Slight Majority Favor Pot Sales In Tinley Park: Survey

TINLEY PARK, IL — The second cannabis survey issued in Tinley Park in a three-month span concluded with closer results, but the final tally still shows that a majority of participants support allowing pot sales in the village.

The village promoted a Survey Monkey survey that was open from Jan. 3 to Jan. 25 with one question: “Shall the Village of Tinley Park, in light of state legislation legalizing the possession, consumption and sale of recreational adult-use cannabis, allow the sale of recreational adult-use cannabis within its jurisdiction?”

Results show that 51.53 percent, 2,509 voters, support allowing cannabis businesses while 48.47 percent, 2,360 voters, oppose. More than 97 percent of respondents indicated they are residents of Tinley Park, survey results show.

Postcards directing residents to the survey were sent in the mail to all Tinley Park mailing addresses and notice was given that hard copies of the survey were available at Village Hall, according to the village.

In another related survey issued in November that included multiple pot business-related questions, respondents in Tinley Park indicated as a whole they support allowing recreational dispensaries, indoor cultivation centers, manufacturing facilities and cannabis cafes/smoke lounges.