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Local Cannabis Entrepreneur Hopes To Have First Black Woman-Owned Dispensary And Lift Others Up Too

"I hope that someone comes here, and they say, I can do this too," said Revering in a recent interview.

(CBS Minnesota)

December 5, 2023

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — As Calandra Revering prepares to open her cannabis business, portraits of Martin Luther King Jr., Breonna Taylor and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page are ready to hang on its walls.

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All of these people, she said, represent the fight for justice—a principle that's guided her work as a criminal defense attorney and a motivator to start her own business in the burgeoning cannabis industry.

"I hope that someone comes here, and they say, I can do this too," said Revering in a recent interview.

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