Green Thumb Industries Inc. (GTI) (CSE:GTII) (GTBIF), a leading national cannabis consumer packaged goods company and owner of Rise™ and Essence retail stores, will open Rise Paterson, its first store in New Jersey, on Saturday, December 21. This is GTI’s 37th store in the nation and the fourth store GTI has opened within the last month. GTI also operates a cultivation and processing facility in Paterson, which this month received its permit to begin growing cannabis, and is the first cannabis company to become operational in the state among the 2018 license award winners.
Rise Paterson will welcome the community to an open house and ribbon cutting on December 20 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to tour the store, meet the Rise™ team and find out more about New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. The event will be held before cannabis products are in-store to allow the entire community, not just patient cardholders, to explore the site.
“We applaud New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh for their leadership, vision and commitment to the medical cannabis community,” said GTI Founder and CEO Ben Kovler. “We are honored to bring jobs and tax revenue to Paterson and to New Jersey and look forward to being active, involved members of the community.”
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh and New Jersey Assistant Commissioner of Health Jeff Brown will be special guests at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
“We are incredibly encouraged by the investment GTI has made in Paterson and their commitment to hire Patersonians,” said Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh. “We believe this is just the tip of the iceberg for jobs and financial benefits for our residents connected to the medical cannabis industry.”
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