Desmond Morris owns Pride Auto Detailing in east Central Springfield but he's trying to expand his business portfolio with a much different product: cannabis.
Morris and seven other partners are among the 97 medical marijuana applicants in the Springfield area and have already gotten the city's approval for a location even though the $60,000 they've already invested into the endeavor may all be for naught should they not receive state approval.
Morris' business would consist of a 12,000 sq. foot cultivation, manufacturing, and dispensary facility located on Enterprise Avenue where there's currently a Bob's Automotive Care business.
"We wanted to have control from the moment that the product is grown to the moment that it's dispensed," Morris said."That gives us the flexibility to develop products in-house that would be able to treat patients appropriately and have that control from the entire supply chain."
It's definitely a unique industry that's a new frontier with plenty of rules still to be set by state regulators.
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