I’m really surprised to see so much real estate development cropping up in our section over the last few years.
After the 2008 economic recession, this venue became a ghost town pretty much.
A huge amount of the shops on Main Street closed plus there were little to no new corporations opening in the years after that. In the last few years things have gradually improved with housing developers plus building subdivisions near the interstate. There are also professional buildings plus industrial parks going up as well. In the last year alone, our town has welcomed six new major pizzerias, all of which are still getting good business. Things are certainly looking up for our once-ailing city, so much so that I see CBD stores going up essentially everywhere. At first only the smoke shops had CBD products plus the variety was relatively limited. It didn’t take especially long for the CBD stores to show up all around. Some of them were former vape shops that had to transition after failing to generate business. I have visited a selection of the CBD stores in our town but I don’t trust a vast majority of the products they are selling. You can’t even find any lab testing information, so how are you supposed to know that the products are clean? The hemp plants could have been contaminated with pesticides that are retained in the products at the store. There also could be stray solvents left over from the extraction process. This is why I get all of my CBD products from a medical cannabis store where I can have peace of mind with what I’m buying.