November 25, 2015
Chicago Chatham neighborhood residents Jerry Brown and Dedra Delaney celebrate a firm's decision to withdraw plans to open a marijuana dispensary at 1111 E. 87th St. in Chicago.
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Firm Withdraws Plans to Open Marijuana Dispensary in Chatham Neighborhood
For the last few months, Dedra Delaney has attended meeting after meeting trying to stop a planned marijuana dispensary from opening at 1111 E. 87th St. in Chicago. Last Friday, Delaney and two busloads of Chatham neighborhood residents got what they wanted. A city staffer at the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting announced that Haborside Illinois Grown Medicine, LLC (IGM) withdrew its petition for the planned dispensary.