[South Tahoe Now, 03/05/2021, 12:56pm]
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif.- After months of waiting, the El Dorado County Planning and Building Department has released the results of its Meyers Commercial Cannabis Retail Selection merit based scoring.
After receiving input from the County’s Sheriff’s Department, Air Quality Management District and the Planning Division, the Planning and Building Department announced the finalist from a short list of three applications.
The three- Embarc, Charles Boldwyn and Tahoe Honey Company - are vying for the single cannabis retail business being allowed in the Meyers town center. With 20 points, Embarc, who has a cannabis business in South Lake Tahoe, lead the group, followed by Boldwyn with 19 points and Tahoe Honey with 16. Embarc has proposed going into the current gym location. Boldwyn was purchasing the old wedding chapel for his business, and Tahoe Honey Company was planning on going into the pizza business. All three are on U.S. 50 in Meyers.
"We are excited to expand Embarc’s presence and community relationships in the Tahoe basin," said the owner of the property where Embarc is going, Greg Daum. "We look forward to providing patients and customers access to cannabis at a second location."
Scores were based on the following equally-rated criteria: Distance to a residence, security plan, odor control plan, background check, and plan to prevent theft and access to cannabis and cannabis products by individuals under the age of 21 unless they have a valid medical cannabis card.
The selected applicant must submit a full Commercial Cannabis Retail Application and the associated application fee within five business days of being notified of their selection.
Applications were independently scored by the departments with expertise in the corresponding fields and the individual category scores were not shared or discussed between departments during the scoring process. The scoring criteria are generally described as follows, with more refined criteria for each category that may be viewed on: https://southtahoenow.com/story/03/05/2021/county-releases-results-meyers-commercial-cannabis-businesses