![]() – Camas Frank/ChronicleĪ couch along one wall with edibles in a refrigerator flanks the entrance to a small room to the side which, unusual for such an establishment, has a window to the parking lot, although obstructed by security barriers. The interior of Natural Healing Center is dominated by a bright media tower in the center of the room surrounded on four sides by glass cases filled with products.or visitor’s pass - portion of the approximate 5,000 square feet of space in their current facility is largely dominated by a bright media tower in the center of the room surrounded on four sides by glass cases filled with smokable pot, CBD derivatives and various products ranging from sprays and topicals to wearable patches. Situated among lots slated for similar development totaling nine acres, the business partners first plan to build out inside the existing complex, with an extraction and processing facility next door to their sales floor and an onsite consumption lounge next year. Just down the block from Grover Beach’s first dispensary, 805 Beach Breaks, in what some have dubbed the new “cannabis district” along Highland Drive, the Natural Healing Center is the larger of the projects. In the local medical marijuana industry for 13 years, Dayspring, now 32, says this is his first local retail venture but others are on the way with a building already bought in Morro Bay and others being scouted in San Luis Obispo. In July, the Natural Healing Center, brainchild of business partners Helios Dayspring and David Separzadeh, became the second dispensary in the city, then the first medical marijuana dispensary in San Luis Obispo County to officially sell in the recreational market. The likelihood is, if one is driving through, the right address has already been called up on a smartphone GPS or maybe a friend just mentioned it as a spot to “check out.” Get lost, though, and the locations can be easily identified by the private security guards conspicuous at both storefronts. Marc Smith, Dayspring's attorney, added: "Rather than continue the time, expense, and uncertainty of litigation, both parties made compromises in order that they move forward in a productive and successful manner.There are currently two licensed marijuana dispensaries in an industrial corner of the small town of Grover Beach in San Luis Obispo County. In a statement about the settlement, Miles Feldman, Szymczak's attorney, said that Szymczak "is pleased the matter has been resolved." Szymczak sought a full accounting of the company, damages, and Dayspring's removal as head of Natural Healing Center.įiled a year before the Department of Justice announced criminal charges against Dayspring, the lawsuit foreshadowed the eventual plea deal in which Dayspring admitted to bribing late SLO County 3rd District Supervisor Adam Hill and underreporting his personal income by more than $5.3 million. In the suit, Szymczak claimed Dayspring siphoned and misspent company funds for his own benefit, while attempting to stave off criminal investigations and conceal his business failings. Szymczak, 82, sued him in 2020, allegedly finding out that Dayspring was an "unscrupulous con man" participating in illegal business practices. LITIGATION OVER Former Natural Healing Center CEO Helios Dayspring, who pleaded guilty to bribery and tax evasion last year, recently settled a civil lawsuit from his top investor.
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