BAY CITY, MI - Bay City’s first medical marijuana provisioning center is here.

Skymint hosted a ribbon cutting at the 4330 Wilder Road location Tuesday, July 9. It opens for business to medical marijuana cardholders at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. It’s next to the 7-Eleven store near the intersection of Wilder and Bangor roads.

The Skymint brand is owned by Green Peak Innovations, one of the largest marijuana growing operations in the state.

The Bay City store is the first to open of the 30 stores that are planned across the state. The overall plan is to open 100 stores throughout the country.

“It’s awesome, we’re thrilled to be here. This community has been really welcoming," said Green Peak CEO Jeff Radway.

In attendance at the ribbon cutting was Bay City 7th Ward Commissioner Kerice Basmadjian and 3rd Ward City Commissioner Andrew Niedzinski.

“This is the intent when we wrote those ordinances, to see investments come into the city,” said Niedzinski.

City Commissioners got a peek at the new facility after the ribbon cutting. The Skymint building is designed to be inviting with a contemporary flair.

“When we said we wanted to reimagine the cannabis shopping experience, we were not kidding," said President of Skymint’s retail division Summer Ransom-Cleveland. "The biggest thing we wanted to do besides being extremely inviting and comfortable is to make sure that customers come in, learn about our products, and browse around.”

Customers are greeted in a spacious lobby and verify their medical marijuana card-carrying status with employees. Customers are then allowed back to the sales floor where a variety of products are on display.

Products such as marijuana flowers, crystals, oils, vape pens, and recipe books are presented in lit glass showcases. Interactive screens are placed next to displays to guide customers through products.

An open-floor design for products was chosen to promote interaction instead of having customer simply order from a counter.

“This way they get to walk through and see every fixture, and get up close and personal with the products,” said Ransom-Cleveland.

The design of the building is accented by marijuana themed photography and art pieces.

“I think the store itself is beautiful and it’s exciting to see a new business coming into Bay City that’s going to bring jobs and bring people and visitors. I’m really excited about it,” said Basmadjian.

The original plan for the Bay City Skymint location was to sell products for medical usage. However, the recent passing of ordinance amendments that allow for recreational marijuana facilities within Bay City limits presents new possibilities for Skymint in the future.

“For those communities that adopt an ordinance for it, we’ll certainly apply where we have a store," said Radway.

For now, the Skymint store will be ready to serve those customers with medical cannibis needs. The store will be open seven days a week.

“We hope that the customers and patients of Bay City like what they see here,” Radway said.