There is one week left to apply for the Department of Cannabis
Control‘s (DCC)
Local Retail Access Grant Program. Counties that currently do
not have a cannabis retail licensing program, but have plans to
develop one, are eligible to receive grant funding. This funding
is particularly important as last year the Governor signed in to
law
SB 1186, which requires all jurisdictions to allow delivery
of medicinal cannabis starting January 1, 2024.
The Retail Access Grant Program will make $20 million available
to local governments to be used for environmental reviews,
permitting expenses, and personnel costs. Funding will be
distributed in two phases with awards for the first phase being
announced by June 20, 2023. Applications are due by April
28, 2023. More information can be found in the
grant guidelines.
