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Small Businesses, Big Presence
Missouri Micros Keep Blooming
Why This Moment Matters
Focusing on deadlines, plant counts, and compliance rules is easy. But when you stand in a parking lot surrounded by cultivators, food trucks, neighbors, and customers, it’ s clear that this movement is about more than regulations. aliceCBD Presents Tea Talks & Sound Baths!
Microbusinesses are proving that cannabis can be communitydriven. They are people you can meet at a booth, shake hands with, and then see their work on the shelf. They are cultivators who can explain their grow methods directly to the person lighting up. They are dispensary owners who celebrate each other’ s milestones as if they were their own.
Jimi Poe( on right) with MoCann- Trade Executive Director, Andrew Mullins( middle), and Jimi’ s wife, Summer( on left) at 816 Dispensary’ s Grand Opening on 8 / 16 / 25.
Looking Ahead
That sense of collaboration made 816’ s grand opening feel less like a business launch and more like a community festival. Micros showed up for one another, customers showed up to learn and support, and leaders from both local government and the broader cannabis industry showed up to say,“ this matters.”
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As Missouri’ s micro scoreboard continues to fill in, there’ s no doubt the coming months will bring more openings, harvests, and moments worth celebrating. The October 2025 deadline looms, but the pace is quickening. What started as a cautious rollout is picking up real steam, and communities across the state are beginning to see— and feel— the difference.
If the Platte City celebration showed us anything, microbusinesses are more than small-scale operators filling a niche. They are building culture, creating connections, and giving cannabis in Missouri a personal touch.
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The plant count may be limited, but the impact certainly isn’ t. It’ s growing faster every day.
Stay tuned for next month’ s issue with more exciting microbusiness updates.
Samantha Blum is the Chairwoman of the Missouri Microbusiness Association( MMBA) and the Founder of Bud Wizard, a round one microbusiness winner, a women-owned cannabis cultivation facility specializing in indoor aeroponic cultivation. Her dedication to craft cannabis, sustainability, and entrepreneurial-driven growth continues to shape the evolving landscape of the state’ s cannabis industry.
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