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New Jersey Cannabis Market Is Thriving
With New Jersey embracing the growing trend of cannabis legalization, a team of female entrepreneurs is preparing to open a recreational marijuana dispensary in Bloomfield, reported Patch.
Nightjar, a business owned by Soulstar Holdings is slated to kick off cannabis sales at 549 Bloomfield Avenue. It is now pending the final inspections by the building department of Bloomfield along with the awaited certificate to operate from the state cannabis board.
The business led by the team, including Francesca DeRogatis, COO, her father and executive director, Gary DeRogatis, Amanda Rositano, president, Katie Covett, CAO, and founder Rosanna Diaz Abrahamse - is one of 48 licensed cannabis operators in the Garden State that will receive $12 million in grant money to help them establish and expand their businesses.
"Soulstar was founded with a mission to chart a new path and carve out space for female, minority and marginalized individuals in the cannabis industry," DeRogatis said.
Meanwhile, the A21 Wellness Dispensary celebrated its opening last week in Scotch Plains, Union County, while the new Phula dispensary held a soft open in Mount Holly in Burlington County. The grand opening event in Phula dispensary is scheduled for Oct. 21, reported Heady NJ.
Moreover, Garden State Botanicals, a medical cannabis dispensary in North Brunswick, Middlesex County, is a testament to women's ...