The thought that a cannabis retail store could one day open near his youth hockey training center in Stillwater has outraged LumberYard Hockey and Sports Center co-owner Lee Erickson.

“It’s so frustrating,” Erickson said Thursday. “We will be encouraging everyone we can to contact the city council members and urge them to vote against this. The question that matters is: Will this store make our youth/family/community corridor better or worse? I think we all know the answer.”

Erickson was commenting on a proposal for a recreational cannabis shop at 1754 Washington Ave., just south of the LumberYard, which trains thousands of young hockey, baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer and football players each year. The site also is close to the St. Croix Valley Recreation Center and Curio Danc

See Full Page