JULY 29, 2024
Weed sales to start soon What to expect from the adult-use rollout in Ohio By Jeremy Nobile
Guests can rent The Hall at St. James, along with its seven projectors that can cast images and video on the floor and walls. | THE HALL AT ST. JAMES
DOUBLE DUTY
At least some Ohio cannabis companies will begin selling nonmedical marijuana to the public in the coming weeks in what will mark a long-awaited milestone for supporters of last fall’s Issue 2 and progressive marijuana policy. While the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control has not guaranteed any particular date for adult-use sales to begin, regulators continue to make progress with issuing provisional dual-use licenses to companies. A dual-use license allows previously medical-only cannabis companies to operate in the nonmedical industry while official rules for the adult-use program continue to be developed. A provisional version of that license is effectively a placeholder until a certificate of operation (COO) is awarded. While no operators have received a COO so far through mid-July, legal, nonmedical marijuana sales are nonetheless around the corner. Here are several key things to know about the adult-use program as it enters the early stages of the rollout. See WEED on Page 17
Lakewood startup Walk Your Plans transforms into event center after hours When Lakewood’s Walk Your Plans shuts its doors after a long day, the home design startup undergoes a quick transformation, reopening in the evening — and on the weekends — as The Hall at James event space. Situated inside the auditorium of
the former St. James School in Lakewood, both businesses share 3,000 square feet of floor space that’s used by homebuyers, builders and designers and celebrating partygoers at night. And, the owners say, it’s all by design. When Walk Your Plans founder and President Joe Matejka and Managing
Partner Jackson Heller opened the business in the old gym on the second floor of the former school at 17514 Detroit Ave. in spring 2023, they had the idea of doing more with it — what Matejka describes as a “crawl, walk, run” concept. BLOOMBERG
By Alexandra Golden
See EVENT CENTER on Page 16
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