However, as a Black man, he saw that many of the customers to the industry were older people and those with mental health problems seeking the drug for therapeutic use.
It was comforting to know that isn’t his first dispensary – this isn’t his second one – this is his 10th or 11th, so we are dealing with an entity that I think that they know where they are going and they know the hurdles that they have to get through.
Nyberg says he’s also been impressed by the blue prints of the business when it comes to security: “I know the State of Illinois puts regulation on as far as cameras and what the Illinois State Police has to have access to those cameras 24/7, so I think that will make policing for any city, local or municipality that much easier when it’s 24/7.
Tom Richards of Chehog, LLC says they will also be constructing a concrete pad to have their own dumpster to the east of the business.
The final petition was to rezone the old Lafayette School at 747 West Lafayette Avenue from public to Business-4 for the relocation of The Little Red Wagon Daycare.
City Attorney Dan Beard says that the ordinance would require everyone in the city who currently operates one of those types of business to be registered and licensed by the city.