Look inside: three firsts in Camp Washington

Days before opening, the Business Courier looked inside the store and counted the firsts. Local 12 carried it with photos.

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The short version

Local 12 and the Cincinnati Business Courier published a look inside The Garden in Camp Washington on September 12, 2025, days before it opened. The story lists three firsts: the ownership group's first local dispensary, one of Cincinnati's first with a drive-thru, and the first step toward full vertical integration.

A comic in three panels

A series of firsts

First / 1
The ownership group's first local dispensary
First / 2
One of the city's first with a drive-thru
First / 3
The first step toward full vertical integration

The three firsts as the Cincinnati Business Courier listed them, carried by Local 12 on September 12, 2025.

What Local 12 reported

Liz Engel structures the story around firsts. It was the first local dispensary for the group behind King City Gardens, the cultivator that opened in Forest Park in 2023, with another store expected soon after.

On the record

“a series of firsts”

Liz Engel, Cincinnati Business Courier

It was among the earliest Cincinnati dispensaries to offer a drive-thru. And it was the company's first step toward full vertical integration, stocked with its own product and merchandise next to other brands.

The Local 12 post shows the store and points to the Business Courier for the full walk-through.