Tag: Greenlight

MO cannabis, MO workers: Businesses staff up as Show-Me marijuana market glows cherry

By Tommy Felts / February 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon. Click here to read the original story. COLUMBIA, Missouri — Marijuana employers across the state are hiring a flood of new…

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Ronald Rice, Franklin's Stash House

Crafted within hip hop culture, Black-owned KC cannabis brand hopes to reshape a flowering industry

By Tommy Felts / July 6, 2021

It isn’t enough to be first, Ronald Rice said, announcing Franklin’s Stash House’s entry into Greenlight stores — a move that sees the Kansas City cannabis company become the first Black-owned brand sold at a dispensary in the state. “While this deal represents a big milestone in the evolution of Missouri’s cannabis industry, the legacy of…

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