Cannabis grow. (Photo by Beverly Yuen Thompson/Flickr)

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has selected four prospective operators of storefront retail marijuana dispensaries, and seven hopeful operators of cannabis cultivation businesses to move forward in a permitting process for the county’s first adult-use cannabis stores and commercial grow operations in unincorporated areas.

These 11 operators have been given the nod to go through the county conditional use permit process — one that Supervisor John Gioia estimates to be a six- to 12-month process. None of the businesses is guaranteed to get the permits they need, supervisors stressed; in that event, eligible applicants that did not make the cut this month could be considered in the future.

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