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Cresco Labs Expands Arizona Footprint With Acquisition of Cultivation, Processing and Dispensary Assets

PRESS RELEASE Cultivation Footprint Now Approaching 1,000,000 Square Feet (Chicago, IL) – October 29, 2018 – Cresco Labs, one of the largest multi-state vertically integrated cannabis operators in the United States, today announced its acquisition of licenses and assets in…

Chicago marijuana company Cresco set to go public in Canada, raise funds for expansion here

Medical marijuana company Cresco Labs is moving forward with a plan to go public in Canada, a step that will give it access to additional funds to grow its business in Illinois and nationwide. Cresco announced Wednesday that it entered…

Cresco Labs Announces Hire of Jason Erkes As Its First Chief Communications Officer

PRESS RELEASE (CHICAGO, September 12, 2018) – Cannabis industry leader Cresco Labs, one of the largest and fastest-growing U.S. cannabis companies, today announced the hire of veteran communications strategist Jason Erkes as its first chief communications officer. Erkes, a former…

Cresco Labs Announces Massive Expansion to California, Arizona and Nevada Product Line will be Available by End of Year

PRESS RELEASE (Chicago, IL) Midwest-based Cresco Labs announced acquisition and expansion plans today adding three new markets, one medical and two adult-access states, to their already impressive operational presence in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Cresco Labs will be launching vertically-integrated…

Cresco Labs is First Cannabis Company to Win National Award in Healthcare Advertising Competition

PRESS RELEASE (Chicago, IL) Healthcare Marketing Report announced today that Illinois-based Cresco Labs is the first cannabis company ever to be awarded a National Healthcare Advertising Award. Cresco was presented the Silver Award for a poster design as part of…

Cresco Labs…Oh what a year it has been!

April 3, 2018
Rob Meagher
Company Stories, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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A year ago, I had the privilege of sharing Charlie Bachtell and his team at Cresco Labs’ story (The Big Boys Bring the A-Team and Game to Illinois and Beyond: Cresco Labs) with CBE's readers. It was a story filled with…

The Big Boys bring the A-Team and Game to Illinois and Beyond: Cresco Labs

April 17, 2017
Rob Meagher
Company Stories, Cultivation, Multiple State Operators, Spotlight
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By Rob Meagher CRESCOlabs™ arrived on the scene with a bang, winning three of the 21 Producer/Processor licenses issued in the great state of Illinois in 2015 with the highest scores of 158 applicants. And like the way three (3) of the founding…

Illinois Medical Marijuana Industry Continues to Grow Despite Restrictions

In a warehouse in Joliet, hundreds of marijuana plants sway under high-intensity lights, taking in carbon dioxide-rich air, sucking up a constant feed of nutrients and bristling with buds. Like Olympic athletes, the plants are rigorously trained and intensively pampered.…