After long delays, new cannabis businesses are opening in Illinois with a vow to help others along the way
Daniel Pettigrew stands inside of the new Viola Chi dispensary in Broadview on Aug. 2, 2023.
“There’s this pie-in-the-sky notion that everybody’s gonna get rich,” Pettigrew said. “There will be a lot of wealth created, but it’s expensive and competitive and extremely challenging.” Using their experience and capital from other states, they raised about $5 million from a team of minority investors. Partnering with friend and military veteran Al Lomax to qualify for social equity status, the team opened their retail store Wednesday in Broadview, near VA Hines Health Care.
One of those Black-owned growers, Umi Farms, is scheduled to start growing cannabis this month at its 66,000-square-foot warehouse in Rolling Meadows, with hopes to open its first retail store in the old Salt and Pepper diner in Lincoln Park by the end of the year.
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