Each cannabis retail store means money for cities and townships

In 2026, Michigan handed out millions to various municipalities, revenue sharing for running a cannabis store. Each cannabis retail store earned an equal share, $54,017 per store.

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East Lansing’s six stores brought in $270,085. Lansing’s 26 shops brought in $1.4 million.

Ingham County got almost $1.9 million for its 35 stores.

Detroit tips the scale at 61 stores and $3.3 million. The map of cannabis stores per county shows that the state’s retail shops are concentrated in Wayne County, border counties (including with Wisconsin) and areas like Lansing, Mount  Pleasant and Ann Arbor that have large universities.

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