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!!Fresh Off The Yahoo News Press!!
American Green Successfully Completes Transaction for the Purchase of Nipton, CA, Ahead of Schedule
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MarketwiredSeptember 19, 2017
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwired - Sep 19, 2017) - Today American Green, Inc. ( OTC : ERBB ) has announced that after the necessary time to crystalize the first phase of its multi-year plan, it has started working in and around Nipton with locals and visiting specialists alike. The overarching goal is to create the first energy-independent town that embraces the legal cannabis industry in every way that it legally can. The historic 'downtown' of what was once a gold mining camp is known for its hotel, saloon and general store, as well as the immediate surrounding acreage, is planned as a cannabis hospitality destination. The company believes this will galvanize the community and establish a blueprint for other, similar areas in the country and perhaps elsewhere.
"What we found during the run up to today, and especially in the last two months is that visitors here marvel in how time seems to practically stop in Nipton. It never actually stopped, but visiting the town and the beautiful Ivanpah Valley it sits in is often described as magical. I don't believe we will ever run out of ways that American Green can attract and leverage potentially hundreds of merchandising, retail, and entertainment opportunities resulting in economic growth that should only serve to revitalize the region, its visitors, and the local population -- both current residents and newcomers alike," according to David Gwyther, ERBB's chairman. "But the attraction is what it is today and enhancing what it is, not changing it to something else is the trick. Nipton must ultimately stay 'Nipton,'" Gwyther concluded.
"Nipton has been a special place in my life on many levels. After my husband, Gerry Freeman, passed away last year it gradually became apparent that it was time for a change," said Roxanne Lang, former town owner/operator and resident of the area for more than twenty-five years. "But Nipton deserved more than simply selling to an interested party. It deserves a party that will carry the dream we worked hard at for decades and the dreams and interests of others; someone to respect the town for what it represents. What I've discovered in American Green is that, and even more. The vision and energy of American Green and their people is clear and has already made an impact. It is the only way I would have imagined parting with such an important part of our lives and those of so many others."
Dennis Benson, who has been a resident of the Ivanpah Valley since the late 1950's and worked in, lived in and been a part of Nipton as well as nearby Searchlight, NV and Baker, CA added, "Me and my family have seen people including family come and go, live and die here along with adventurers, prospectors, biologists, fans of outdoor sports, tourists from around the world and from all over the United States of America. My wife, Pam, and I have raised our boys in and around Nipton and we like it the way it is. Which is why we are very happy that it was American Green who has become our new neighbor. In our time with them we have found a company, made up of very real people, who aren't here to take Nipton from us, but to help us bring back the fun that the Ivanpah Valley has given so many people over the last hundred and twenty years. Hopefully other people will now get a chance to see why we love it her.
Since announcing the binding agreement to purchase Nipton last month, American Green has received over 1,000 inquiries on subjects ranging from expressing interest in brand associations with the town, employment opportunities, and retail space or marketing inquiries. It should be noted here that while some of the initial press the company received indicated the company's intent to immediately begin leasing land to cannabis growers or growing the herb, itself, no such activity is planned for the immediate future and could only happen with the full approval from the County of San Bernardino and the State of California, which it hopes to secure as some point in the future. As the Nipton Project develops in the future, the company continues to make plans to interact with county, state, and, some day, federal agencies to ensure it is acting well within all legal guidelines.
Nipton, established over 100 years ago, is one of many towns throughout our country that have seen better days -- maybe the mill or factory closed and took its production overseas, or perhaps the mineral mine went dry. It is American Green's vision to use Nipton, California as a revitalization model for other near-deserted small towns across America while retaining as much of the town's and region's natural charm, a directive that is paramount to American Green.
Just an Error i heard they sent another copy with today's date the correct date maybe skye was so excited she made a mistake lol I will check my email for the correct one
Nipton/American Green Makes Fox 10 News
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/marijuanaville-phoenix-based-cannabis-company-buys-small-california-town
I just got the same email also so all the people that put out false information that The nipton deal fell through can go somewhere and hide LOL
It don't matter how long ago it was
This Validates Your Findings The California Town Listed below Only Has 191 People And It was still Incorporated it probably only had 6 people when it Incorporated in 1915 same Amount of people living in Nipton Population Must have growed over the years to 191 lol.
