The Jersey City Cannabis Control Board (CCB) granted final approval for the Golden Door Dispensary to open, as well as initial approval for cultivator Glue Lagoon Farms, with two other dispensaries given the initial okay and one carried at last night’s meeting.
By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View
The public hearing was also technically a reorganization meeting, though Brittani Bunney will remain chair for a third term and Jose Cantarero will be vice chair for a second term.
Golden Door Dispensary LLC, at 638 Newark Ave., was reviewed first for final approval. According to his LinkedIn profile, owner Brett D’Alessandro lives in Verona and he is among several cannabis companies doing business in New Jersey that won a state grant.
Additionally, Golden Door Dispensary secured a conversion to the annual license needed to open from the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJCRC) last August and received their initial CCB approval in October 2022.
“Welcome back. It has been a long, strange trip. Have you been able to successfully convert?” CCB attorney Ron Mondello said, which D’Alessandro said they had and secured permits from the city.
The board didn’t need to hear much more than that, unanimously approving the application 4-0,