An indoor cannabis production facility operating within city limits could become a reality if it gets the green thumbs up from city council.
Nelson Cannabis Collective, a private company that includes six investors, has purchased an empty lot at 45 Government Rd. in Railtown in order to build a 1,810 square metre facility that will employ up to 20 part-time and full-time jobs.
Although the first phase is for a one-storey facility that includes three cultivation rooms, the company also showed off concepts last week for a three-storey, 4,880 square metre building.
Phil Pinfold, who owns Retallack Lodge and is one of the initial investors in the collective, said he believes the time has come for a cannabis facility in Nelson.
“Traditionally this industry has been down the dirt road or in the shadows,” said Pinfold.
“We feel like our nation got behind this industry, [and] every small community that’s involved in cannabis cultivation. We think it’s a fair thing to do within city limits, because a lot of people within the city are involved in the industry.”
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