STURGIS —Meade County and the city of Sturgis closed taking applications this past week for medical cannabis dispensary licenses.
Sturgis city officials say they received 18 applications for six locations. Two of those submitted multiple applications to increase their odds of getting one of the two available dispensary licenses. A lottery will be held to determine who gets those two licenses in December.
County officials say they only received one application for their one available license.
Each of the city applicants had to pay a $7,500 application fee. The two applicants not chosen for a license will have their application fee refunded.
The Meade County Commission medical marijuana dispensary license fee is $125,000 and the lone license was submitted by Kittrick Jeffries of Puffy’s L.L.C.
Puffy’s L.L.C. also submitted several applications for one of the two city licenses.
