You can buy recreational marijuana in Breckenridge, Telluride and Aspen. But, you’ll have to bring your own to Vail for some time to come.
The Vail Town Council won’t even consider proposals for retail marijuana operations until July. But town officials want to understand more about retail pot sales before either considering operations, extending the current moratorium or enacting an outright ban. The town’s community development department has already been working to lay out a number of questions for the council, including:
• What kind of business regulations, if any, are needed?
• Whether or not to allow growing and product manufacturing along with retail.
• Whether to establish licensing above and beyond what’s required by the state.
To answer those questions, community development department director George Ruther recommended creating a “recreational marijuana working group,” with members from the town and its advisory councils, local chambers of commerce, law enforcement and Vail Valley Medical Center. That group, made up of 10 or 12 people, would meet just a few times before making recommendations to the council.
Get more on this report on retail pot in Vail on VailDaily.com.
