{"id":46713,"date":"2019-07-31T21:34:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/meet-the-woman-whos-bringing-pot-cafes-to-the-entire-state-of-colorado\/"},"modified":"2019-07-31T21:34:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:34:16","slug":"meet-the-woman-whos-bringing-pot-cafes-to-the-entire-state-of-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/meet-the-woman-whos-bringing-pot-cafes-to-the-entire-state-of-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Woman Who’s Bringing Pot Cafes to the Entire State of Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"

What, exactly, is social cannabis consumption? Should social consumption include weed sales at clubs, or should clubs simply provide a space for consumers to toke with friends?<\/p>\n

In other words, can a pot club survive as a business if it can\u2019t actually provide pot?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t let someone open up a pizza shop, but also make people bring their own pizza dough<\/em> in order to enjoy a slice of pie,\u201d Ambur Rose Racek, the owner of Studio A64<\/u><\/a>, a pot club in Colorado Springs, told MERRY JANE. \u201cIt\u2019s not a good business model, and it doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

While West Hollywood<\/u><\/a> will host the nation\u2019s first social consumption lounge that can legally sell weed, California\u2019s new \u201cpot caf\u00e9s\u201d won\u2019t be the first licensed clubs. America\u2019s first legally licensed lounge is Studio A64, founded in 2012 \u2014 the same year that voters approved Colorado\u2019s recreational weed law, Amendment 64.<\/p>\n

But Amendment 64 didn\u2019t lay out a framework for social consumption, nor did it define exactly what social consumption is. Additionally, Colorado\u2019s legalization law allowed cities to \u201copt out\u201d of recreational pot sales, and (not so surprisingly) Colorado Springs City Council voted to bow-out<\/u><\/a> in 2013. Bummed by the city\u2019s ban on adult-use pot shops, Studio A64\u2019s founder sold the business in 2015 to Ambur Rose Racek, a Colorado Springs native. <\/p>\n

Racek understood she was inheriting a legal headache. So she jumped into legislative game to make the situation better. \u201cThat was kind of my goal from the beginning, even if I didn\u2019t quite know it back then,\u201d she said. \u201cAs soon as I got into the industry and saw how things were and weren\u2019t <\/em>working, I realized pretty quickly how [social consumption] needed to work: [licensed clubs] provide weed legally, taxed and tracked, the same way that everybody else does it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Initially, Colorado Springs hosted over a half-dozen pot clubs, and all of them, at some point, sold weed onsite<\/u><\/a> by accepting cash \u201cdonations.\u201d The city didn\u2019t buy that argument, however. In retaliation, the council created an ordinance that forced all clubs to close by 2024<\/u><\/a>. Only Studio A64 and another club<\/u><\/a> renewed their licenses. <\/p>\n

Determined to pull Colorado\u2019s pot clubs out of a BYOB business model, Racek pushed for new social consumption reforms, but not with the city. This time around, she worked with the non-profit Southern Colorado Cannabis Council \u2014 and the social-use proponents won.<\/p>\n

Last year, Racek publicly backed HB 1230<\/u><\/a>, the so-called \u201cMarijuana Hospitality Bill.\u201d This statewide bill creates a business license for social consumption venues like Studio A64. And the best part is that clubs can sell weed <\/em>directly to their patrons. The bill received the governor\u2019s signature in May.<\/p>\n

Alas, Studio A64 remains caught between a new, revolutionary state law and an older city ordinance that orders Racek to permanently close her business in five years.<\/p>\n

To find out how Studio A64 is doing (read: surviving) in a conservative city that loves weed<\/u><\/a> but doesn\u2019t want people loving it openly, MERRY JANE caught up with Racek via phone to chat about how the business has fared since we last spoke<\/u><\/a>, what social consumption truly offers, her plans for the near future, and what other cities and states can learn from Colorado\u2019s mistakes.<\/p>\n

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Above, a photo of Studio A64<\/em><\/p>\n

MERRY JANE: You already have a licensed weed club. Why push for a statewide bill to create social consumption licensing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ambur Rose Racek: <\/strong>We really can\u2019t survive on the model that we run right now. It\u2019s confusing to people. People assume that they can come here and purchase [cannabis] in the lounge \u2014 and they should be able to, because that makes sense. <\/p>\n

Tourists come in with limited amounts of money, and they\u2019re expecting a certain type of experience. But when they get here, it\u2019s not what they were expecting. It makes their vacation more of a chore than anything. If they want to experience legal social consumption, we have to send them to a [recreational] dispensary \u2014 but we don\u2019t have one in Colorado Springs. They have to travel to Pueblo, Denver, or Manitou Springs to acquire product just to bring it back [to Studio A64] to smoke. A lot of people travel to Colorado not knowing that, and we just end up losing those customers completely.<\/p>\n

It really sucks! We lose money all day long because of it. So, it\u2019s been a long couple of years trying to run the model this way, and it just doesn\u2019t work. We\u2019ve been able to stay open thanks to local dispensaries who\u2019ve rented our space for private events. That\u2019s helped us out a lot.<\/p>\n

Once we\u2019re able to provide the product, I would see the tourists making up 80 to 85 percent of our total business sales.<\/p>\n

Would you be able to reapply or receive a modified license once Colorado\u2019s hospitality\/social consumption program kicks off?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t really say anything about that right now \u2014 mostly because I don\u2019t know. The rule-making for the actual licenses doesn\u2019t start until October, then we have to deal with the fact that the city still doesn\u2019t allow recreational sales.<\/p>\n

To have a [social consumption] license like this, we don\u2019t necessarily need recreational dispensaries [in Colorado Springs]. There are counties considered \u201cdry counties\u201d that have bars but not liquor stores. Studio A64 could work under the same concept. We think that because we have followed the rules and been so respectful toward what the city wished, that they would live up to their end of the bargain and issue us a license now that there\u2019s one available with the state. So, we really just have to wait to see what happens.<\/p>\n

