For the first time since New Jersey allowed the establishment of recreational cannabis businesses, the Township Council on Tuesday voted to enter into a memorandum of agreement with a marijuana cultivator and manufacturer.
Michigan-based Grasshopper Farms will set up its indoor cannabis growing operation on about 40 acres on the property of Duane K. and Pamela Demaree at 219 S. Cologne Ave., township Manager Chris Johansen has said previously.
Grasshopper Farms first came before the council in February looking to establish an outdoor growing marijuana business, but township ordinances do not allow for outdoor growing or retail of marijuana.
Grasshopper Farms dropped those plans and switched to indoor growing. After multiple appearances on township agendas in recent months, including a delay caused by a need to define what a greenhouse is, the seven-member, all-Republican council unanimously approved the agreement Tuesday.