NEW LOCATION PLANNED FOR MARIJUANA DISPENSARY

Jay Deason, owner of Orchard City's only publicly known medical
marijuana dispensary, is working on plans to move the business from
its current location on Fruitgrowers Road to the intersection of 2100
Road and Hwy. 65.

Deason said plans call for his medical marijuana dispensary to share
the building with a retail "herbs and spices" store that will be open
to the public.

A "full herbs and spices store for the general public" will be housed
in the front part of the building, and the medical marijuana
dispensary will be operated in the back part, Deason said.

As Deason explained his plans, only the front part of the building
will be open to the public. The medical marijuana dispensary, which
will serve clients who have medical marijuana cards, will be located
in the rear, served by a private entrance, completely segregated from
the public access business, and screened from view by a privacy fence.

Deason said the building has a concrete floor that will support a safe
where medical marijuana can be stored. He said there will be complete
alarm security and photographic surveillance of the building. The
location is not close to any schools or churches, Deason said.

Deason said he will be totally remodeling the building, known to
long-time local residents as the old Pulliam gas station. More
recently, the building housed a restaurant called Grandma's Kitchen.
It has stood empty for the last few years and occasionally hosted a
flea market.

The remodeling and the move will be completed sometime this spring,
Deason said. He said he recently bought the building and 2.8 acres. He
also considered the Eckert Creamery building as a site for his new
location, he said.

"We're not really ready to announce what we're going to do yet. But it
will be all good, and nothing detrimental to the community," Deason
told the DCI. He said that he is working on a "mission statement" that
will explain to the community in detail everything he is doing. He
will publish the mission statement in the paper, he said.

Deason's Grand Mesa Herbal Dispensary had already been in operation
and advertising for clients when Orchard City adopted its current
moratorium against opening medical marijuana dispensaries in the town.
So, Deason's business was not affected by the moratorium. There was
nothing in the town's moratorium that prohibited him from moving an
existing dispensary to a new location.