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Here's what it looks like inside Hamilton County's first medical marijuana cultivation facility

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WCPO 9: Inside the King City Gardens Grow at Its Forest Park Opening

WCPO 9 toured King City Gardens' Forest Park facility at its 2023 ribbon cutting: a $35 million, 25,000-square-foot facility the station called Hamilton County's first medical marijuana cultivation site.

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Short answer

When was King City Gardens' Forest Park ribbon cutting?

WCPO 9 covered the ribbon cutting at King City Gardens' Forest Park facility in a November 2, 2023 report. The station called the $35 million, 25,000-square-foot building Hamilton County's first medical marijuana cultivation facility, growing 42 strains and shipping to dispensaries around Ohio.

WCPO 9: a $35 million grow inside a former Forest Park Kmart

WCPO 9 reporter Andrew Rowan found a fenced, nondescript building in Forest Park, once a K-Mart and Omniplex. The facility was not available to patients, he reported; its product ships to dispensaries around the state.

On the record

“You actually gotta love what you’re doing, or you’ll never make it in this business”

Justin Matherly, Director of grow operations, King City Gardens

Co-founder Caveh Azadeh told the station the grow would supply dispensaries statewide with a local emphasis. WCPO reported that 400 to 500 pounds a week would leave the building once it was fully running.

King City Gardens was watching Ohio's Issue 2 vote on recreational cannabis. If it passed, Azadeh said, the company planned to grow four or five times larger, with 50,000 more square feet waiting in an adjoining building. Forest Park's mayor pointed to income tax from about 100 employees.

WCPO 9 at the Forest Park ribbon cutting: size, output and plans

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    WCPO 9 called King City Gardens the first medical marijuana cultivation facility in Hamilton County.

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    The station reported a $35 million, 25,000-square-foot facility growing 42 strains.

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    Expansion hinged on Issue 2, with 50,000 more square feet in an adjoining building.

By the numbers

The King City Gardens grow at its opening, per WCPO 9

facility cost
$35Mfacility cost
square feet
25,000square feet
strains in production
42strains in production
pounds a week once fully running
400 to 500pounds a week once fully running

As reported by WCPO 9 on November 2, 2023.

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