Multiple medical marijuana stores in Colorado Springs are preparing for Tuesday morning, when they will be able to make the first legal recreational sales in the city.

The launch of sales is a result of the ballot measure voters passed during the November election that allowed medical marijuana stores in Colorado Springs to receive a retail sales license for the first time. The ballot measure language specified that sales could not start until after April 14.

City licensing records show that 27 businesses had received their retail marijuana licenses from Colorado Springs as of Friday afternoon, which includes 24 retail stores and three recreational cultivators. Another store had a license listed “pending inspection,” which is the final review by the Colorado Springs Fire Department and the City Clerk’s Office.

Retail stores also need to be licensed by the Marijuana Enforcement Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue before they can start making sales.

Colorado Springs marijuana businesses prepare to launch retail sales

Native Roots Cannabis is preparing to start sales Tuesday at all four of its Colorado Springs locations, including the three gas station hybrid stores. Native Roots spokeswoman Liz Zurowski said the sales had been a long time coming for the city, so they wanted to open as soon as feasible.

Tuesday is also the first day the new licenses allow businesses to ship in and handle recreational products. Zurowski said the Native Roots stores would be getting products in early Tuesday, working around the possible lines of customers waiting outside, and setting them on display for a 10 a.m. opening.

“It’s kind of business as usual because we are good members of the community but we are trying to put our best foot forward, so we make a positive impression on everyone in Colorado Springs,” Zurowski said. “It is a privilege to be able to serve recreational consumers here.”

The Epic Remedy owns three approved stories along with two of the addresses that have been granted cultivation licenses. Epic Remedy co-owner Renze Waddington was one of the two plaintiffs who sued to prevent the City Council from running a ballot question in April to reverse the approval of sales.

Other chains with multiple licensed locations in Colorado Springs are Pure, with three stores; Silver Stem Fine Cannabis, with two stores; and Apothecary Farms, with two stores.