Columbia Care is opening up its Cannabist brand of medical marijuana dispensaries in Deptford New Jersey. We see they formerly announced their plans in May, and the signage is up on the location.
The new Deptford location is at 1692 Clements Bridge, in that angled shopping center catty-corner from the Mall, and across from the AMC movie theater. The store sits closest to Almonesson Road in the strip mall stores.
The strip mall shopping center also houses Saladworks, Moe’s and others. At times the store that Cannabist is occupying was used as a seasonal Halloween store.
In December 2020 Deptford passed a new ordinance supporting and defining rules around medical cannabis businesses in the town, but then just in July Deptford passed another ordinance prohibiting the operation of any class of cannabis businesses within its geographical boundaries.
What we’ve learned is, the Cannabist Medical Marijuana Dispensary is approved to move forward, but Deptford has “opted out” on future marijuana businesses. “We want to look carefully at any other…” according to Mayor Medany. (More on that later)