Iowa Marijuana Dispenary “Have A Heart” Rated One Of The Best In United States By High Times, Puget Sound Business Journal After Closing $25 Million in Series A Financing And Purchasing A Brokerage Firm For Cannabis Business Acquisitions
Have A Heart Makes Its Debut In Iowa With Two New Medical Cannabis Dispensaries
Cannabis retailer arrives in the quad city with grand openings in Council Bluffs and Davenport
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa & DAVENPORT, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–This weekend, Have a Heart celebrates the grand openings of its first stores in Iowa. The company will bring its deep expertise in the medical cannabis industry to the Council Bluffs and Davenport communities.
“Have a Heart has provided our community with a safe environment where patients have access to a variety of medical cannabis products.”
“We started as a medical dispensary many years ago, so our team possesses a core expertise in this area,” said Ryan Kunkel, CEO of Have a Heart. “Whether they’re living with chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, or going through palliative cancer care, we’re proud to be able to provide patients in the Council Bluffs and Davenport communities with the best cannabis medicine, in a pleasant, non-intimidating environment.”
The Council Bluffs shop is located at 3615 9th avenue, next to Omaha, NE (across the Missouri River). Davenport is located on 2222 E 53rd Street, off of the I-74 Highway. Kunkel and Ed Mitchell, Have a Heart’s chief operations officer, attended green-ribbon-cutting ceremonies for both stores. They were joined by State Rep. Charlie McConkey and Mayor Matt Walsh from Council Bluffs.
“Patients who have a qualifying illness will no longer have to drive great distances to get their medicine,” said Council Bluffs’ Mayor Matt Walsh. “Have a Heart has provided our community with a safe environment where patients have access to a variety of medical cannabis products.”
Have a Heart was recently rated by High Times as one of the best cannabis dispensaries in the United States, and earned the distinction as Seattle’s top-selling cannabis retailer from the Puget Sound Business Journal. The company recently closed $25 million in series A financing, the largest private financing round for a pure-play U.S. retail cannabis company to date.
Have a Heart has retail stores across the nation including: Washington, Hawaii, Oregon, California and now Iowa, with additional stores opening soon in Ohio. The company has more than eighteen applications pending, including in five additional states. In addition, it has more than twenty sites under negotiation with potential merger partners in another four states.
Notorious for its giant joint sculpture, this Belltown location is one of six Have a Heart dispensaries. Conveniently located just a few blocks from the Space Needle and the downtown waterfront, Have a Heart Belltown boasts an impressive inventory of high-quality cannabis and a knowledgeable and friendly staff.
After years as Seattle’s top-selling cannabis retailer, Uncle Ike’s location in the Central District has been dethroned by Have A Heart in Belltown, which brought in $11.8 million in sales for the fiscal year.
That was a 62 percent jump from the previous year.
Have A Heart opened in 2016, and co-owner and CEO Ryan Kunkel says fiscal 2018 was when the store gained traction.
Kunkel credits his team, which signed a collective bargain agreement in August with United Food and Commercial Workers Union 21, for building repeat business.
“Happy employees make for happy guests, and happy guest make for better sales,” he said.
Kunkel has his sights set on national growth. The company closed a $25 million funding round in September and just started another $50 million round to continue financing national expansion.
Have a Heart holds 15 recreational licenses in six states, and expects them all to be open by the end of the year.
The company has also recently closed $25 million in series A financing, the largest private financing round for a pure-play U.S. retail cannabis company to date.
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