PHASES HAVE HIGH STANDARDS

PHASE 0:  DUE DILIGENCE

During this critically important stage we will assist you in understanding the challenges and expenses of operating a highly regulated and competitive business when your product is in federal conflict.  Regardless of where you start – the discipline of this stage helps you understand the financial opportunities as well as risks that stand in front of you. It is the cornerstone from which your business is built or perhaps even abandoned once you fully understand the landscape.

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Highroad's Unique Position

You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who’s been in the legal cannabis industry longer than our team. We’ve invested our own money so we know the pain of writing checks and the prudence of spending the money wisely – we’ve started up over a dozen cannabis businesses – built them up and sold some of the first cannabis businesses in the world.  We have been asked by lawmakers to participate in the writing of their laws, combine our political experience with the many years of traditional business successes – we got you covered!

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Anticipated Result: The confidence to make an informed "go" or "no go" decision on your project

PHASE 1:  GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

California’s 58 counties and 480 incorporated cities and towns each take a unique approach to regulating medical cannabis. Even in the friendliest political climates, medical cannabis patients and dispensaries have encountered stiff opposition. An effective government relationship process is essential to the success of any Medical Cannabis Organization. Desert Hot Springs (DHS), a small community with a population of 27,000 and one of 9 cities occupying the Coachella Valley is on the front lines of developing regulations ahead of mandated State Licensing Rules that are under development. These state rules empower the local communities to write their own regulations providing they are at minimum following the state rules. This puts us in a unique position of getting ahead in some regard, but also rules in ‘anticipation’ of what the State will implement. Add that the November ballot also has Adult Use being voted on – there is a lot of work and risk to getting into the cannabis industry at this juncture. But there lies what we believe is the opportunity.

 

Anticipated Result: Approved conditional Use Permit

PHASE 2:  CONSTRUCTION/BUILDOUT

Highroad Consulting Group, having gone through the process in the Valley for this exact function, is uniquely positioned to help identify cost savings and expediency to the construction process.  Listening to the vision of their clients with the input from staff master growers a design will be communicated to a professional team of Valley contractors that will include value engineering. Highroad Consulting Group has been building large scale cultivation grows indoors as well as sophisticated greenhouses and outdoors legally for 3 years in 2 states. 

 

Anticipated Result: A completed, compliant and ready to move in cultivation center

PHASE 3:  OPERATIONAL EXECUTION

The third phase focuses on helping our Partner/Clients develop a business structure for a startup organization that can easily transition to a fully mature large scale growing and/or processing center. Highroad Consulting Group is uniquely positioned to accomplish this based on the 20 plus years’ experience building startups in the traditional world combined with actual experience building cannabis businesses and selling them, something very few have accomplished in the burgeoning industry. 

It has proven to be a difficult transition for most growers moving from the unregulated market to a highly regulated and competitive one. Highroad Consulting Group will work with the clients to not only build their in-house controls, but assist in the marketing and sales strategy teams as well.

We bring in our team of experts to train your team and then we transition out.

 

Anticipated Result: A fully functioning cultivation center with checks and balances, quality standards, compliance and controls in place. Combined with a sales team.

PHASE 4:  STABILIZING

During this critical phase, Highroad Consulting Group will ensure that the processes and checks and balances are producing the anticipated results. Modifications are almost always necessary and anticipated to fine tune. Highroad Consulting Group begins to transition to more of an ‘oversight’ role allowing the Board to function as designed as well as the team to fully mature.

 

Anticipated Result: A mature and independent operation.

 

PHASE 5:  ONGOING SUPPORT AND INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

During phase 5, Highroad Consulting Group provides unlimited access to trouble shoot both internal issues as well as any industry challenges. Calling upon their national network of cannabis experts– we are sure to find a solution and alternatives for you whether it be key staff positions, regulations, legal or tax audits, we have an arsenal of proven resources available to assist.

 

Anticipated Result: You sleep better ;)

PHASE 6:  STATE LICENSING

Licensing is not an easy process. It is anticipated to be highly competitive and the lessons we have learned from monitoring and participating in multiple states application processes is clear. Many of the licensing review people are simply looking for ways to deny your application.  We have seen them denied for a multitude of what would seem unreasonable – but none the less – you are our of the running. We haven’t lost yet. So we would guide you through the necessary steps of the application process and then help you build a winning application.  Prior to that we are lobbying to ensure that reasonable rules are being written both at the city and state levels.

 

Anticipated Result: A treasured California business license in an industry so new that the sky is the limit!