BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A lot of Vermont communities authorized City Assembly Day measures permitting retail marijuana gross sales inside their borders because the state’s first retail companies are anticipated to open within the fall.
A minimum of 40 cities and cities voted on these native measures on Tuesday.
Amongst those who authorized them had been the bigger communities of Barre, Essex, Manchester and Rutland in addition to smaller cities equivalent to Bolton, Grand Isle, Milton, Springfield and Waitsfield, WCAX-TV reported.
Castleton rejected the proposal.
The Vermont Legislature legalized the sale of leisure marijuana beginning this 12 months however cities and cities need to vote whether or not to permit gross sales of their communities. If communities approve it, companies can begin making use of for a state license on April 1. A state board will overview the license requests.
Greater than the 33 Vermont municipalities already had authorized retail marijuana operations earlier than City Assembly Day, based on the Vermont League of Cities and Cities.
