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Healdsburg to Permit Cannabis Business
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Progress?
We asked Interim City Manager Mark Linder when he thought the RFP/second dispensary issue would be put on a future City Council Agenda. This is his reply: "Right now, April 3 is the date Council will be acting on an RFP for a second cannabis provider in Sonoma. It is...
“I know you’re close. You’ve just got to cross the river, that’s all…” – Ken Brown, Former Mayor of Sonoma
We don't know how many times, and in how many ways, we need to impress on the Sonoma City Council that it's time to issue the Request for Proposal for a second cannabis dispensary. But we'll continue to do so. We'll do it...
2nd Cannabis Dispensary and Sonoma City Council Priorities
The video of the City Council Priority Setting Session has finally been posted, 6 days late. Nevertheless, our comments can now be seen by the public, as well as the comments made by Vice Mayor Gurney and Council Member Farrar-Rivas that put our issue on the 5 month...
Time to move forward on second cannabis dispensary…
Our message was: it's time to start the second dispensary process in the city of Sonoma. The RFP was competed months ago and remains ready to be issued. Let's not only put it on the agenda, but also designate it as one of the goals for the first quarter. The city...
We continue to ask the city council to move the second dispensary forward.
The following is our latest email to the city council, the city manager, planning director and city attorney. This was also sent separately to the Publishers of the IT and Sonoma Valley Sun: Sonoma City CouncilNo. 1 The PlazaSonoma, CA 95476January 18, 2023Re: ...
Let’s put the second dispensary back on the Agenda
Every new dispensary in California helps the supply chain. The city of Sonoma currently has one retail outlet (Sparc), but a monopoly is not acceptable. The city's ordinance allows for two dispensaries. All the paperwork including the RFP have been largely concluded,...
23 to watch in 2023: Eli Melrod, CEO of Solful
Eli Melrod and Solful continue to outshine the competition at nearly every turn... Says Mike Benziger, founder of Glentucky Family Farm in Sonoma Valley: “Most dispensaries want to control the farming. They want to control the distribution. But Eli had a different...
Solful recognized for positive impact on community…
Congrats to Eli Melrod's Solful for being recognized by the North Bay Business Journal as one of seven companies making a positive difference in their communities. “Solful regularly collaborates with both North Bay and national philanthropic organizations to donate a...
SVCG Introduction to City Council Candidates
Hi All, Prior to the upcoming Meet the Candidates night at the Sonoma Community Center (Oct 10, 5:30-7 PM), we have sent an introduction letter to all 5 candidates. October 4, 2022 Hello (Candidate Name), This is Gil Latimer, founder of the Sonoma Valley...