About a year and a half ago, I was at Applebee’s with my mentor having all day marijuana meetings. That day we were at Applebee’s for about 10 hours. We got there for lunch at noon and I remember having to damn near hitch a ride home around 10 p.m. That was a very busy and memorable day. We met with a realtor, an engineer, a doctor, the partners, potential employees and of course a cultivation owner.
As we were finishing our meeting with the engineer, I was ordering my 5th round of drinks when in walks two young African-American men. They introduce themselves to my mentor as G5 Cultivation. Up until that moment, my mentor and I weren’t aware of any other African-Americans in the Las Vegas area cannabis business. It was a pleasant and greatly inspiring moment.
Larry Smith and Shawn Holman comprise G5 Cultivation, and are also natives of Las Vegas. Larry is a successful local businessman and Shawn is a local electrician. Larry can be described as being strong in stature while Shaun noticeably wears a head wrap which honors his culture. Both men confidently shake my mentors hand and sit with us at the table. At that point, we ordered more food and began to dialogue on the upcoming changes to our city as the cannabis industry begins to boom.
Today, we are in the dawn of the opening and launch of G5 Cultivation. Our launch party is set for June 7th, 2016 at the SLS Hotel and Casino as the city of Las Vegas eagerly awaits the arrival of its FIRST black owned and black funded marijuana farm.
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