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Who is on the leadership team and what sorts of backgrounds do they bring to the table? We’re excited to be laser-focused on the Michigan market and expanding our footprint in our home state. We’ve opened 15 retail stores and aim to have 40 by the end of this year. Our goal, since day one, is to have the Lume name synonymous with Michigan cannabis.įast forward to 2021, and we have built out a personnel team that brings CPG experience from New Balance and design training from Parsons School of Design. We’re aiming to present cannabis in a new light, out of the shadows of the past and accessible to all. Lume’s model is based on convenience and quality - constantly growing the number of retail locations to ensure accessibility, building out the store design of each location to ensure an enjoyable shopping experience and providing locally grown, high quality cannabis products that appeal to everyone. Our founder and CEO, Dave Morrow, previously founded Warrior Sports and wanted to create a similar experience-minded approach to cannabis. Lume Cannabis Company was only founded in 2019, believe it or not! We currently have 15 retail stores in operation, including locations in Owosso, Lowell and Jackson.īriefly walk us through the story of how (and why) your company got started. How long has your company been in business? And stay tuned for our 420 print edition, which publishes on April 14. Check back for a new post every day this week.

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“Our goal is to ensure every customer has an amazing experience every time they come in.This Q&A is part of a daily series highlighting the many medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries across Greater Lansing. “We take pride in providing a retail experience that makes it easy for anyone who enters our store, no matter their experience with cannabis, to find the best product to meet their needs,” Hellyar said. This will make Lume Cannabis Company the leading single-state cannabis operator in the United States. Lume's Evart cultivation, which is currently 50,000 square feet, will be expanded to 150,000 square feet by the end of 2020 and 450,000 square feet by the end of 2024. Lume operates Lit Provisioning Centers in Evart and Lume Kalamazoo and is preparing to open additional stores in Adrian, Petoskey, Negaunee, Walled Lake and Mackinaw City by April 2020. Lume Cannabis Company is a privately held vertically integrated cannabis company with deep Michigan roots, committed to producing high-quality cannabis products for medical patients and recreational consumers to enjoy. I am looking forward to seeing this industry flourish.' The staff are very knowledgeable and were able to help me find what I was looking for. 'It's the first time I've been to a retail location,' Cheyenne said. One of Lume's first recreational marijuana customers, Cheyenne Roof, spent time talking with Lume staff while looking for what products were right for her. 'I think there is real opportunity here.' 'We're happy to be able to have these guys finally getting the business open,' said Barnard. The Honor location is Lume’s second store to offer adult-use sales the other, Lit Provisioning Centers in Evart, launched recreational sales in early December 2019.

Hellyar said Lume is Michigan based, and the companies objective is to serve the entire state and Upper Peninsula. Now that we have opened up for adult use, we can give customers the same buying experience and safe access we have been able to give medical marijuana patients.'

'The community has embraced the opening of a safe, comfortable experience. 'We couldn't be more happier to open in Honor,' said Doug Hellyar, president and chief operating officer for Lume. Shoppers could also take advantage of a warming tent, where food and beverages were being served. There also was a ribbon cutting ceremony, where Lume staff and Benzonia Township Supervisor Jason Barnard officially opened the business for adult-use recreational sales, though lines had already been moving and customers purchasing products.

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