![]() Galarza and several other cannabis business owners on the street said they found out about the hearing last minute. But, in May, the owner asked the zoning hearing examiner for an exception to the rule. The city previously denied that location to ReLeaf Cannabis Company because it would be within 600 feet of an existing pot shop. A high Galarza was riding until he learned a larger company is planning to move into an old car sales lot just two blocks down from him on Lomas Blvd. The steady flow of shoppers had him feeling more confident their business will succeed. Galarza said a lot of their customers are also local - from the surrounding neighborhood - some walk-ups, many repeats. “We only support New Mexico grown, New Mexico extracted, New Mexico business, period,” he added. “So, all this flour I’ve grown,” Galarza said, pointing at his products on the shelf. Their mom-and-pop pot shop is a cannabis microbusiness, meaning they can only grow 200 plants. And we are literally what you call all in, like all in,” Galarza explained. ![]() “We literally put our entire retirement, mine and hers. ![]() He told KRQE he and his wife will do anything to see their business succeed because they gave everything to open it. The attention to detail outside and inside the store is evident. The longtime Albuquerque resident opened 505 Farms on Lomas Boulevard in December 2022.
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