New Dispensary Ownership. Goodbye from Brie. May the 4th be with Breeze Botanicals

Dear Valued Customers and Community Members,

I write today to let you know that the Breeze Botanicals’ stores have been sold, and the ownership transition will be effective on May 5th, 2025 and to let you know I will be in both stores to say goodbye this Sunday May 4th, 2025. I will be at the Gold Hill store from noon-3pm and then at the Ashland store from 4pm-7pm.
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The store will be closed on Monday May 5th for the system change over to the new owner. At this point the stores will open again on May 6th with the original Breeze Botanicals store hours, look, and feel while change starts to begin. You will see the same familiar faces with a few extra new ones.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your incredible support over the past 11 years. It has been an honor and a joy to be a part of the Rogue Valley community and to serve you in Ashland and Gold Hill. I've cherished the relationships we've built and the memories we've made.

It's been a great decade of my life running these stores - it has brought me so much joy to be a part of the fall of prohibition against this great plant and to also bring awareness to some of the medicinal herbs found in Southern Oregon and the many ways to embrace cannabis. We were the first to lift a cannabis moratorium back in 2014 and the first to be licensed in the entire state of Oregon to serve all adults in 2016. We weathered the pandemic, supported many non-profits, and sought to support our region’s farmers. We’ve stayed as true as we can to plant medicine through an ever evolving new cannabis marketplace.

As many of you know I followed the love of my life to the Portland area two years ago and am now a grandmother of two beautiful girls. It is time to transition to a new chapter and leave these beautiful stores I've nurtured over the past decade with a very capable and wonderful cannabis entrepreneur. More to come on that!

In this new chapter of mine I will be focusing on those I love, causes I love, creating art, and will still actively be involved in plant medicine from Oregon.​

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I will take time to know my family and be active in the lives of those I love.
We only have one life to live (as far as we know) and I want to really be present for my aging mother and other relatives, my husband, and help raise my beautiful granddaughters. ​

I’ve always been a visionary and now the Breeze Botanicals apothecary & dispensary vision is coming to an end for me, but not the end for consumers in the region.  
We are pleased to pass the torch to Jeremy Kwit, who is the owner and founder of Substance, who shares a passion for cannabis and plant medicine. 

Substance delivers a welcoming, design-forward retail experience that combines the ease and variety of a neighborhood market with the personalized care and attention to detail of a high-touch boutique. With a product-intensive approach and thousands of cannabis items to explore, Breeze Botanicals’ customers can look forward to an expanded menu of trusted Oregon brands and new offerings across every category.

Guided by President Jeremy Kwit’s people-centered leadership, Substance has earned a reputation for operational excellence, outstanding customer care, and strong support of Oregon’s craft cannabis community. Jeremy’s focus on creating spaces where guests and staff feel valued, informed, and empowered ensures that Substance remains a trusted resource as it continues to grow and bring even more choice and quality to the communities it serves.

We understand that the Substance team has agreed to hire 100% of our current Breeze Botanicals associates and plans to continue offering Gron, Mule, Benson Arbor, Sun God Medicinals, and many others. Plus a variety of new products. I’m excited to see how Substance Markets will bring fresh ideas to the dispensary to better serve the Ashland and Gold Hill communities.

We wish Jeremy and the entire Substance team all the best and hope you will continue to support BreezeBotanicals.com and Sun God Medicinals in its next chapter. Thank you again for everything and may the 4th be with all of us as we say goodbye and transition in life. 

Sincerely,
Brie Malarkey
Founder and CEO