By Tana Poncsak, contributor
Greater Decatur, GA — The commercial space formerly occupied by Pac-A-Sac at 2607 Lawrenceville Highway near The Corner Cup Coffee shop will soon have a new tenant.
Fine Fettle Dispensary is set to open in the space vacated by the Pac-A-Sac convenience store a few years ago. It is a cannabis dispensary, and Georgia locations will provide medical cannabis to patients registered for medical cannabis use in the state.
According to Benjamin Zachs, chief operating officer at Fine Fettle Dispensary, Georgia law allows for a 50,000-square-foot cultivation facility and five retail locations. The cultivation and extraction facility is in Macon, with retail locations set for Athens, Evans, Peachtree Corners, Smyrna, and Decatur. They plan to open the Decatur and Smyrna retail sites first, tentatively set for the end of May to early June. If all goes according to plan, all retail sites in metro Atlanta will be open by early July.
The Decatur retail site in greater DeKalb County is considered a prime location.
“We wanted to look at key population centers, so we broke down the sites in the greater Atlanta area into central hubs,” Zachs said. With zoning laws keeping Fine Fettle Dispensary out of Atlanta, Zachs said the
