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VOLUME 157 | ISSUE 17
It’s any-bunny’s game
Four retail marijuana shops opening in Golden City determining how to spend future excise tax revenues BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Patty McConnell holds up Beckett, 1, to meet the Easter Bunny during Saturday morning’s easter egg event at Maple Grove Park. Photos by Sara Hertwig
Local park district’s Easter egg hunt a hopping good time BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Saturday before Easter always comes with great egg-pectations, and April 8 was no different as thousands of families across the Golden and Lakewood areas attended local Easter egg hunts. The Applewood area’s Maple Grove Park was packed with 400-500 attendees, as families counted down the seconds until 10 a.m. on the dot. SEE BUNNY GAME, P2
A line of girls call out how many golden eggs they see as they wait for the Easter egg hunt to begin at Maple Grove Park.
When opening Golden to retail marijuana last summer, officials decided to limit it to four licensees in city limits. Now, all four licenses are in the final stages of approval. The city’s first retail dispensary opened this week, and the other three plan to open by summer. If so, Golden’s estimating $250,000 in marijuana excise tax revenues for 2023. At a recent City Council meeting, city staff said the four licensees are: Golden Alternative Medicine, also known as Verts Neighborhood Dispensary, at 511 Orchard St.; Outcrop Dispensary at 18475 West Colfax Ave.; IgadI Dispensary at 791 Pine Ridge Road; and The Fireplace at 17120 W. Colfax Ave. In November 2021, city voters gave a green light to the limited retail sales of marijuana to adults (2A), as well as a 6% excise tax (2B) on its commercial sale. SEE OPENING, P4
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