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BY JOEL VALLEY
Bastrop now home to medical cannabis facility Bastrop is now home to the largest medical cannabis facility in Texas. The details Texas Original, which relocated its headquarters to Bastrop, expanded from a 7,700-square-foot spot to a 75,000-square-foot facility—nearly 10 times its previous space—where the cannabis is sungrown, according to a news release. Some background House Bill 46 is a state law passed this spring that allows physicians to prescribe medical-grade, low-THC products to eligible patients in partner- ship with licensed dispensaries. The outlook Texas Original will transform its former head- quarters at 12701 Lowden Lane, Austin, into a
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1 Retail center heads to Bastrop’s Adelton community A 11,985-square-foot retail and 5,774-square- foot convenience store are headed to Adelton—a mixed-use, master-planned community. Construction will begin in March. 2 Texas A&M Forest Service to build $2.5M Smithville o ce Construction of a Texas A&M Forest Service o ce in Smithville has an estimated cost of $2.5 million, according to a ling with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. 3 Bastrop County aims to restore historic courthouse The Bastrop County Commissioners Court OK’d an application with the Texas Historical Commission for a grant through the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program during a Nov. 24 meeting.
Texas Original moved to Bastrop in September.
Conditions approved for medical cannabis use • Chronic pain • Crohn’s disease • Terminal illnesses • Epilepsy • Cancer • Post-traumatic stress disorder
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satellite location where patients can pick up their prescriptions.
Studies OK’d for hotel, convention center, golf course Bastrop City Council approved $102,000 in contracts Dec. 9 for feasibility studies that will gauge the viability of proposed projects as part of Bastrop West. The details Two contracts were given the green light for the Advisors, paid for with hotel occupancy tax revenue, for a feasibility study on a hotel and convention center
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• A $50,000 contract with Realty Trust Group, paid for through the Bastrop Economic Devel- opment Corporation, for a feasibility study on a medical mall with a full-service hospital and clinics
The outlook The ndings from the feasibility studies will be shared with Bastrop City Council at a future meeting.
400-acre mixed-use development, including: • A $52,000 contract with Hotel and Leisure
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