2 Pasco cannabis shops have found homes. West Richland could decide on retail stores soon
Retail cannabis sales in Pasco are moving closer to reality, with two of the three potential stores applying for their license location.
Green2Go was the first to request a license for their Pasco shop, which will be off Sandifur Parkway on the west end of town.
Owner Steve Lee told the Herald that once the current tenant moves to a new location they’ll be able to begin work on the new store.
“It’ll just be a little newer version of that same sort of feel, but it’ll be a distinctly similar experience,” said Lee, co-owner of the Green2Go in Finley, just outside the Kennewick city limits.
“It’ll be the same great products and most educated staff and the same great customer service and medical focus that our customers have come to expect over the years,” he said.
The new shop will be on the 5800 block of Road 90. They’ll be taking two suites out of a current strip mall.
Lee said the new location will be larger than their Finley store. He expects they’ll be able to start work within the next month.
He also noted that this location, with its easy access to Broadmoor and Interstate 182 also will be the closest retail cannabis shop to Richland.
The former Kennewick mayor pro tem said that as soon as they get close to an opening date, they’ll start advertising, so there’s no need for customers to go scope the new location out before the current tenant has a chance to move.
The second Pasco shop to apply for a retail cannabis sales permit is Lucky Leaf. Owner David Morgan submitted his application this week.
He wants the store to be on the 3500 block of Road 68 near the Maverik travel center, just south of the I-182 interchange, according to the Washington Liquor Control Board application.
Morgan also owns a cannabis shop in Spokane with the same name. He could not be reached Friday morning about his plans.
The third prospective cannabis retailer in Pasco hasn’t yet applied with the state for a location. Eric Larson previously told the Herald he plans to open Biggie’s Pot Shop in a “central location.”
West Richland cannabis sales
West Richland is moving closer to a vote on whether to allow retail cannabis sales within the city. They currently don’t allow cannabis businesses, but the Nirvana store is located just outside the city limits.
Ken Weaver, owner of Yakima-based cannabis store Slow Burn, has submitted an environmental impact report to the state. The report is required for certain zoning changes within cities.
Weaver estimated that West Richland’s city council could vote on the matter as soon as September or October.
He previously submitted a request for changes to light industrial areas, which are only around the Keene Road-West Van Giesen Street intersection.
This new request is for certain area zoned low density residential, commercial general, commercial light industrial and light industrial districts, which would expand possible locations to most non-residential areas of the city, as well as two large low-density residential areas.
Those areas would be the southeast corner of the city and a lightly developed area between just north of Paradise Way and Highway 224.
The council is set for a discussion about which areas would be appropriate at next week’s workshop.
This story was originally published August 4, 2023 at 11:54 AM.