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Last year, you started offering CBD products at Studio A64, including CBD dabs and edibles. Has that been successful?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the [recreational] cannabis community, which we\u2019re more geared toward, CBD<\/em> is kind of a bad word. It turns people away, a lot. Unless you\u2019re educated about CBD and have had an introduction to CBD, a lot of people are turned off by it. There are a lot of different rumors about how it works, how it doesn\u2019t work, and it really depends on the person.<\/p>\n

For a lot of people who suffer from some ailment, they can feel an effect from CBD. It\u2019s not necessarily that they feel something<\/em> from it, but rather that they stop feeling <\/em>what\u2019s ailing them.<\/p>\n

You once mentioned that you were planning to expand your business, but you couldn\u2019t give any details at the time. Is that still in the works?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have plans to expand. If we\u2019re allowed to get a [new social consumption] license in Colorado Springs, we\u2019ll definitely expand to a couple more locations here. But we\u2019ve been talking to other states that are more pro-active with social consumption. There are a lot of people interested in [social consumption] right now, and it\u2019s one of those things, like CBD: once people catch on, it\u2019s going to blow up. Fast.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a really exciting time. Colorado Springs is losing a really good opportunity for us to bring a lot to the city. [Social consumption] is an experience that nobody else is delivering, so it\u2019s pretty important. And it\u2019s pretty important to [cannabis consumers] who\u2019ve been living their lives and hiding this whole time. It\u2019ll be a liberating moment when they can come here, sit down, and look out the window without worrying about the cops ruining a good time.<\/p>\n

Social consumption is usually framed within a recreational framework: a place where people come to hang out with friends and get high. But have you seen social consumption lounges do more than simply serve as a venue for people to get stoned?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Definitely. They kind of turn into what they turn into. It becomes a community center in the daytime. There are lot of people who come every single day, and they find friends, people they can relate to, and they don\u2019t have to put up with any type of judgment or criticisms. They feel free.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere changes with whatever we\u2019re doing at the time. Sometimes we have painting classes, and we\u2019ll turn on chill meditation music, where it becomes a tranquil, spiritual experience. Other times we\u2019ll bring in rappers or other musicians, and it\u2019ll turn into a party-type atmosphere. But it never turns into a place where people get violent, or things get out of hand.<\/p>\n

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Above: Studio A64’s former downstairs area, which has since been replaced by an alcohol bar owned by another individual.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s an alcohol bar next door to your current location. What\u2019s it like having a booze bar right beneath the weed bar?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty eye-opening. The way that they act downstairs is appalling most of the time. They\u2019re always screaming and yelling. People throw up on our staircase or pass out in the alley. It\u2019s been a problem. Hopefully we can get it fixed.<\/p>\n

The atmospheres [between the two bars] completely clash. It\u2019s like oil and water. A lot of people think it\u2019s really cool to have an alcohol bar right next to a cannabis bar. But it\u2019s not cool at all; people don\u2019t like it. People who like to smoke weed don\u2019t like to drink, and they don\u2019t want to put up with all the things that come with drinking. I think if the bar wasn\u2019t there, our business would do significantly better.<\/p>\n

Do you get a lot of new cannabis consumers visiting Studio A64 just to learn about weed? Or is it usually experienced tokers coming in?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot of both. Tourists are pretty uneducated in terms of the different cannabis products available now. They don\u2019t know about the different strains or the effects of those different strains.<\/p>\n

People need to learn a lot of things regarding cannabis, and they definitely get an education when they come here. There\u2019s a lack of education at dispensaries, especially recreational ones, because they have such high volumes of business that they can\u2019t just sit and talk to people. It takes time for people to truly understand how to use the products correctly.<\/p>\n

Your budtenders are incredibly knowledgeable. Do you select them based on their previous knowledge of cannabis, or do you train them to be that way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both. Everyone that\u2019s worked there, so far, has either been someone that I\u2019ve known or someone who\u2019s hung out at the club for a long time. Obviously, during training, I talk to them a lot about how to make sure patrons know what they\u2019re doing, and making sure they feel safe, and comfortable. If somebody does overindulge, we know what to do and how to help them.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a learning process as you go. <\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a new pot caf\u00e9 opening soon in West Hollywood, and it’s argued that the caf\u00e9 is the first licensed club that can legally sell weed. What are your feelings about that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

If they\u2019re actually able to sell product, they probably are the first licensed club to legally be able to sell. We\u2019ve never had a license that said, Yes, go ahead and sell weed<\/em>, which is what we\u2019ve been working on for so long.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not too threatened by it, though. There\u2019s always people who are going to claim that they\u2019re bigger and better and the first. To me, it\u2019s not worth the fight. I\u2019m not that kind of a person. We\u2019ll put ourselves out there as much as we can \u2014 and claim our right, or whatever \u2014 but it is what it is.<\/p>\n

Colorado had a really good opportunity to push this forward years ago, and didn\u2019t. I think that\u2019s a big mistake. It\u2019s inevitable that social consumption is going to happen; it\u2019s just a matter of time.<\/p>\n

Any last thoughts you\u2019d like to leave with our readers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a place for all of us. It\u2019s time for everybody to become united and showed the government \u2014 or whoever needs to see \u2014 that we\u2019re organized, we\u2019re legitimate, and we\u2019re a real business that can bring in a lot of money for a lot of people. If we can become a tourist attraction \u2014 which we already are \u2014 that can help out a lot of local businesses.<\/p>\n

People need to realize that we\u2019re here, and we\u2019re not going anywhere. It\u2019s time for people to just accept that, and let us operate our business the same way everyone else is able to operate theirs.<\/p>\n

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