market. and whoever gets in first right. now me and my general manager, pete, are going to drive around in aurora looking for a new location for the medicine man. havana and sixth? that s a good starting point. we have to have a location before we apply for a license. competition is tough. and the deadline for application is coming up fast. this where i used to work right after the army.