Unofficial: List Of Michigan Municipalities That Have Opted In Or Are Planning To

Almost every single day we either hear about a new municipal opportunities for businesses looking to site medical marijuana provisioning centers, growing facilities, or processing centers, or we are asked some version of the question “which municipality is best for me MMFLA facility?”  While many have attempted to keep track of “who’s in” and “who’s out”—including LARA itself even the easiest to read maps and lists can quickly become overwhelming in the context of choosing the “best” property and location for your medical marijuana business.  As more municipalities opt-in to the MMFLA, marijuana companies have more and more properties and municipalities to choose from, which makes identifying the best property for your marijuana business more and more difficult.

Complicating this decision even more is that fact that there is no cookie cutter approach to finding the right municipality. What might be “right” for one company, or one license type, might not be “right” for other companies or license types. For instance, while a rural municipality may seem attractive to growers due to relatively cheap land costs, there may be hidden factors that can effect whether the municipality is the right place for your company. The best example of this is the availability of electricity and utilities. Many rural areas do not have the electrical infrastructure to support a large, Class C grow, but might have more than enough for a smaller Class A and may even be the ideal option for an outdoor grow.