Residents of Heath, Massachusetts, chose not to sell an empty school building to a cannabis company this week.
A special town meeting vote took place on whether to sell the building to Carnegie Arch LLC for $250,000.
While over half of the residents voted for the sale, the article fell short of the required two-thirds majority for approval.
The building is currently costing the town $60,000 a year to maintain.
Heath's select board member Gloria Fisher understands some people have a sentimental connection with the building, but said time is running out with Carnegie.
"They do have other properties they're looking at," Fisher said. "They're willing to stick with us for a while — not a long while, but a while."