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US (MI): Battle Creek's cannabis industry is blossoming

John Kassa did his due diligence in scouting a location for his cannabis business in Battle Creek.

When looking at a map of available space for potential provisioning centers, he spotted an area on the city’s north side medical corridor along North Avenue, between a dialysis center and an Arby’s.

“We saw a little blip of green in this parking lot, and I was like, ‘Let’s go for that,’ ” he told the Battle Creek Enquirer. “The reason I love this location is there is not anybody around me. … Am I going to draw people off of I-94? Probably not. But I can supply the neighborhoods and I have the hospital and the college right there.”

Kassa manages Nature’s Finest, a medical and adult-use cannabis dispensary that officially opened June 8 following two years of development. It’s one of five dispensaries currently operating in the city limits, and among 12 in Calhoun County.

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