Local residents in the Town of Wawarsing will now get a chance to weigh in on a new major marijuana facility proposed in their Ulster County town during a public hearing set for Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Cresco Labs in August proposed taking over the former Schrade Knife and Avnet Channel Master facilities in Wawarsing to create a marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution plant on the 91-acre lot that has sat empty for 17 years. Of that total footprint, 6.6 acres fall within the Village of Ellenville. Because the geographic split heavily favors the Town of Wawarsing, it will oversee the project.
“We are very supportive of it,” said Village of Ellenville Mayor Jeff Kaplan of the new facility. “We feel it will bring good jobs to the area, and that area in particular which has always been in an industrial site.”
Town passed resolutions to opt out on dispensaries, lounges
While local leaders have expressed excitement around the proposed marijuana manufacturing facility, the town itself has not laid out the welcome mat for cannabis businesses there. The Town of Wawarsing last year opted out of allowing marijuana retail dispensaries and on-site consumption lounges within its borders.
The Village of Ellenville, on the other hand, is all in, saying yes to both cannabis dispensaries and businesses. Kaplan said the village decided…
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Local residents in the Town of Wawarsing will now get a chance to weigh in on a new major marijuana facility proposed in their Ulster County town during a public hearing set for Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Cresco Labs in August proposed taking over the former Schrade Knife and Avnet Channel Master facilities in Wawarsing to create a marijuana cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution plant on the 91-acre lot that has sat empty for 17 years. Of that total footprint, 6.6 acres fall within the Village of Ellenville. Because the geographic split heavily favors the Town of Wawarsing, it will oversee the project.
“We are very supportive of it,” said Village of Ellenville Mayor Jeff Kaplan of the new facility. “We feel it will bring good jobs to the area, and that area in particular which has always been in an industrial site.”
Town passed resolutions to opt out on dispensaries, lounges
While local leaders have expressed excitement around the proposed marijuana manufacturing facility, the town itself has not laid out the welcome mat for cannabis businesses there. The Town of Wawarsing last year opted out of allowing marijuana retail dispensaries and on-site consumption lounges within its borders.
The Village of Ellenville, on the other hand, is all in, saying yes to both cannabis dispensaries and businesses. Kaplan said the village decided…
