Several new marijuana cultivation facilities have opened near the Kingman airport to supply the numerous medical dispensaries continuing to open around the state. The ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries was passed by voters in 2010 and produced about $215-million in legal (i.e. taxed) sales for Arizona statewide in 2015. The good news for Kingman has not only been leasing a few vacant buildings. The number of jobs involved at a marijuana cultivation facility are numerous including grow laborers, bud tenders, sales staff, management, security guards, and facility maintenance personnel. Arizona voters will face a ballot measure (pending enough signatures on the petition) in November relating to the recreational sale and use of marijuana. While most states have legalized medical use only Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and the District of Colombia have passed laws for recreational use. Colorado was the first state to allow recreational sales and in the last two years had $901 million in sales (in addition to $794 million in medical sales for about $1.7 billion in marijuana sales.) Arizona has a larger population than Colorado. Will Arizona soon be the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana?
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Central Christian church started holding services 4 years ago at the Lee Williams High School building. Now the church has leased the historic Central Commercial Co. building downtown. The building had sat vacant for several years with the exception of an occasional wedding or event. The church hopes the larger space will accommodate more "owners" (a term that refers to church members) which is currently around 400 people every Sunday. A coffee shop will also be opened in part of the building. The heavier flow of visitors to downtown Kingman on Sundays (currently the slowest day for downtown merchants) will help strengthen downtown. The church also plans to contract with downtown restaurants for catering events. The first church service planned in the historic building is scheduled for Sunday, May 1st. Special thanks to Bret Johnson (with Central Kingman) for his help with this article.
Filming movies in Kingman has helped the local economy as crews occupy our hotels, eat at our restaurants, and visit our bars. We even had a commission dedicated to getting Kingman on the big screen:
This scene from Mars Attacks was filmed at Red Lake just north of town in 1996:
Here is a scene from Universal Soldier that filmed downtown in 1991:
Roadhouse 66 was almost entirely filmed in Kingman & Oatman in 1984:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas even filmed a scene at Kingman's airport in 1997:
Do you know of any other movies that filmed scenes in Kingman? Leave a comment below!
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