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Third not available for Sunday Sequim event by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Cannabis seedlings owned by Tom Ash, owner of Tropic Grow LLC, Sequim’s first approved recreational marijuana production facility. Ash, a tier 2 producer, said based on estimates from Washington studies, Tropic Grow LLC could generate nearly $250,000 in taxes for the state possibly more each year once in full operation. Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash
Financial unknowns loom over marijuana industry Where to grow remains a concern for some residents by ALANA LINDEROTH and MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
As Washington approaches its tentative July 1 deadline to issue licenses for recreational marijuana retailers, contention remains in Sequim where the
plants will grow. Given the state has allowed individual counties to create their own rules and regulations for recreational cannabis production, processing and retail, the Clallam County Department of Community Development doesn’t “interpret agriculture to
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include marijuana,” according to a memo from Sheila Roark Miller, community development director. Now, those interested in producing and/or processing within the county need a zoning conditional use permit with the exception for zones that list industrial, limited or business park as an “allowed land use.” The requirement of a conditional use permit, Roark Miller said in her memo, provides surrounding neighbors potentially
concerned about a cannabis production facility moving in next door both public notice and an opportunity to comment, and it makes it a difficult and expensive endeavor for entrepreneurs to get a foot in the door of the emerging industry.
Getting established Dave Burns, owner of StarCrisp LLC, who retired in January as a planner for the City of
See MARIJUANA, A-11
If there’s one thing to separate Republican Thomas Greisamer of Moclips from incumbent Steve Tharinger, a Democrat state representative for District 24, is his stance on no new taxes, he said.
See DEBATE, A-3
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State water trust: Aquifer recharge projects a priority
Charity
Ray Schulz edges in finer details to a bear he’s carving for the Captain Joseph House Foundation. Once a year, he tours different Black Bear Diners and carves a bear to to benefit a local nonprofit. See story, page A-4. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
More mitigation credits for the ‘water bank’
in any of the small streams,” Cronin announced at the annual Dungeness Water Exchange Advisory Council meeting, held in mid-June.
by ALANA LINDEROTH
The why and the how
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What would aquifer recharge projects in the small streams do? From an ecological perspective, the recharge projects would add to the ground water table that supports surface flow during the low flow season — AugustOctober. And, from a planning perspective, the recharge projects would generate more mitigation credits for the Dungeness Water Exchange, which equates to additional
The “top priority” for the Washington Water Trust, the organization that manages the Dungeness Water Exchange, is to get aquifer recharge projects not only under way, but operational by next spring or early summer, said Amanda Cronin, Washington Water Trust project manager. “It’s very important (to get aquifer recharge projects established) because right now we have mitigation credits in the Dungeness River, but not
See WATER, A-8
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