Ann Arbor OKs $525M budget after heated debate over marijuana money

Winewood Organics is Ann Arbor's first marijuana microbusiness

Marijuana plants grow in October 2021 at Winewood Organics in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News

ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor officials have adopted a roughly $525 million city budget for the upcoming year, including new social programs to be funded with marijuana money.

That includes a new city apprenticeship program and initiatives to help low-income residents and Black-owned business startups, as well as keep people out of the criminal legal system.

Author: CSN