GENEVA, N.Y. (WROC) – A business owner planning to grow cannabis operations in Geneva will have to wait longer to do so.
Daryl Hilkert owns High Points Dispensary on Canandaigua Road, and was one of the first CAURD license recipients in the Finger Lakes Region. However, he has not been able to get fully certified yet.
Hilkert opened his doors in November under a state-operated program called the Cannabis Growers Showcase, which expired at the end of the year.
As a result, and without full certification through the CAURD program, he’ll have to stop operating temporarily. Hilkert says he’s not received guidance from the state on how to proceed.
“When the opportunity came up in November to be able to at least open the doors through the Cannabis Growers Showcase program, that’s what we decided to do,” said Hilkert.
Previous lawsuits filed against the state Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) brought pauses for the CAURD program, and recipients of those licenses.
In waiting to get fully certified with the CAURD license he received in June, the temporary program allowed Hilkert to open, and partner with other cultivators and vendors around the state.