Aurora announced Thursday it has awarded licenses to 21 businesses as the city’s first recreational marijuana shops, which can open as soon as Oct. 1.
Each of the city’s six wards are allowed up to four recreational pot shops. There will be four shops each in Wards 1 to 5, and Ward 6 will start with one shop.
The city received 58 applications by the July 31 deadline, and the applications were reviewed on a point system.
The Green Solution, which has four stores in Denver already, will have four stores in Aurora.
Aurora has not had any medical or recreational marijuana sales.
