Longtime Broadway Dispensary to Close

The store's final day is May 27.

May 23, 2022

Image: Mile High Green Cross opened in 2009 at 852 Broadway.

Mile High Green Cross opened in 2009 at 852 Broadway. Thomas Mitchell

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After more than a decade at 852 Broadway, Mile High Green Cross is shutting its doors.

According to a May 17 text-message blast from store management, the dispensary's last day will be Friday, May 27. The ownership group will continue operating another pot shop located a couple of blocks away, however.

"Our shop will be closing on 5/27 but don't worry our sister shop, LaContes, is just around the corner!," the message reads. "They'll have the same people, products, and prices!"

First opened in 2009 as a medical marijuana dispensary, Mile High Green Cross converted to recreational sales in 2014. In 2018 the store was sold to its current owner, Pure Greens, a Salida-based marijuana group that also owns wholesale cultivations and six other dispensaries, including La Conte's Clone Bar & Dispensary at 105 East Seventh Avenue.

Pure Greens and Mile High Green Cross management did not respond to requests for comment, but a budtender says that staffers have been offered positions at other Pure Greens stores. According to the state Marijuana Enforcement Division, licenses for that location will expire or have been withdrawn.

Other Pure Greens stores include another La Conte's at 5194 Washington Street and the Farmers Market dispensary in southeast Denver, as well as Nature's Medicine locations in Northglenn and Salida and Backcountry Cannabis in Crested Butte.

Mile High Green Cross will have significant deals through the rest of the week as the store sells out its inventory. Customer loyalty points will transfer to the La Conte's on Seventh Avenue.

Thomas Mitchell has been the news editor of Westword since February 2024. He's been with the publication since 2017 and was formerly its cannabis editor. He’s earned numerous awards and accolades for his work, including placing second for the Marijuana Enterprise Reporting Award from the Colorado Society of Professional Journalists in 2018; being named a Top Cannabis Journalist by Leafbuyer in 2020; and placing first for the College Sports Writing Award from the Arizona Press Club in 2014. His prior work experience includes Arizona Republic, Inman News and Fox Sports.

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