Historical September–October 2020 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The SDCC Commercial Districts Committee, chaired by Rachelle L’Ecuyer, Executive Director of the Delmar Loop Business District, recently met to finalize support for the conditional use permit for a new plan for 6166 Delmar, vacant for over 15 years.
The new venture will include a major renovation of the property completed with private dollars, to be completed by February 2021. Formerly Olivet Baptist Church, the building was previously proposed to be an African American Cultural Center.
But after 15 years of vacancy and vandalism, including a fire, that plan was folded into a larger effort by the Missouri History Museum.
Now Joe Edwards, who is currently finalizing plans for the adjacent vacant lot as a Mini-Golf site, has purchased the old church building and is working with BeLeaf on plans to rehabilitate it. Swade is a medical marijuana dispensary operated by BeLeaf. BeLeaf was ranked number 2 in the State of Missouri in the application process for dispensaries of medical marijuana.
This will be one of 5 facilities in the St. Louis area.
A secure facility, the new shop will be accessible only from Delmar and will have security to ensure entrance only by patients with approved prescriptions.
It is a Medical facility and a State issued card will be needed to purchase items from it. For more information, contact SDCC at 862-5122 or www.swadecannabis.com.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2020.
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