Doja runs one of the more distinctive formats in the southwest Michigan cannabis market: a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week dispensary with drive-through service at its E Centre Avenue address in Portage, positioning itself for customers whose schedules don’t align with conventional retail hours. The locally owned operation describes itself as legacy operators — growers and caregivers with roots in the Kalamazoo community Read more...

Lake Effect is one of southwest Michigan’s most decorated cannabis operations — a Portage-based, caregiver-founded independent that has accumulated Hightimes Cannabis Cup wins including best concentrate in the world, along with multiple edibles awards, since opening in December 2015. The original 8314 Portage Road location is the flagship, with the newer Westnedge Avenue location running 24 hours as a drive-thru. Read more...