Sitka Legends’ craft micro-park is located on the border of Sooke, British Columbia, the coastal epicentre of legacy Canadian craft cannabis. The Sitka micro-park is home to fully licensed micro-cultivation units, ranging from 4,250-6,000 sq. ft., with each unit containing two to six boutique flower rooms. Each unit can produce up to 800 kg of craft cannabis per year. There are currently 10 micro-cultivators occupying units in the park and outputting 5.5 harvests of small batch crops annually, with a total capacity for 53 once the micro-park is fully scaled.
Operating under the Cannabis Act’s regulatory framework since 2019, Sitka’s micro-park is located in the Capital Region District (CRD). The CRD property was the first site in BC to be rezoned for cannabis production, in 2014.
“With Sitka’s legacy cannabis cultivation experience and knowledge of the pre-legalization consumer and retail market, our micro-park growers can capitalize on the extensive groundwork we’ve undertaken to build lasting relationships with craft cultivators, retailers, customers, and now the regulated provincial distributors,” said Michael Forbes, CEO of Sitka. “Sitka prioritizes regular check-ins with its micro-growers because of its passion for micro-cultivation, and thorough understanding of the cultivation, distribution and retail areas of the cannabis industry’s evolving landscape. The goal is to impart knowledge of the regulated market’s wants and needs to our growers, so they can proactively produce superior strains that are guaranteed to be picked up by distributors and purchasers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon.”
Sitka was zoned for 53 units to become a “home” for some of the best legacy micro-cultivators in the world, representing Canada’s first and only micro-park. Phase 1 is fully leased with 10 occupants and active grows, Phase 2 will have 25 move-in ready units by Summer 2023 with first crops expected early 2024.
Sitka stays true to its roots by understanding customer behaviour from the market that existed prior to legalization in 2018. It has regular strain strategy meetings with the cultivators in its micro-park to set them up for success by understanding which genetics will sell in the regulated market. Growers’ strains are strategically selected for dried flower and pre-rolls, making them highly sellable before the first seeds pop in the soil.
Sitka Legends
Sitka Legends’ craft micro-grow park is located in Sooke, BC, coined as “where the rainforest meets the sea,” along the coast of beautiful Vancouver Island, and arguably the coastal epicentre of legacy Canadian craft cannabis. Sitka is Canada’s only combination craft cannabis micro-cultivation and small-batch processing facility. Home to the Legends. Visit sitkalegends.com and to join our family of micros, email: jason@sitkaweedworks.com.
