The doors of Piedmont’s lone medical marijuana dispensary have been shuttered.
But two of the partners of Good Meds Dispensary at 210 N. Piedmont Road, are hoping to find another home in Piedmont soon if they can. Meanwhile, a sign on the door states the business has been closed.
Calvin Gidney and Dax Williamson said the building where they have been working as co-owners since September 2019 closed unexpectedly April 17. Now Gidney and Williamson are looking for a new location to either buy or rent.
“We showed up (for work) and the locks were changed,” Gidney said, who lives in nearby Oklahoma City. Gidney said he moved from Colorado to work at Good Meds.
“This has taken everything away from this town. Now no one in this town has a dispensary,” Gidney said.
“I moved down from Colorado and Dax moved back from New Mexico, you know. We both quit our lives and did this every day for over a year,” Gidney said.
Williamson and Gidney said they worked with three other partners doing all jobs related to running a dispensary, including growing the medical marijuana on the property.
“We’ve basically been trying to find a building in town to rent,” Williamson said. “This took all the hard work we had ever done trying to grow with the people, with the town,’ Williamson said.
He said business was slow at first but steadily increased over time at the Piedmont location.
“We like the people and want to stay,” Gidney said. “We want to be in Piedmont. I’m looking at properties all over Piedmont.”
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