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Detroit panel advances temporary cannabis retail event after safety review, with restrictions noted
Summary
A petition to hold a temporary cannabis sales event organized by Green Square Holdings and retailer JARS advanced to formal session after city staff described review steps and public-safety conditions; council members pressed organizers on consumption plans, security and parking.
Detroit City Council members moved a petition for a temporary cannabis sales event organized by Green Square Holdings, with JARS Cannabis as the retail licensee, to formal session with a recommendation for approval after city staff and the petitioner described safety, permitting and operational safeguards.
The event organizer told the committee the pop-up would operate from May 23–27 with fenced lots, ID checks requiring attendees to be 21 and over, front- and rear-site security, limited on-site vendors (non-cannabis), and transportation plans to bring product in the morning and remove it in the evening. “We are not having any consumption at all,” Nicole Milton (petitioner) said. “No consumption. Period.”
City special-events and licensing staff explained the approval path. Yakeem Fife, manager of special events in the mayor’s office, said the…
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