Choice Labs Social Equity Plan
Choice Labs is committed to promoting and encouraging participation in the marihuana industry by people from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marihuana prohibition and enforcement, and to positively impact those communities.
The Social Equity Program is designed to encourage participation in the marijuana industry by people who live in the 184 Michigan communities which have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition and enforcement:
Allegan: Fennville, Lee Township
Arenac: Alger, Sterling
Barry: Nashville
Bay: Bay City, Midland, Pinconning
Berrien: Benton Harbor, Berrien Spring, Coloma, Eau Claire, Niles, Oronoko Township, Sodus Township, Watervliet
Branch: Bronson, Butler Township, Coldwater, Gilead Township, Quincy, Sherwood, Sherwood Township, Union City
Calhoun: Albion, Battle Creek, Springfield, Tekonsha, Tekonsha Township, Union City
Cass: Cassopolis, Dowagiac, Edwardsburg, Lagrange Township, Marcellus, Vandalia
Eaton: Charlotte, Vermontville
Emmet: McKinley Township, Wawatam Township
Genesee: Clio, Flint, Flint Township, Mt. Morris, Mt. Morris Township
Gratiot: Alma, Bethany Township, Breckenridge, Fulton Township, Perrinton, Seville Township, Wheeler Township
Hillsdale: Montgomery
Ingham: East Lansing, Lansing
Ionia: Ionia, Muir, Orleans Township, Ronald Township
Isabella: Coldwater Township, Fremont Township, Mt. Pleasant, Shepherd
Jackson: Hanover, Jackson, Springport
Kalamazoo: Galesburg, Kalamazoo
Kent: Cedar Springs, Grand Rapids
Lapeer: Clifford, Columbiaville, Imlay City, Lapeer
Lenawee: Adrian, Morenci
Macomb: Center Line, Mt. Clemens
Mecosta: Aetna Township, Barryton, Big Rapids, Deerfield Township, Fork Township, Mecosta, Millbrook Township, Morley, Sheridan Township, Stanwood, Wheatland Township
Monroe: Luna Pier
Montcalm: Carson City, Crystal Township, Edmore, Greenville, Home Township, Howard City, Lakeview, McBride, Pierson, Stanton
Muskegon: Holton Township, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, Twin Lake
Newaygo: Beaver Township, Big Prairie Township, Bridgeton Township, Denver Township, Fremont, Grant, Hesperia, Lilley Township, Merrill Township, Newaygo, Troy Township, White Cloud, Wilcox Township
Oakland: Hazel Park, Pontiac, Royal Oak Township
Ogemaw: Horton Township, Prescott, Richland Township, Rose City, West Branch
Ottawa: Allendale Township
Roscommon: Higgins Township, Richfield Township, Roscommon, Roscommon Township, St. Helen
Saginaw: Bridgeport Township, Carrollton Township, Chapin Township, Chesaning, Kochville Township, Marion Township, Saginaw, Spaulding Township
Shiawassee: Owosso
St. Clair: Port Huron
St. Joseph: Sturgis, Sturgis Township, Three Rivers, White Pigeon Township
Tuscola: Akron, Caro, Dayton Township, Gagetown, Gilford Township, Kingston, Koylton Township, Mayville, Vassar, Vassar Township
Van Buren: Arlington Township, Bangor Township, Bloomingdale, Breedsville, Columbia Township, Covert Township, Decatur, Decatur Township, Hartford, Keeler Township, Lawrence, Mattawan, Paw Paw, South Haven
Washtenaw: Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti
Wayne: Dearborn, Detroit, Ecorse, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Inkster, Melvindale, River Rouge, Wayne
Wexford: Antioch Township, Cadillac, Colfax Township, Mesick, Slagle Township
The Choice Labs facility is located in Jackson, Michigan. A community that has been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition. The next closest community that has been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition is Albion just 24 miles away.
With Choice Labs being located in Jackson, we can have a meaningful and positive direct impact on the residents. Choice Labs has also been advertising job opportunities to all of the surrounding communities. Choice Labs has made strides in offering jobs and hiring people from communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marihuana prohibition and enforcement.
Our Choice Labs facility is less than a 30 minute commute from Albion. This moderate commute makes it realistic for employees from Albion to commute to our Jackson facility on an ongoing basis.
#1
We will do the following to recruit potential employees from these impacted communities:
In job postings, we will include the words: “Residents of Albion are encouraged to apply.”
We have published and will maintain a page on our website explaining our social equity program. This webpage will encourage residents of Jackson, Albion and East Lansing (as well as other communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition) to apply for jobs at Choice Labs. This page is available at http://www.choicelabs.com/pages/social-equity-program
We will post job offerings in local newspapers and on job boards within these communities.
#4
We will offer mentorship to applicants and licensees who qualify for MRA’s social equity program.
#2
We will offer free marijuana career advice for any resident of any community that has been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition. We will publish a phone number and email on our website where individuals from the identified communities who are looking for employment in the marijuana industry can contact a hiring manager at Choice Labs. Our hiring managers will give each resident of an identified community a free phone consultation lasting up to 60 minutes.
#3
We will offer free marijuana licensing advice for any resident of any community that has been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition. We will publish a phone number and email on our website where individuals from the identified communities who are interested in opening a marijuana facility can contact a compliance manager at Choice Labs. Our compliance manager will give each resident of an identified community a free phone consultation lasting up to 60 minutes.
#5
As a company, we will direct at least 50% of our charitable donations to communities disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition.