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MVTAB Says ‘No!’ To Cannabis Grow Facility

By VERNON ROBISON

Moapa Valley Progress

The Moapa Valley Town Advisory Board (MVTAB) gave a clear message last week that the legal marijuana industry would not be welcome in the lower Moapa Valley communities. At a meeting held Wednesday, Mar. 27, the MVTAB members voted unanimously that they would not be open to consider the idea of a marijuana grow house being built in Logandale or Overton areas.

“I am totally opposed to bringing marijuana grow facility to this valley,” said MVTAB member Gene Houston. “I don’t think that the benefits would ever outweigh the negative impacts to the community. I know that marijuana is legal in the state. But there are a lot of things legal in Nevada that I don’t want here in this valley.”

Roman Garcia, who was representing cannabis grower Just Quality, told board members that the company is seeking suitable sites to build a cultivation facility. Garcia explained that no specific site was currently being targeted.
“We are just looking for somewhere that would be acceptable both to the community and to us,” Garcia said.

Garcia emphasized that what was being proposed was only a facility where plants are cultivated. He explained that production of cannabis in Nevada is tightly regulated, perhaps more strictly than any other state in the nation. Marijuana cultivation must take place in a fully enclosed greenhouse facility, he said.

“It would look like any other large industrial greenhouse operation,” Garcia said. “There would be no advertising on the outside to broadcast what it is. We are not here to draw attention or increase crime.”

The greenhouse building would be fully insulated from the outside, Garcia said. There would be no smells or odors coming from the operation, he said. In addition, the plants would not be visible from the outside of the building.

There would also be no intention of interacting with the general public on site, Garcia said. The building would be locked down and fully secured. Only employees would have access.
“This is not a retail center,” Garcia said. “We have no intention of opening a dispensary.

There would be no people coming or going and buying from this facility. No onsite consumption would be allowed at the facility, by state law.”

Garcia said that there was not even a possibility that product grown at the facility could find its way into the community, or onto the black market anywhere.
“There is no way that even a trace of our product can fall out of our facility and into the hands of a youngster,” Garcia said. “From the time the seed is put into a pod to grow to a plant, it is tagged into a tracking system that is sent to the state. There is absolutely no leeway on a plant leaving our facility that would ever get onto the black market or anywhere else.”

Rather all of the product grown onsite would be transported by secure trucking to processing and dispensary facilities in other communities, Garcia said.
“We have private security on site full time, 24/7,” Garcia said. “We hire ex-law enforcement in the area so they know the territory well. They patrol both inside and outside of the facility.”

The facility would employ close to 100 people, Garcia said. The starting salary at such a facility would be at around $18 per hour, he said.

Garcia added that the company is devoted to improving the communities where it locates facilities.
“We want to come into a community and not change it to something that we want to see, but rather build up what is already there,” Garcia said. “We would want to help the community where it needs it most, by providing economic development and growth.”

But board members remained firmly opposed to the idea.
“I have children and I don’t want that influence coming to this valley,” said MVTAB member Megan Porter. “If the kids are going to get it for recreation use, they are going to get it. This will just be one step easier for them to figure out how to get it.”
MVTAB member Kristen Pearson pointed out that, though marijuana use was legal in the state of Nevada, it was still in violation of federal law. “I believe in the federal laws,” she said. “If they were to decide to downgrade the substance on the federal side, maybe

I’d reconsider it. But I have also seen what recreation use does to people. I’ve seen it ruin lives. I don’t think that it is a good thing.”
“I don’t really care what they do at the federal level, or the state level,” said MVTAB Chairwoman Marjie Holland. “We don’t want it here in this community.”

“I like the idea of bringing jobs and industry here,” Pearson added. “But I just don’t like the idea of it being marijuana.”

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4 thoughts on “MVTAB Says ‘No!’ To Cannabis Grow Facility”

  1. I want to just point out that there would be no way anyone would be getting marijuana to use from a facility like this. Any “kid” that tried would be apprehended by their security before they even hit the front door. If a kid wanted to get it they would talk to a friend or someone they know from school. For a young adult trying to keep their head above water a job at one of these facilities would be a dream come true! I personally feel the people on MVTAB should do more research on these types of facilities before shutting this down.

  2. Tragic that we as a community will push away decent paying jobs that community members would love to have. Instead we will travel to other towns to work. then come back home in the evenings to listen to community members preach about spending money locally, instead of in the towns we actually work in. you want community members to support local business. then allow good paying jobs into our community. till then I will keep practicing what a lot of us who have to travel to other towns do. spend there money in the communities that support them. Not at the local businesses who try to maintain the status quo by not letting competition come in, or other good paying jobs under the guise of the MVTAB

  3. Theres going to be pot everywhere you go. Lots of people in this valley smoke it. A lot of the population of high schoolers smoke. Kids will be kids no matter what. If you raised them right they know what is right and wrong and can make there own decsions. This facilty would be for 21 and older with a proven id. There are a lot of older people in this town that may be intrested becuase there older and may have lots of pain they dont know how to cope with. It would also help with employing more people. Good pay. And the money to support themsleves better without driving so far for a better paying job. Or a job in general. I think it would be a great idea to have a warehouse. To sell to 21 and older. To help people with medical issues and or other things they may consider.

  4. A grow house doesn’t sell,
    the gal mikaila is way off.

    growers sell to distributors,
    distributors re-sell it to
    dispensarys.

    sometimes a distributer will
    sell to another in a different state.

    nothing gets out to the public
    from a grower.

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