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Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposed for Monroe Township. Black Horse Pike and Cross Keys Rd. Oct 22nd Planning

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Proposed for Monroe Township.  Black Horse Pike and Cross Keys Rd.  Oct 22nd Planning
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The October 22nd Monroe (Williamstown) Township Planning Board meeting will be reviewing a request to open a Medical Cannabis dispensary on the Black Horse Pike at the Berlin-Cross Keys Rd intersection, on the left side of the building which also houses Tires Plus.  This building sits at the front of Sam’s Club.

The proposal comes with no site plan changes and they will be utilizing the shared 40 parking spots.  The Monroe Planning Board documents state this is a minor site plan approval, seemingly driven by the need to change it’s retail classification from “Starbucks and Verizon Store, to medical cannabis dispensary”.  

While this is a prime location in the 42Freeway area based on the high volume of traffic, the intersection has experienced setbacks with the TD Bank recently closing and the large drug store building across the street has been closed for several years.   

Acreage Holdings

The company behind this dispensary is “Acreage CCF”.   Acreage is a larger cannabis company who just this year closed on a deal to buy New Jersey’s Compassionate Care Foundation (hence the CCF).    According to that press-release, Acreage currently has dispensaries on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and Egg Harbor.   They also have a large indoor cultivation facility in Egg Harbor, and it seems they are the company behind the plans to develop the massive indoor greenhouses in Mantua as marihuana grow facilities (that Mantua project was listed as High Street, but news articles indicate they are one in the same company as Acreage. It gets a little confusing)

Monroe Township Planning Board
October 22, 2020
6pm
This will be a virtual Zoom meeting:
TO JOIN A LIVE MEETING: Members of the public, council members, and other participants use the same procedure: 1. If you are joining from a smartphone or tablet, install the Zoom app using the App Store and join Meeting Number 920 0703 9927 Password: 249507 2. If you are joining from a desktop or laptop computer with a web browser, open https://zoom.us/j/92007039927 Password: 249507 In the alternative, if you cannot join the live meeting remotely for any reason you may contact Dawn Farrell the Planning Board Secretary at 856-728-9800 Ext. 271 or via email at dfarrell@monroetownshipnj.org. When you join a meeting, your microphone will be off (muted) and your camera (if you have one) will not send video to other participants. If you are a speaking participant a moderator will enable your mic and permit you to enable your video.