The Hallowell City Council unanimously approved a license Monday night that will allow a 7,000-square-foot indoor cannabis cultivation facility to open on Whitten Road.
Councilors issued the license to David Vickers, who is planning to operate the grow facility at 268 Whitten Road, near the Hallowell-Augusta line.
A public hearing at Monday’s council meeting on Vickers’s license application produced no comments, leading to the council’s approval of Vickers’ request.
In Hallowell, cannabis business licenses, which are good for medical and adult-use cannabis businesses, come with a $250 fee. Vickers said during the meeting he had conditional approval from the state to operate a Tier 3 cultivation facility, which allows up to 7,000 square feet of canopy space, or the amount of space dedicated to growing plants.
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