Documents Reveal Top-Scoring Medical Marijuana Cultivation Applicants

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's administration had prepared lists of businesses that were to receive lucrative medical marijuana licenses before he left office this month.

Quinn did not act on the licenses, leaving them to his successor, Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Below is the list of applicants that scored highest in evaluations to receive marijuana cultivation licenses in each of Illinois' state police districts, according to the documents. In some cases, where marked, the Quinn administration did not include those businesses in later drafts of prepared, but unsent news releases.

District 1 - Carroll, Lee, Ogle, Whiteside counties

  • GTI Clinic Holding, LLC

This company was omitted from later versions of the draft news release.

District 2 - DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry counties

  • Progressive Treatment Solutions, LLC

District 3 and 4 (C) - Cook County

  • Illinois Grown Medicine
  • Bedford Grow LLC

None of the drafts mentioned these business names, saying the "selection process is ongoing." The businesses were listed on a scoring sheet along with other top scorers, but they were highlighted in red.

District 5 - Grundy, Kendall, Will counties

  • Cresco Labs, LLC

This company was omitted from later versions of the draft news release.

District 6 - DeWitt, Livingston, McLean counties

  • Pharmacann

District 7 - Henry, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island counties

  • GTI Clinic Holding, LLC

District 8 - Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford counties

  • Ace Delevan, LLC

This company was omitted from later versions of the draft news release.

District 9 - Cass, Christian, Logan, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon counties

  • Cresco Labs, LLC

This company was omitted from later versions of the draft news release.

District 10 - Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, Vermilion counties

  • Shelby County Community Services, Inc.

District 11 - Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, St. Clair counties

  • Progressive Treatment Solutions, LLC

This company was omitted from later versions of the draft news release.

District 12 - Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Richland counties

  • Flora Grow, LLC

District 13- Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph, Washington, Williamson counties

  •  Ieso, LLC

District 14 - Fulton, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren counties

  •  Natures Grace and Wellness, LLC

District 15 - Downers Grove - Tollway

No applicants

District 16 - Boone, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago counties

  • In Grown Farms, LLC 2

District 17 - Bureau, LaSalle, Putnam counties

  • GTI Clinic Holding, LLC

This company was omitted from later versions of the draft news release.

District 18 - Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery counties

  • Compass Ventures, Inc.

District 19 - Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne, White counties

  • Atraxia

District 20 - Adams, Brown, Pike, Schuyler, Scott counties

  • Ace Barry, LLC

District 21 - Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee counties

  • Cresco Labs, LLC

District 22 - Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union counties

  • Wellness Group Pharms

None of the draft news releases mentioned this business name, saying the "selection process is ongoing." This company was listed on a scoring sheet along with other top scorers, but highlighted in red.

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