EVERGREEN PARK, IL — The Village of Evergreen Park will hold a public hearing to consider a pitch for a proposed marijuana dispensary. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 15 during village trustees regular board meeting.
The 1937 Group, a minority owned business headquartered in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, has submitted an application to open a dispensary in the former Scott Credit Union at 9122 S. Kedzie Ave.
The company participates in the state’s social equity program that gives access to people and communities that have been historically impacted by arrests and imprisonment for cannabis offenses to participate in the legal cannabis industry. The group takes its name from the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 that laid the foundation for federal criminalization of marijuana, fueled by widespread racial discrimination against Mexican Americans and Black Americans. The federal act was eventually repealed in 1970.
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1937 cultivates and manufactures craft vapes, pre-rolls and flower, that are sold in dispensaries throughout the Chicago area and across Illinois. Among the company’s brands is a first-of-its-kind cannabis complex in Tilton, IL – Parkway Dispensary and Molly’s Joint – that offers a dispensary,