you don't need 10k people to have a town lol
Amador City
City in California
Amador City is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 185 at the 2010 census, down from 196 at the 2000 census. Wikipedia
Hotels: 3-star averaging $141. View hotels
Weather: 73°F (23°C), Wind W at 6 mph (10 km/h), 66% Humidity
Zip code: 95601
Population: 191 (2016)
Incorporated: June 2, 1915
You are Incorrect this town in California is Incorporated and it only has 191 people why this town didn't need 10,000 people to Incorporate? Nipton will be Incorporated this is proof
Amador City
City in California
Amador City is a city in Amador County, California, United States. The population was 185 at the 2010 census, down from 196 at the 2000 census. Wikipedia
Hotels: 3-star averaging $141. View hotels
Weather: 73°F (23°C), Wind W at 6 mph (10 km/h), 66% Humidity
Zip code: 95601
Population: 191 (2016)
Incorporated: June 2, 1915
Thank You Whoopity for putting to rest the false Info Regarding Incorporating Towns. My hat off to you for this powerful DD
And the Government has no money to give him to Arrest Patients & Providers. The Country is in A Crisis with a possible war Looming & with Hurricane Harvey Costing 160 to 180 billion or more and with Hurricane Irma on the way we just can't afford to waste our tax dollars on going after a silly marijuana plant people have lost their lives and all of their belongings now is not the time for it Spending right now will be for Disaster Aid Have a great day
Who Cares Sessions is a Old Racist Man Nobody pays him any attention he has done nothing to help this Country he needs to be at an Assisted Living Facility. To old and not smart enough for that tough job
Jeff Sessions LOL what a joke he is 70 years old and just started a new job as an old man He has alzheimers already just listen to his misguided views lol he will be wearing old folks diapers soon lol go after Nipton? there is nothing there yet what is he going to raid the Nipton trading post Whats he going to seize winning power ball tickets lol
It's plenty of towns throughout the USA with far less than 10,000 people your post is null and void
Weed Will Be sold In Nipton Get Over It Legal Red Tape Can Be Cut By Powerful Lawyers
Why contradict? you claim that San Bernardino County Wont Allow weed and will go after American Green if weed is sold or grown and Nipton Is In San Bernardino County. Your not making sense Because According to my post from the San Bernardino Sun News Weed Is on its way money talks bull walks stand out of the way of progress nothing will stop this
Nipton is in that same county Nipton will Incorporate And Make Its Own Laws If Needed.
More than nine months after residents voted to allow medical cannabis businesses in town, city officials have approved a dispensary permit for the location now occupied by Flesh Showgirls.
Why is this Dispensary set to open then? why haven't they shut this down?? LOL
well they have a dispensary about to open in San Bernardino and the red tape is just that red tape
Weed In San Bernardino County? Could Be A Good Sign For Nipton? San Bernardino’s first marijuana dispensary permit goes to Flesh Showgirls strip club
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The Flesh Showgirls strip club in San Bernardino. File photo. Eric Reed/Staff photographer
By Brooke Staggs | bstaggs@scng.com and Ryan Hagen | rhagen@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: September 6, 2017 at 5:36 pm | UPDATED: September 6, 2017 at 11:38 pm
San Bernardino’s first licensed marijuana dispensary may share an address with its only strip club.
More than nine months after residents voted to allow medical cannabis businesses in town, city officials have approved a dispensary permit for the location now occupied by Flesh Showgirls.
That permit has since been appealed, city spokeswoman Monica Lagos said. And folks at the gentlemen’s club aren’t talking.
But Roger Jon Diamond, an attorney who represents the aspiring dispensary owner, said he believes they’re ready to set up shop on Hospitality Lane despite ongoing legal challenges.
“The city has not asked for an injunction,” Diamond said. “We have a clear pathway to open.”
San Bernardino voters approved allowing the shops on Nov. 8 under Measure O.
The measure requires the city to allow dispensaries — as well as other types of marijuana businesses — at locations at least 600 feet from residential zones and meeting other requirements. There are four sites that meet those requirements, including Flesh Showgirls, according to a March memo from Community Development Director Mark Persico.
That memo came after months had passed without San Bernardino officials making permit applications available. As a result, Diamond sued the city March 9 on behalf of several clients, including the man who spearheaded Measure O.
“Measure O said the city clerk was supposed to prepare the form to allow someone to apply for the permit,” Diamond said. “But the city just kept saying, ‘We need more time.'”
The city had at first said it would take time to rewrite the development code to comply with Measure O. Then when two lawsuits challenged the measure’s legality in February, City Attorney Gary Saenz advised holding off implementation until those lawsuits were decided.
But before any of the cases were set to go to trial, San Bernardino’s Community Development Department started passing out dispensary applications in June. Lagos said they issued their first permit on Thursday, Aug. 24 to SB License 01 LLC, which is registered to the Flesh Showgirls address at 100 W. Hospitality Lane.
The gentleman’s club is owned by Randy Welty, who’s been involved in marijuana dispensaries and legalization initiatives throughout Southern California for years.
