FLINT, MI -- The first retailer to get a state license to sell recreational marijuana in the city plans to start adult-use sales on Feb. 28.

Michael Elias, chief executive officer of Common Citizen, said the company’s store at 310 S. Averill Ave., is planning to begin delivery service on Feb. 27, and plans to sell recreational weed at the same price as medical marijuana -- except for the higher state tax.

In Michigan, recreational marijuana gets a 10 percent excise tax on top of the 6 percent sales tax charged for medical marijuana.

“We’re going to continue to serve medical patients” with a dedicated lane inside the store, Elias said. “We are excited to expand our ... operations in Flint.”

Common Citizen’s storefront is inside a building that once house the Raincheck Lounge, a longtime Flint bar that closed more than five years ago.

The building’s renovation won the company the Gold Award for retail store design.from the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Common Citizen’s website says the store’s design and layout reflects the company’s “human-centered philosophy,” displaying Common Citizen’s brand prominently, along with photos of patients, artwork, warm lighting and clean-lined furniture.

In addition to Flint, there are Common Citizen retail stores in Emmett Township and Detroit with other locations planned for opening later this year.

Elias is also CEO of Michigan Pure Med, which operates a grow and processing operation in Marshall.

By spring, he expects all of the marijuana sold at Common Citizen in Flint to be produced by Michigan Pure Med.

Flint is in the process of amending its ordinances dealing with marijuana but has opted into the state program that allows for the sale of recreational weed, which state voters approved in 2018.

Some of those proposed Flint ordinance changes were on the City Council agenda Monday, Feb. 10, but the council lost its quorum and did not address resolutions or ordinances.