Rebecca Myers is ready to bring another champion to the city of Farrell. She and her team might not be able to compete with the city’s 22 state titles, by her own admission, but the FarmaceuticalRX founder and chief executive officer said the city’s new medical cannabis growing, processing and research facility will provide the city with economic development and job creation for years to come.
“It’s amazing to be a part of this proud community,” she said in front of a group of state and local officials, FRX employees and citizens at a ribbon-cutting ceremony across the street from the business’ campus Friday.
Since FRX chose the Farrell location, Myers and her team have raised more than $18 million in capital and converted two former industrial buildings at 680 and 660 Martin Luther King Blvd. – the home of the old PPV Plate Processing and before that Sharon Steel Corp. – into a state-of-the-art research and grow facility. The campus, which also serves as FRX’s corporate headquarters, sits on a total of six acres.
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