As other Cape May County towns move to block cannabis-related businesses, Middle Township officials may be heading in the opposite direction.
The Township Committee already supported a proposal for a medical marijuana facility on Indian Trail Road, and members are now considering a request to expand that use to grow for the new adult-use market.
It’s been a little more than a year since representatives of a Massachusetts-based firm pitched a proposal for a medical marijuana facility in a former seafood processing plant on Indian Trail Road.
After a lengthy presentation by representatives of Insa of Easthampton, Massachusetts, the Middle Township Committee voted to support the use, which is part of the application process to receive a state license for medical marijuana.
Most of a three-hour Middle Township Committee meeting Aug. 5 was given over to public discussion of a proposed medical marijuana facility on the Indian Trail Road site of the former La Monica clam processing plant.
In the end, the governing body agreed to send a letter of support for the proposal.
A packed room listened to a prepared presentation by Insa Chief Executive Officer Mark Zatyrka, an acknowledged medical marijuana user.
The committee then turned over the next two hours to questions and comments from the public.
After more than two hours of testimony – much of it from residents vehemently opposed to the idea – Township Committee on Monday unanimously approved issuing a letter of support to a proposal for medical marijuana facility on Indian Trail Road.
As part of the Middle Township’s ongoing efforts to boost job creation and economic development, Mayor Tim Donohue, Administrator Kimberly Krauss and a group of township department heads met in early July with the principal owners of INSA, a cannabis cultivation and distribution company based in Massachusetts.
As part of the Middle Township’s ongoing efforts to boost job creation and economic development, Mayor Timothy Donohue, Administrator Kimberly Krauss and a group of township department heads met in early July with the principal owners of INSA, a cannabis cultivation and distribution company based in Massachusetts.
According to a release, INSA is a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis company that has been in operation since 2017. They have operations in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.