The family-owned cannabis retail business Kush Connection earned unanimous approval from the Planning Board Monday night. Members voted to green light the new shop’s site plan one week after the first and only dispensary in Montclair departed for a new storefront in Wharton.
With a provisional license from the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission, and one of only three potential cannabis retail licenses allowed by the township in hand, the board’s approval was one of the few remaining hurdles to opening the new dispensary on a laundry list of requisite state and local authorizations.
“There are so many moving parts that we’re new to,” said Jake Kushner, who will head Kush Connection as its general manager. He and his parents − Patty and Steve − hope to be operational by year’s end in their location at 135 Valley Road in Montclair’s Frog Hollow neighborhood.