The New Jersey Department of Health this week issued permits to three additional companies to begin growing medical marijuana. This brings the total number of cultivation permits issued as part of the Medical Marijuana Program (MMP)'s awards in December 2018 to five.
These permits were issued after comprehensive reviews including several site inspections, background checks of corporate officers and reviews of security operations and cultivation facilities.
The Walmart property vacant since the retailer left about two years ago has been spoken for, and rumors circulating around town have come mostly true.
Mayor Betty Ann Fort said during the Township Committee’s Tuesday, Sept. 3, meeting, that Chicago-based Verano Holdings had purchased the property on Route 22 West, not far from the Branchburg border.
Verano NJ was granted approval to begin Cannabis Cultivation today 2/4/2020 in Readington Township location. This facility had not been an early 2020 target on our radar before today as we had just one short source on this. According to what we know so far here once cultivation operations ramp up and the required approvals are secured for the new ATC location in Elizabeth.
