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RE: Steemit Story Update: On Location at HomeGrown Hydroponics and Phytomedical, Where Cannabis Coaching Was in Full Swing
You sure described what you do, as a cannabis coach, really well, and the situation your industry is in right now. Where I live in Oregon, recreational legalization changed things in some unanticipated ways. In my town, there is no more space for other industries. It's all been rented out for indoor grows. Nobody was expecting that - certainly not the city development folks. There's a lot of excitement about the potential economic gain for a lot of folks. Letting people grow themselves or friends is a big balance to industrialization, though. Good luck with the evolution in Canada!
Thanks for taking a minute to share your cannabis legalization experience with all of us @haphazard-hstead. It's really important for us to pay attention to what has happened in other areas.
Right away, I think it would be prudent for us to be securing growing space that makes sense. Really give thought to land with a spring-water source and what will lend itself to efficient use of space and energy resources.
Thanks for the heads-up on what we can expect to happen in each of our cities going forward as legalization is introduced. :)
There can be so many unintended consequences from sweeping legislation. It's good to expect and advocate for adjustments, that's for sure. I should make clear that I was referring specifically to existing warehouse space in my earlier comment. I should have been more specific. We have some serious state rules that prohibit urban sprawl, so we won't see new industrial warehouses outside of town (and that's a good thing). We have lots of unused timber mills from our logging heydays. It will be interesting to see if the marijuana industry ends up rebuilding those sites. That would be a huge boon.
It would be a huge investment in existing infrastructure.
We have some rules and regs around growing practices already in place, in that growing operations can't be located within a certain distance of school zones, for example.
Oddly enough there doesn't seem to be "facility inspectors" to police those rules and regs yet.
Still a mostly wild frontier.
I guess that's what happens when we are living during times of change. As long as folks stay engaged and push politicians and agencies to be responsive, there's hope for a good outcome. Inspectors do seem like a key part of rules and regs, lol.