Welty’s name isn’t tied to his club’s dispensary permit, however. City and state records identify the permit holder as Qiang Ye (alternately listed in legal documents as Quiang Ye and Qiang Yi).
Diamond said Ye is the manager of Flesh Showgirls. He directed all questions about operations – such as when the shop might open and whether it might take over a portion or the entirety of the strip club’s space – to Ye at the club.
A man who identified himself both in phone calls and in person as the club’s manager declined to comment. He said he wasn’t Ye, but wouldn’t offer his name.
It’s common for dispensary owners, who’ve often been working to secure permits for months, to open their doors almost immediately after receiving the green light from their local city. But a week after receiving its dispensary permit, 100 W. Hospitality Lane remains a strip club.
The online marijuana directory Weedmaps lists 18 unlicensed dispensaries and another 16 rogue marijuana delivery services in San Bernardino, despite years of efforts to enforce a ban that some city officials described as “futile.”
Lagos said Redlands-based attorney James DeAguilera filed an appeal of Ye’s permit.
DeAguilera represents clients who backed Measure N, a legalization initiative that competed on the ballot and lost out to Measure O. They’re among parties suing the city over the winning ballot measure, arguing that the locations identified by Measure O don’t mesh with San Bernardino’s governing blueprint for land use. And in his appeal of the dispensary permit for Flesh Showgirls, DeAguilera said he simply attached that lawsuit.
“Clearly, the general plan of the city of San Bernardino does not envision marijuana being sold from a strip club on Hospitality Lane,” he said.
The club, represented in court by Diamond and known at the time as the Flesh Club, battled the city for roughly 20 years.
In 2004, the club won a $1.4 million judgment against the city for profits lost during a four-year closure. Three years later, a judge found sex and lewd conduct routinely occurred at the club and ordered it to close. It reopened in 2009 as Flesh Showgirls.
In the past 12 months, San Bernardino police have recorded 15 calls for service at the address. Six of them resulted in a report being taken, for calls ranging from battery to a man with a gun, according to police records.
If a store opens soon, San Bernardino will be the second city in the Inland Empire to permit marijuana dispensaries.
The first licensed Inland Empire shop opened Aug. 25 in Perris, where voters in November also approved licensing and regulating shops.
The city council for Adelanto, in the High Desert near Victorville, also voted in May to allow up to four medical marijuana shops. Applications are being accepted through Sept. 14, and City Manager Gabriel Elliott said they’d received seven as of Aug. 30. After the deadline passes, Elliott said a city council-appointed committee will vet the applications and choose four using criteria set by the committee and council.
In broader San Bernardino County, the city of Needles, on the border of Arizona, also permits marijuana dispensaries. And Riverside County’s Coachella Valley has several cities that allow cannabis stores, including Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City and Palm Springs.
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Is Hanes underwear company scum too they have people in underwear in their commercials you don't wear underwear or something? is underwear scum to u?
Doesn't Underwear companies do the same also Victoria Secret are they scum too?
Nope The Senate Blocked Sessions Read Below LOL
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/344204-senate-panel-advances-measure-to-protect-medical-marijuana-states
Call the broker he will have that answer for you
Call the Broker and get a answer to your question
There is no link he just made a comment
Mr Cuban Just Made a comment about the marijuana Industry & American green i dont think cnbc made record of this on their site i think it was just a live comment type thing
Did you watch him on CNBC this morning?
I wonder why the News is not on Yahoo yet ? maybe its late getting there its everywhere but yahoo yahoo is a big one we don't want to skip it
Nice Progress thanks Rat
Thanks seems like American Is about to be a household name lol
Ur Welcome
!! News Media!! Has Started Coverage On Nipton American Green Again ABC News Channel 2 Baltimore Has Just Posted This about an Hour Ago
http://www.abc2news.com/news/nipton-california-soon-to-be-the-pot-capital-of-america
Your right it could be any day now and when it does Close the American Green Nipton Express Money Train Will Be En Route To Nipton California From phoenix AZ Loaded Down With Money Choo!! Choo !! LOL
True American Green Said in one of the press releases that they may have to Incorporate the town meaning they can make their own laws for cannabis im glad ur one of us Investors that has common sense
WEE WEE This Is Better Than Sex LOL
all Aboard The Nipton American Green Express Money Train !!Choo Choo!! LOL
It went well i have a link to it in my previous post its three min & 43 seconds long My Error Nipton the town that American Green Bought was on CNN This Morning
!!! BREAKING NEWS !!!
American Green Was On CNN This Morning
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/06/us/california-town-bought-by-cannabis-company-trnd/index.html
I Agree
!!!! WOW !!!! CBS NEWS
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/08/04/cannabis-town-marijuana-business/