Coffee Shop Wants To Be Denver's First Legal Marijuana Club

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's largest city is reviewing the first application from a business seeking to be among the nation's first legal marijuana clubs, more than a year after voters approved the bring-your-own pot clubs.

A spokesman for the Denver department that regulates marijuana businesses, Dan Rowland, says the city received an application Friday from a business called the Coffee Joint. The location is in a light industrial area off Interstate 25.

The city began taking applications in August but businesses had to complete an extensive application and mind strict rules for club locations.

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Rita Tsalyuk says she and business partner Kirill Merkulov plan a $5 entry fee. Their proposal would allow vaping or edible pot.

The city says a public hearing will be held in the next two or three months.

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