The medical marijuana dispensary planned for 1334 North Capitol Street NW in the Bates area is mentioned in this Washington Times article. You can click on the link to read the entire article.
First marijuana growers in D.C. clear regulatory hurdles
Documents put city one stop closer to legal medical use
By Tom Howell Jr. – The Washington Times Tuesday, December 25, 2012
This time, there will be plants.
Fifteen years after voters gave the green-light to a medical marijuana program in the nation’s capital, a pair of locations approved to grow or sell the drug have cleared regulatory hurdles and will set up shop a few months into the new year, according to city officials.
A cultivation site in the Northeast quadrant of the city obtained its certificate of occupancy this month, meaning it can grow marijuana once the D.C. Department of Health completes a final inspection. It is one of six sites approved to grow the drug for medical purposes before it is sold at one of five dispensaries scattered across the city. One such dispensary, located just a mile north of the Capitol, also obtained its occupancy documents.
The dispensary on its way to operation, listed in city documents as VentureForth LLC, is located on North Capitol Street between New York and Florida avenues. While the product’s supply chain is set up — plants must be at least 60 days old before they are harvested — demand in the city is yet to be determined.
Bates Area Civic Association 