{"id":25451,"date":"2021-05-20T23:20:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=25451"},"modified":"2021-05-20T23:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:20:16","slug":"batavia-empire-hemp-officially-cuts-the-ribbon-on-their-east-main-street-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/batavia-empire-hemp-officially-cuts-the-ribbon-on-their-east-main-street-store\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Empire Hemp officially cuts the ribbon on their East Main street store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"320\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 576 \/ 320;\" width=\"576\" controls src=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/video-1621534315.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Story and photos\/video by Julie Carasone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Genesee County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon for the official Grand Opening of Empire Hemp Company, a new store at 204 East Main Street in Batavia. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" data-attachment-id=\"25444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/hemp-17\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-17.jpg?fit=1242%2C931&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,931\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shelly Wolanske and Chris VanDusen, owners of Empire Hemp Company, opened up their store front on 4\/20 at 4:20p.m.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have been an advocate for hemp for the last 20 years and when it became legal, and we were able to grow it, we got a permit to grow and process it and we decided to open up the shop,&#8221; says VanDusen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a processing and manufacturing facility on Swan street and we work with local growers in Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming and Erie Counties.\u00a0 We process and manufacture our own product, so every product in this store, we handmake in our facility,&#8221; says Wolanske.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25438\" 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data-attachment-id=\"25432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/hemp-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?fit=1242%2C931&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,931\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hemp 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?fit=900%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?resize=621%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25432\" width=\"621\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-3.jpg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to VanDusen, Empire Hemp is the first processor in Genesee County <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-19-1.jpg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the media, City Council President Eugene Jankowski, and Genesee County Chamber of Commerce President Erik Fix were on hand at the Grand Opening event Thursday and were provided with a tour of the processing facility. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe want to reach out to the community, especially the seniors who want to try CBD and don\u2019t want to use opioids or certain meds, the educational piece for them and then one on one education as well.\u00a0 Anyone that comes in, we educate them,&#8221; says Wolanske. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VanDusen said, \u201cWe want to help the communities well being and just having them get their pain relieved and have a positive impact on their lives\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can check them out at 204 East Main street in Batavia or on Facebook. \u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/empirehempco\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/empirehempco\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" data-attachment-id=\"25433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/hemp-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hemp-4.jpg?fit=1242%2C931&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1242,931\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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