{"id":4285,"date":"2021-10-15T04:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T11:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?p=4285"},"modified":"2021-10-15T08:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T15:24:28","slug":"chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Basketball Star Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Webber is the latest big star to join the ranks of celebrity cannabis entrepreneurs. Webber broke ground this week on the new $50 million Webber Wellness Compound in Detroit, where the former college and NBA star has ambitious plans for his company and the surrounding community.<\/p>\n

Plans call for the compound to include a dispensary, cultivation facility, and a\u00a0cannabis consumption lounge<\/a>\u00a0where people can enjoy the product grown onsite. The wellness compound also will have a training facility run by Cookies U that will train people for jobs in the cannabis industry, including working at a dispensary and cultivating marijuana.<\/p>\n

Webber also will employ people at the compound to provide guidance for those who need to go through the process of getting their marijuana-related arrest expunged.<\/p>\n

In moving into the cannabis business, Chris Webber joins a long list of sports figures who work in cannabis, as well as celebrity cannabis entrepreneurs such as Jay Z and Martha Stewart.<\/p>\n

Project Part of Revitalization Efforts in Detroit<\/h2>\n

Webber and entrepreneur Lavetta Willis launched the venture through their newly formed company, Players Only Holdings. In a\u00a0press release<\/a> from the company, Webber and Willis said it will focus on \u201cfour strategic business areas.\u201d They include real estate development, cannabis cultivation, brand partnerships, and creative content development and management.<\/p>\n

Plans call for building the 180,000-square foot compound in the Detroit Corktown neighborhood, where Ford is also investing in renovating a building and creating an \u201cinnovation center\u201d with 5,000 employees. The new Webber Wellness Compound is also expected to bring hundreds of new jobs into the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my biggest priority in life. I’ve seen who [Willis] and I have helped across the country and the lives that have been disrupted by cannabis. Hopefully, we can do a little bit of repairing. Hopefully, we can help the city,” Webber told<\/a> the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n

Cannabis Gives Chris Webber a Chance to Help Black Community<\/h3>\n

As part of his effort to help the Black community, Webber has personally been interviewing black-owned architectural firms and general contractors for the project. The training facility part of the project also is important to Webber, who told media outlets at the ground-breaking ceremony that Black people have faced barriers in getting jobs in the cannabis industry.<\/p>\n

He said the new wellness compound will create a \u201ccannabis ecosystem\u201d that creates jobs and benefits the Detroit community. He pointed out that social equity programs \u201cstruggle in many states,\u201d and that the plan with the new facility is to lead the way in this area.<\/p>\n

“This Detroit training and operations facility is only the first step in bringing tangible opportunities to the people of this city \u2013 one that means so much to me \u2013 while eliminating barriers to an industry with unlimited economic potential,” Webber said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d University of Michigan basketball team in the 1990s and played in the NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1181],"yoast_head":"\nChris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d U-M basketball team in the 90s and NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d U-M basketball team in the 90s and NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dispensaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-15T11:20:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-15T15:24:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cannabis-wellness-compound-in-detroit.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dispensariescom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dispensaries Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/\",\"name\":\"Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-15T11:20:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-15T15:24:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\"},\"description\":\"Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d U-M basketball team in the 90s and NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former Basketball Star Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0\",\"name\":\"Dispensaries Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dispensaries Editor\"},\"description\":\"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. We cover everything to the business trends, latest products and even help the cannicurious people better understand cannabis and the industry around it.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dispensariescom\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/author\/dispensaries-editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit","description":"Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d U-M basketball team in the 90s and NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit","og_description":"Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d U-M basketball team in the 90s and NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/","og_site_name":"Dispensaries","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/","article_published_time":"2021-10-15T11:20:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-10-15T15:24:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":650,"url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/cannabis-wellness-compound-in-detroit.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dispensaries Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dispensariescom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dispensaries Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/","name":"Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-10-15T11:20:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-10-15T15:24:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0"},"description":"Chris Webber starred as a member of the \u201cFab Five\u201d U-M basketball team in the 90s and NBA for 15 years. Now, he wants to give back.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/chris-webber-cannabis-wellness-compound\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former Basketball Star Chris Webber to Open Cannabis Wellness Compound in Detroit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/","name":"Dispensaries","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b2935feeb3a368f3c87819d4c4d4cad0","name":"Dispensaries Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d30250f23451474024d7b90b1b0b748?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dispensaries Editor"},"description":"The editorial staff at Dispensaries.com are industry insiders, focused on bringing you authoritative and in depth coverage of the legal marijuana industry. We cover everything to the business trends, latest products and even help the cannicurious people better understand cannabis and the industry around it.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dispensariescom\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/dispensariescom"],"url":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/author\/dispensaries-editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4288,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions\/4288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dispensaries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}