By Charlene Tebbutt

NuvoMedic makes pitch for cannabis production facility

Jan 24, 2019 | 2:05 PM

A local company is making a pitch to Prince Albert city council in hopes of building the city’s first cannabis production facility.

NuvoMedic Canna Consulting applied to develop a cannabis production facility at 85 11th St. NW. In a fact sheet provided to city council, the company’s founder and president, Jamie Novotny, said the production facility known as NuvoPharms would be a “full seed to sale Health Canada federally licensed production facility.”

The company is proposing a 47,000-square-foot facility north of the river, at the former site of P.A. Bottlers. The production facility would create about 60 new jobs, the company says, and inject about $15 million into the local economy during the development phase.

“The facility would produce the highest quality grade organic medicinal standard product on the market,” the letter added. “With an ownership group of local and national investors, the proposed ‘NuvoPharms’ facility is an excellent opportunity for Prince Albert to engage in the growing cannabis economy.”

The application is on the agenda to be discussed at city council’s next regular meeting scheduled for Monday night. The area is currently zoned for heavy industrial use. City administration recommended approval of the new production facility in a report to council.

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The area in which the company proposes to build the new cannabis production facility is located in Ward 2. Ward Coun. Terra Lennox-Zepp said she’s gathering feedback from constituents on the application ahead of Monday’s meeting.

Area landowners have also been notified of the permit application.

“I see the obvious economic benefits of such an endeavour,” Lennox-Zepp said. “I’m looking forward to hearing back from members of the public.

“It’s early in the process.”

Charlene.tebbutt@jpbg.ca

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