Legal weed finally comes to Fresno's Tower District as Dr. Greenthumb's dispensary opens
The grand opening included a party and a visit from Cypress Hill rapper B-Real.
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The grand opening included a party and a visit from Cypress Hill rapper B-Real.
Although the City of Fresno has allowed commercial cannabis dispensaries to operate since the end of 2018, it has been a slow grow. Demand is there. Hundreds lined up for the grand opening of Fresno’s
Fresno’s latest recreational cannabis dispensary is set to open Sunday, the fourth such shop to open in town since 2022. Kacey Auston, the local owner of the Cookies dispensary, announced on social media the shop
Signage is going up for another recreational cannabis dispensary in the City of Fresno — and one pot mogul is promising to interview potential workers himself. Renovation is underway for the Cookies cannabis dispensary at 5048
Listen to the story here. Along Fern Avenue in the Tower District, businesses are boarded up, some lined with graffiti. There’s trash piled in the doorways. But on this sunny Saturday afternoon, volunteers move brooms along the sidewalk and sweep the debris into boxes. There’s an upbeat feeling about their work. Tyler Mackey, executive director of the Tower District Marketing Committee sweeps a sidewalk on Fern Avenue on a volunteer clean up day. One of the cleaning crew is Kacey Auston. She grew up in the Tower and is now leasing the former Bank of America building on this stree...