In Middle Township, one of only four municipalities in Cape May County to authorize cannabis businesses, a deal for a cannabis growing operation on Indian Trail Road has fallen through. Middle supported the Massachusetts-based INSA company in its attempt to rehabilitate the former La Monica plant as a growing site back in October 2021.
In November 2022, the township’s governing body voted to support the application for a retail sales license from the same INSA firm that had applied for a grower’s license. At the same meeting, the committee formally denied support to a second applicant, C3 Middle Township LLC, a newly formed limited liability corporation. In order for any business to successfully apply for a state license, they must first get support from the municipality in which the business seeks to operate.
A public hearing on this ordinance will be held at the Sept. 6 meeting of the committee.