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title: Vermont town votes no on retail cannabis
description: Vermont town rejects retail cannabis proposal, halting plans for a new dispensary at a former diner location by a narrow vote margin.
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# [Vermont town votes no on retail cannabis](https://420intel.com/blog/vermont-town-votes-no-on-retail-cannabis)

 Written by [Buzz](https://420intel.com/blog/author/buzz) | Oct 21, 2024 3:07:22 PM

A proposal to convert a former diner into a marijuana dispensary has been snuffed out by voters. Residents took to the polls Tuesday and narrowly rejected an option to allow retail cannabis in town by a vote of 137 to 135.

The result puts a risk a plan by Chelsea resident Sean Trombly to turn Sandy's, a former diner that closed following a 2022 fire, into a retail cannabis dispensary that was to include an ice cream stand.

Trombly, 31, operates a cannabis cultivation operation in Chelsea called Trombly's House of Cannabis and recently purchased the Sandy's building on Route 14 in Sharon. In August, he presented the selectboard with a petition signed by 5% of Sharon's voters asking it to bring the issue to a vote.

Tuesday's results were "surprising and devastating," Trombly said by phone on Wednesday. "A lot of people have reached out today asking us to petition for a revote," he said. He's uncertain if he will.

 

[by MMJ Daily](https://www.mmjdaily.com/article/9670496/us-vt-vermont-town-votes-no-on-retail-cannabis/?utm_medium=email)

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