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Freehold's medical cannabis dispensary now has the OK to sell recreational cannabis products, the owners announced.
Monmouth Wellness and Healing, operator of the NJ Leaf retail cannabis dispensary in Freehold, was awarded an adult-use cannabis license by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission at the Commission’s meeting on June 1.
This license will allow the dispensary to expand beyond medical cannabis sales and welcome adult-use customers aged 21 and above, the dispensary says.
Union Chill is located at 204 North Union Street in a haven for artists and craftsmen and just minutes from a host of antique shops, eclectic galleries, and comfortable coffee shops clustered on the banks of the scenic Delaware River. The walkable town center features treasures everywhere, in what is known as “The Antiques Capital of New Jersey.”
During a Hamilton Township Planning Board meeting Thursday, members gave the green light to a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing business and, separately, a cannabis testing laboratory within an existing building.
The first planning board approval went to Herb-a-More, who intends to turn the existing 51,374-square-foot building on a three-acre lot on 1218 Walnut Avenue that will not be open to the public. It will be a cannabis cultivation and manufacturing business, said Dino Spadaccini, an attorney representing the company.
The first adult-use marijuana store may be opening in downtown High Bridge.
Who and where
The Midori Leaf at 24 Main St.
What
Midori Leaf wants to open a retail cannabis microbusiness on the property which also has frontage on Center Street. There is also a proposed apartment on the second floor. The plan also calls for off-street parking, walkways and signage.
When
The proposal is scheduled to be heard by the Planning Board, Board of Adjustment at 7:30 p.m. June 21 at the High Bridge Fire Department, 7 Maryland Ave.
Cuzzie's LLC seeks Council support for its license application to open a store at the One Market Street apartment complex.
The company received its conditional retail license from the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission last July and would be operated by Joshua Evans of Sicklerville, according to the commission. The other owner would be Lemar Boone, according to the Camden Cannabis Committee's report to Council.
"This company has the financial wherewithal to support this cannabis business," the committee told Council.
A licensed Class 5 retail cannabis dispensary is proposed for the former O’Donnell’s Restaurant/Time Out II Entertainment Pub & Grill located at 401 N. Broadway in Gloucester City.
On June 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m., the Gloucester City Planning and Zoning Board will hear and consider the application of Blulight CRE Gloucester City LLC to develop the former bar and restaurant into a Class 5 retail cannabis dispensary.
The property is currently improved with a vacant building.
The Red Bank Planning Board of Adjustment approved last night a cannabis retail outlet that was formerly a dry-cleaning store at 45 Bridge Ave. for Monteverde NJ, Inc.
Richard Wells, the attorney for Monteverde, provided an historical overview to the Board beginning by saying, “This is an application to convert an existing medical marijuana dispensary to adult use. The State awarded Monteverde a medical marijuana dispensary license in December 2021.
Mayor Colleen Mahr told this week’s work meeting of the Borough Council that discussions will begin on whether to allow the licensing of cannabis in the Borough.
When the recreational sale of cannabis to adults in New Jersey became legal in 2021, municipalities were given six months to either opt in or out. If municipalities did not act within those six months, any class of cannabis establishment or distributor would have been permitted to operate in the municipality and, depending on the type of establishment, be considered a permitted use in certain zones.
A warehouse in an industrial city neighborhood near Route 80 may become the site of an indoor cannabis farm.
Trikhoma LLC is looking to open a growing facility at the southern end of Hackensack. It gained the City Council’s support last week in its application to the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission for a cultivator license.
If the state approves the company’s application, it will need to come back to the city for zoning construction permits and other approvals, said Steve Kleinman, the city attorney.
Monteverde NJ, Inc., is seeking a retail cannabis license at 45 No. Bridge Ave., located at the corner of Brower Street.
A bulk variance is being sought to, “… allow any existing non-conforming conditions to remain and to allow applicant to satisfy its parking obligation by providing eleven off-street parking spaces, in addition to five onsite parking spaces for a total of sixteen spaces where nine parking spaces are required,” according to the agenda.
