Legal recreational pot sales within Longmont city limits began Monday morning with Black Hawk resident Tyler Worley’s purchase of 28 pre-rolled joints from Boulder-based Terrapin Care Station at its new store at 650 20th Ave.

“That’s pretty cool,” Worley said about being the first person to legally purchase recreational cannabis from a retailer within the city limits.

A group of nearly 50 people, including Longmont elected officials, city staff and nonprofit leaders, celebrated the opening of Terrapin as the city’s first recreational marijuana dispensary.

It is the company’s sixth store in Colorado, and its launch Tuesday came with $20,000 donations apiece to five Longmont-area nonprofits as a show of thanks and of the company’s willingness to be a “good corporate citizen,” Terrapin founder and owner Chris Woods said.

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