A recreational marijuana store has been approved for a space near Walmart on Highway 303.
The retailer, licensed by the Liquor and Cannabis Board on Friday, is called Pacific Northwest Green Leaf. Its listed address is 6733 Highway 303 NE in East Bremerton (but outside city limits).
Green Leaf is the 14th marijuana seller approved in Kitsap. The state will issue a total of 20 retail licenses in the county.
Nine Kitsap marijuana stores posted sales in March. These were the top five performing stores by gross revenue in the first quarter of 2016 (before the 37 percent excise tax and other taxes are subtracted):
1. The Pot Zone (Port Orchard)
First quarter sales: $890,399
Excise tax: $329,448
2. Destination Hwy 420 (Bremerton)
First quarter sales: $755,53
Excise tax: $279,549
3. Hwy 420 (Bremerton)
First quarter sales: $745,941
Excise tax: $275,998
4. Paper & Leaf (Bainbridge Island)
First quarter sales: $652,043
Excise tax: $241,256
5. Pacific Cannabis Co. (Bremerton)
First quarter sales: $470,718
Excise tax:$174,166
(The Suquamish Tribe’s Agate Dreams store is excluded from this list as its revenue is not made public.)
Here’s a graphical look at recreational marijuana sales in Kitsap: