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The city of Ventura saw its first marijuana dispensary open last month as Responsible and Compliant Retail Ventura LLC, known as Embarc Ventura, began selling bud on Main Street. In an abrupt turnaround from the city’s initial ban on all cannabis businesses following the drug’s statewide legalization in 2018, Ventura has approved six dispensary storefronts in the past year for its downtown district, double what the Ventura City Council first planned in 2021.

The work is part of a continuing effort to support a the newly created community garden in Boiling Springs.

Rev. Wade Wallace of Green Bethel Baptist Church felt led to start a community garden to build community relations.

The Foundation of Wayne Community College recently received its largest unrestricted donation of $1 million from supporters of the community college.