Inside the showroom, the walls are decorated with psychedelic artworks, opposite grim-looking warnings from state regulators. Last month, the state issued the first 36 licenses for retail sales. The Bronx Community Foundation partnered with the Bronx Defenders, a legal defense organization, to help prospective marijuana entrepreneurs apply for a license. And we’re also showing people who aren’t in the industry what this industry could potentially look like in the Bronx.” “So that’s what we’re doing today–showing people what a physical dispensary could look like. “A lot of the applicants have never seen what a compliant dispensary looks like,” Lewis said. Instead, the three-day pop-up is focused on exposure, according to Desmon Lewis, a co-founder of the Bronx Community Foundation, one of several organizations that organized the dispensary showroom, along with the Bronx borough president’s office. While the dispensary shelves are stocked with glass pipes and jars labeled with pleasant-sounding strains like “million dollar baby” and “mango kush,” there’s no actual product, either on display or for sale.
There’s just one thing missing: the weed itself. Set up in the historic Bronx Post Office on the Grand Concourse, the model dispensary has everything needed to sell marijuana products, from the shelves and display cases to the back-of-house payroll software. Bronx residents can get their first look at a legal cannabis store this weekend.
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