While Hamtramck stalls, opportunity goes up in smoke

Hamtramck sure can be slow when it comes to getting business done.
While it is no one person’s fault, the city has taken a long, long time in adopting regulations that would permit medical marijuana dispensaries to open here.
For one reason or another, the issue has been punted by a number of folks. The former emergency manager refused to touch the issue for the 18 months she was here.
Before then, city officials couldn’t agree on where to allow the dispensaries to operate, which was the initial reason why it went nowhere.
A new city manager has been on the job for less than three months and it’s understandable this might not be on the top of her list of things to do.
In the meantime, just about every other city has opened their doors to dispensaries and is enjoying the benefits of having new businesses operate and contribute taxes. In Hamtramck, we continue to wait.
For Hamtramck commercial building owners, who can’t find businesses to set up shop, it’s a loss of rental income.
If you take a drive down Jos. Campau and throughout town you will see many empty storefronts and buildings. Many of them could easily have been filled by now if only there was a legal way to open a dispensary here.
Other cities have done this without fuss. So why are we still waiting in Hamtramck?
Setting up permit regulations for dispensaries may not be urgent, but it is something that can be very easily accomplished in a matter of a few weeks. It’s not rocket science.
This type of business is legal and many other cities have made it easy to open shop. Let’s make it something at least near a priority to get this accomplished once and for all and move on.

 

2 Responses to While Hamtramck stalls, opportunity goes up in smoke

  1. Neighbor

    April 13, 2015 at 7:10 am

    Police overtime and increase in crime will shadow any benefit for these shops.

  2. I Love Hamtramck

    April 29, 2015 at 1:43 pm

    If we do not change with the times and allow legitimate business to open up, how can we expect for the city to come back to what it once was? So many have left because the city is no longer self sufficient. There are not enough jobs or specialty shops to pull people back here. We will not allow a dispensarie but allow several pawn shops?? People break in our homes and garages and take it right to the pawn shop for instant cash! Does that not create police overtime?

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