A longtime Denver cannabis grow is going dark, and about 50 workers are losing their jobs as a result.
The Cannabist Company is closing its Medicine Man cultivation site at 4750 Nome St. in Denver and will eliminate roughly 50 jobs, according to a formal separation notice given to employees. Company documents provided to staff say base pay and benefits will continue for the next 60 days and that the separations are permanent, with layoffs scheduled to begin on Sept. 11. The move pulls a veteran indoor grow out of an already crowded Colorado market and lands in the middle of a broader wave of production cuts across the state.
As reported by The Denver Post, a notice from Cannabist’s HR team laid out workers’ separation dates and described the action as permanent. The Post also notes that the Nome Street site traces back to Medicine Man, the local operator Cannabist acquired in 2021…