Marijuana hospitality unlikely to come to area cities in near future

As Denver moves forward with its plans to allow cannabis hospitality and delivery businesses, don’t look for those companies to come to many other Front Range cities in the near future. While Boulder’s Cannabis Licensing and Advisory Board is debating whether to support marijuana hospitality and delivery businesses in the city, few other municipalities are even exploring the issue. 

The issue of marijuana hospitality licenses has been a contentious one in Colorado since Gov. Jared Polis signed laws legalizing cannabis hospitality and delivery in May 2019. As with the statewide legalization of recreational marijuana sales in 2012, municipalities must opt into…