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The Fremont County Planning Commission’s monthly meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 5th, has been cancelled because there are no agenda items for consideration.   The Planning Commission will gather at their regular meeting time on May 5th for another workshop on updating the Fremont County Master Plan.   The Commission does not anticipate taking any public comment during the workshop.   The workshop will begin at 3 p.m. May 5th in Room LL-3 of the Fremont County Administration Building.

The Fremont County Board of Commissioners on Monday continued down the long path of county licensing for medical marijuana facilities in Fremont County already in operation and licensed by the State of Colorado.   The Board approved medical marijuana licenses for another four existing state licensees.

In the aftermath of approving a Special Review Use for medical marijuana manufacturing in the former Apple Shed at Penrose, the Fremont County Board of Commissioners said the message was clear from Penrose residents that ‘enough is enough’.   County Commission Chairman Ed Norden said the commissioners heard that message repeatedly from Penrose residents during the Apple Shed hearing that they believe there is too much of a concentration of medical marijuana licenses operating in Penrose.   The result of that was action by the Board of Commissioners at their April 14th re

The Fremont County Planning Commission is hosting a series of public meetings next week to take public input and discuss development of the updated Fremont County Master Plan.   The Planning Commission has conducted a series of workshops over the past four years with Planning Department staff updating language in the Master Plan as required by Colorado statute.