A tiny Hennepin County town gets a jump on cannabis business

Officials in Osseo want to open a city-run dispensary when recreational cannabis sales start in Minnesota next year.

"Our goal is to be the first facility to open in the Twin Cities, municipal or otherwise," City Council Member Mark Schulz said at a council work session in late January. "We are way further along than anybody else, which is a really good thing."

An ad-hoc committee has been exploring the idea for months. In January, the council passed a resolution paving the way to join the Minnesota Marijuana Association. Tougher decisions loom as the council starts assembling a plan for how such a store would operate, and where it would be located.

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