when colorado s voters passed amendment 64, a new industry was born in the state. recreational marijuana. the amendment allows each city or town s government to decide if it s open for business. denver said yes and hundreds of cannabis companies have sprouted up around the city. in less than a year, it surpassed amsterdam as the global capital of marijuana. colorado springs, the state s second largest city, said no. no recreational stores here. to buy pot, you have to travel out of town. this is also part of the new normal. my name is matt mormon. i m the president of high country healing. i ve grown up in colorado springs almost my whole life. went to high school here, all that other stuff. always loved colorado springs for what it is.
flight 8501 for more than three hours so far today. i it s been 24 hours since it disappeared. an official says 12 navy ships, five planes, helicopters and warships are undertaking the search. weather is good so far this monday morning local time there. people across the u.s. are praying for the passengers and their families. 155 passengers and seven crew members were on board. stay with us for the latest. for now, back to our regular programming. tuesday morning in denver, some guys go to starbucks for the house blend. this guy goes to starbuds for their signature strain. hi. how you doing today? good. you? doing good. how s your day going? all right. i need to restock. so i m usually into a good sativa, but i need some indica too. do you have a signature strain?
we re here at the canna-search job fair in denver, where is people interested in getting into the marijuana industry will come to talk to the people looking to hire people. i really want a job like growing. do you have any experience? we re opening up our new 20,000-square-foot grow facility so we re looking for growers, trimmers, also bud tenders because our new store in aurora is just object to open up. we ll probably need a new staff of 15 to 20 bud tenders just to staff that location. we ll probably be hiring above 20 people from this job fair. there s been so many people throwing resumes at us from all directions. this is for all our bud tenders. this is for growers right here. given that we re supposed to be opening our aurora store october 1st and it s now september 16th, we re in a huge
grew up on a farm and a ranch, and he s very intrigued about the aspect of how you grow it and processing it and what happens with that. see ya. have a good night. legal marijuana is thriving in denver. with hundreds of businesses, thousands of employees, and millions in revenues. euflora has been a hit downtown and has just gotten licenses to own two new stores in nearby aurora. to supply all three stores with enough pot, jamie needs to get her new greenhouse approved, and that s been challenging. tonight she and her partner, pepe, have been invited to a cannabis speak easy. you could call this market research. here s the thing about a pot club. depending on your point of view, you ve either died and gone to heaven or descended into the seventh level of hell. pot clubs feature free joints,
me, you, and jen martin. that is amazing. you are the man, my friend. i ll even be in a nice dress shirt and everything. hey, nick. i got another meeting with the other city councilmember. jan? yep. monday at 11:30. i presented the city council with a business plan and everything. i said, this is what i m willing to do for this place. it s gone nowhere. i m getting to the point where i m basically saying, maybe i do want to move to denver and maybe i do want to change up everything i m doing and kind of move on to a new chapter in my life. i ve been in colorado springs for a long time. i love colorado springs. am i married to it? the answer is no. do you have any information about what s going on with colorado springs right now? we might have to be the leaders to get a petition out there, huh? new santa