When Bonnie Brasure heard a week ago that one of Vancouver’s first marijuana shops would soon be opening across the street from her bakery, she was shocked.

“My jaw fell to the ground,” she said.

Brasure has owned Bleu Door Bakery on Main Street for just over two years and has watched the area of Uptown Village evolve during that time. She doesn’t think Main Street Marijuana, which is tentatively set to open July 8 with Mayor Tim Leavitt in attendance, fits with the charm of Uptown Village.

“I just don’t think that it belongs,” she said.

Though Brasure is not alone in her concerns, other business owners on Main Street are welcoming the new shop and say it is the perfect fit.

“It’s exciting to me to witness a historical precedent,” said Chris Read, owner of Arnada Naturals, which sells vitamins and herbs. “I predict that it will help invigorate the (city’s) west side. I’m envisioning young, hip and affluent folks coming from Portland and elsewhere that will really ‘get’ a natural food store like mine.”

Main Street Marijuana is opening in the former Pacific Jewelers building. The store was one of six selected for Vancouver in a lottery conducted by the Washington State Liquor Control Board. As one of Clark County’s first legal pot shops — if it passes final inspections — it will turn Uptown Village into a testing ground for how the legalization of the drug plays out.