Lynne Conner and GreenSTOP- Driving at the Speed of Success

Community News, Entertainment, Style — By Buddy Sampson on March 5, 2026 at 1:40 pm

Cover and Inside Photo- Lynne Conner, co-owner of Irie Vibes Inc. dba GreenSTOP, located in Wilmington, California.

By Buddy Sampson

Lynne Conner is a true renaissance lady. She has had success in every endeavor she has touched, including law, publicity, fashion designing, acting, producing, and directing. And currently, she is driving at the speed of a success, as an entrepreneur, co-owner of Irie Vibes Inc. dba GreenSTOP, a cannabis store located in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles dubbed #SmartDispensary.

GreenSTOP, conveniently located in the South Bay, has unique, innovative-designed areas, where customers use vending machine style kiosks to order and receive their products. The futuristic design is a technological marvel to behold. Lynne Conner immediately recognized the money-making potential of the devices. “We believe in the future and we think it’s innovative,” said Lynne Conner. “Supermarkets and fast-food restaurants all have self-checkout lines- where do you go now where it’s not self-serve? We like to compare ourselves to the video store (Redbox). I am a Black female, so I give the feminine touch to a male-dominated industry. The opportunity arose to get involved in the cannabis industry and I jumped on it, and after a 7-year journey, here I am. My driving motto is ‘never give up.’”

Lynne Conner.

Opening GreenSTOP was a labor of love, passion, consistency and drive. It is not an overnight success story. “It’s a challenge building a business from scratch,” she said of the painstaking process of getting licensing and finding a locale for the business.We are proud to announce that we are open for business and striving for a successful, family generational-wealth organization. Cannabis is legal and safe and offers health benefits. Being exposed to this natural herb as a young child, it is a blessing to now be a part of its evolution.

Lynne’s spirit of perseverance has always driven her to be best.

A Los Angeles native, Lynne attended Fairfax and Dorsey High School, a school well-known for producing many successful individuals. “I was more mature for my age; my mother specialized in designing clothing for full-figured women and created doll clothes for Shandana Toys – the first Black Doll Company. I grew up with an entrepreneurial mother who taught my sister and I vision and creativity as babies,” she reflected. She created costumes for Inner-City Cultural Center, and the Ebony Showcase Theater, owned by Nick and Edna Stewart. “I began my career as an entrepreneur, designing my own fashion line, creating clothes and costumes from pattern to sale and producing fashion shows to display my creations,” she explained.

Inner City Cultural Center became an influential part of her life where Lynne studied all aspects of theatre. Later, Lynne received her Film degree at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Ultimately, she began pursuing her passion-utilizing her considerable artistic talents-acting, directing, producing and later, becoming a successful entrepreneur and business owner.

A true renaissance lady, Lynne Conner is a successful entrepreneur.

An alum of the Inner-City Cultural Center, her theatre credits include The Bow Wow Club (Levy Lee); Bones of Lesser Men (L. Flint Esquerra); Nostalgia & Dreams (Kerrie Keane); Chicago Club Rumboogie (Jerry Jones-Dolemite); Passing & Joleta by Towne Street Theatre, and Tribes (George C. Wolfe).

She produced a New York run off-Broadway with Award-Winning Play “Gil Scott-Heron Bluesology,” developed from vision to stage with her sister Tuesday Conner. As a director, she directed the Los Angeles version, of the production, winning the coveted Hollywood Fringe International Encore Series Award. Lynne has produced multiple award-winning short films including Raising Kings (Lynne Conner); International award-winning Young & Naive (Tuesday Conner); The Dragonfly Tale (Lorey Hayes); The Donkey, A Gift For My Sister and The Last Job (Angela M. Gordon).

She can also be seen in BET+ Young Wild, Free (Thembi Banks), Kings of L.A. (Van Elder); Counted (Winner 2024 Best Supporting Actress-168 Film Festival); and Snooze Air (JoAnna Rhambo).

Currently in post-production, her latest production, “Frozen Assets,” is a comedic series written by her sister-in-law, Cherae Walton wherein Lynne is producing, directing and performing. She also has several hilarious clips on Instagram, with her daughter, Paris Nicole. “Back during Covid, we did some really fun ones, because we really spent a lot of time together” she laughed. “She’s a chip off the ‘ol block.”

Timothy Island, co-owner and designer/inventor of GreenSTOP’s innovative kiosks.

Irie Vibes Inc. is co-founded by Tony Rumford and Lynne Conner. GreenSTOP is co-founded by Timothy Island, James Edwards, and Jamil Penn. Together they make a visionary team and opened the #SmartDispensary.

Their collective energy, along with innovation, intelligence and marketing savvy, gives GreenSTOP a notable advantage over most cannabis facilities. Combined with Lynne Conner’s perseverance and energy, GreenSTOP is destined for huge success. And, with Lynne Conner as one of the co-owners, she is driving herself and GreenSTOP to the speed of success-as she is able to combine her vision, creativity and marketing skills to spread the word and elevate clients- remaining a creative force in Los Angeles.