Dispensary Openings and Closings: Grand Junction Pot Sales Finally Begin

New dispensaries have opened in Grand Junction, Denver and the Boulder area.

November 6, 2023

Grand Junction voters approved recreational pot sales in 2021, but its first dispensaries didn't open until late October. Flickr/Adam Moss

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It took a while, but dispensaries are now open in the largest city on the Western Slope.

Grand Junction voters approved allowing recreational cannabis sales nearly two and a half years ago, but slow movement from the local government and licensing department prevented any of the town's ten dispensary licensees from opening until this year.

Lucky Me Dispensary became the first pot shop to open in Grand Junction on October 18, with the Colorado Weedery following closely behind last week. The other eight dispensary licensees have fewer than five months to open their doors before forgoing store permits, according to local rules, but they can apply for extensions.

Metro Denver has seen a handful of new dispensaries open, as well. The Center, fresh off a move from its longtime space on Leetsdale Drive and into a historic firehouse on South Broadway, hosted a grand-opening party over the weekend, while wholesale cultivator Shift Genuine Cannabis recently opened a store in Adams County.

Find more dispensary action below:

Recently Dispensary Openings:

The Center
600 South Broadway
720-941-8872

Shift Dispensary
9690 Dallas Street, Henderson
303-287-2832

The Cannabis Depot
3390 28th Street, Boulder
720-242-7435

Trees
12626 North 10th Street, Longmont
303-772-3034

Colorado Weedery
879 Struthers Avenue, Grand Junction
970-314-7777

Lucky Me Dispensary
2648 Patterson Road, Grand Junction
970-424-0220

Recent Dispensary Closings:

The Center (moved to 600 South Broadway)
6853 Leetsdale Drive

Green Tree Medicinals (now Trees)
12626 North 10th Street, Longmont

Dispensaries Coming Soon:

Callie's Cannabis Shoppe
291 Flatiron Crossing Drive, Broomfield

The Dab by Silverpeak
4490 West 121st Avenue, Broomfield

Star Buds
256 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood

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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