Colorado cannabis company puts down roots in Benton Harbor
Nobo Michigan plans to open a retail store in downtown Benton Harbor in May
Company spent about $8 million turning site of a former aluminum smelter into a grow facility
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Bill Stohler, co-founder and head of business development for Nobo Michigan, stands outside the grow facility, a former aluminum recycling operation building.
SPECIAL REPORT: BENTON HARBOR
This special report is about Benton Harbor, ravaged by an economic downturn in the 1980s but looking much different these days.
In this special report:
Nobo Michigan is a new Benton Harbor business turning brown into green brown as in brownfield, green as in the color of marijuana.
A large fish sculpture rotates above the sign for Lunkerâs, a former outdoor recreation store in Edwardsburg. Dr. Aâs Re-Leaf Center, a marijuana dispensary, plans to open in a portion of the building this month. Another dispensary â called NoBo â will also open a dispensary in the village in January.
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