Rocky Mountain Cannabis sales manager Jameson Holt takes a sample of cannabis flower from a container at the Ridgway pot shop’s service counter on Jan. 27. Holt said he has noticed his number of customers has remained steady at the shop, but customers are purchasing cheaper products. Rocky Mountain Cannabis was the first shop to open in Ridgway. The local sales taxes collected from the town’s dispensaries amounted to half of what they measured in 2024.
Erin McIntyre | Ouray County Plaindealer
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Formerly a cash cow, bloom wilts on cannabis
Industry slump marked by reduction in wholesale flower prices leaves just one grow facility in county, shaves local government tax revenue
The cannabis industry’s downturn has reached Ouray County, leaving only one grow facility currently operating and a handful of retail businesses to ride it out, while local governments manage dwindling tax dollars.
