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The drive alone had me giddy.\u00a0Heading northeast from Southern Oregon, I crossed over the ruggedly beautiful Cascade Mountain Range and descended into the high desert plateau of Central Oregon. The three-hour drive flew by in a mosaic of fall color on a late October day. I was on a mission for Oregrown.<\/p>\n
I had heard about the flagship recreational dispensary from across the state. Nestled smack dab in the center of charming downtown Bend and just off the banks of the scenic Deschutes River, Oregrown<\/a> boasts a location few can surpass.\u00a0Snow-capped volcanoes sparkled in the distance as I walked up to the clean and unassuming building marked by a large embroidered Oregrown banner.<\/p>\n Inside, the welcoming waiting room offered coffee and tea, comfortable seating and walls laden with eye candy. Its decor oozed Oregon pride with local photographs and paintings.\u00a0Attendants promptly passed me an extensive menu and a budtender, John, escorted me into the \u201cadult only\u201d area.<\/p>\n The soft lighting drew my attention first, accented in all the right places to create the ambiance of an art gallery.\u00a0Oregrown\u2019s open floor plan and neatly organized products conveyed a sense of legitimacy. My focus went immediately to the sparkling jars, nearly 40 of them and each marked with its own colorful hand-drawn chalkboard, spread across clear glass displays. Meanwhile, a funky tune by the famous jam band Phish played in the background of the spacious dispensary.<\/p>\n John selected several of his favorites, offering an up-close look at their proud specimens. My mouth salivated when he opened a jar of impossibly frosty Blue Steel, tested at 29 percent THC<\/a>.<\/p>\n From its long-anticipated opening in January 2015, the shop has prided itself on offering what they consider the finest of flower in Oregon. With a nearby facility, the company provides farm-to-table product year-round.<\/p>\n \u201cWe keep somewhere between 30-40 strains on hand, about 60-70 percent grown just down the road,\u201d Oregrown co-owner Aviv Hadar said. \u201cWe do bring in outside flower \u2014 we don\u2019t have to \u2014 but if you see it on our shelves it is within the top 10 percentile in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n As a commercial cannabis grower, I see bud in large quantities everyday, and my eyes and nose told me he wasn\u2019t lying.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a selection of exclusive core genetics that we have pheno hunted<\/a>, including two 30 year old landrace strains,\u201d Aviv said. \u201cWe grow for quality, not for quantity.\u201d<\/p>\n Top-shelf flower certainly separates Oregrown from the vast array of dispensaries statewide, but its selection of edibles<\/a>, drinkables, topicals<\/a> and extracts hold a similar aura of exclusivity. Every product is obviously curated with intention. I stopped in at the display for the high-end PAX vaporizer<\/a>, where the budtender pulled out a custom model made specifically for Oregrown. The device clad in the artwork of famed rock-and-roll artist Brian Steely<\/a> and pays homage to the company\u2019s northwest roots with a fractal and celestial filled scene. Several other spectacular pieces by the artist adorn the walls.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope that people who visit our store have highest-end cannabis experience that they possibly can,\u201d Aviv said. \u201cWe want to be the best representation of Oregon cannabis, which we consider to be the best in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n Oregrown is the brainchild of Aviv and three of his childhood friends, Justin Crawn, Hunter Neubauer and Kevin Hogan. The retail outlet opened after nearly a year of construction and found a huge following in the community. Voted Best Dispensary in Bend three years in a row by the Source Weekly<\/a>, and awarded Startup of the Year by the Bend Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, their success is no secret. The Source Weekly also voted<\/a> Oregrown the best place to work in Bend (with under 50 employees).<\/p>\n \u201cWe love our employees and staff,\u201d Aviv said.\u00a0 \u201cOregrown is one big family and we invest a lot in our people.\u00a0 We look to set up careers that will go on for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n The company has also made a name for itself by sponsoring local extreme sports athletes and events not even related to the cannabis industry. Oregrown also partnered with the Humane Society of Central Oregon<\/a> to lower the costs of adopting animals.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you see our name at these huge local events like the Oregon WinterFest<\/a> that bring in thousands of people, we want to de-stigmatize the industry,\u201d Hadar said. \u201cWhen some kid out in the middle of Michigan sees one of his favorite skiers wearing Oregrown shirt, we hope to inspire them to get out, and embrace the spirit of the Northwest.\u201d<\/p>\n With shops in Eugene, Portland and Canon Beach in the works, Oregrown\u2019s top-shelf products will soon be available across the state.<\/p>\n Originally published in\u00a0Issue 29<\/a>\u00a0of Cannabis Now.\u00a0<\/em>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, have you visited a dispensary in Oregon?<\/p>\n The post Dispensary Profile: Oregrown<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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