New Jersey raked in $4.6 million in tax revenue in the first 10 weeks since recreational cannabis sales launched.
Jersey City Business and Economics
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Trouble in Paradise
A troubled “CBD Outlet” on the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Mall that has highlighted the difficulty of balancing marijuana legalization and quality of life has been shuttered by authorities over building code violations.
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Local Breweries Plead for Help in Fighting New State Regulations
Jersey City’s two craft beermakers — like their brethren from around New Jersey — are in a big brouhaha with state regulators over a “special ruling” they say threatens their livelihoods and that the state says was crafted to balance the interests of New Jersey’s restaurants.
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Business Profile: Modcup Coffee Makes a Name for Itself in the Industry
Jersey City’s Modcup Coffee is garnering raves among java cognoscenti by sourcing, roasting, and brewing beans from the world’s great coffee regions — Ethiopia, Columbia, Yemen, Bali, Costa Rica and beyond.
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Oishii Opens Huge Indoor Strawberry Farm in Jersey City
Japanese agricultural technology company Oishii announced today the opening of a 74,000-square-foot indoor vertical farm in Jersey City to grow its “Omakase” variety of strawberry.
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Tough New Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect Today
Beginning today, New Jersey retail stores may not provide single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers.
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Heights Woman Revamps Cannabis Dispensaries on Discovery Plus
Kim Myles is the creator, producer and star of “High Design” on Discovery Plus.
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Early Morning Fire Destroys Downtown Music Studio and Jiu Jitsu Academy
Early this morning the music stopped for JC Studios when a fire destroyed much of the five story building the business has called home.
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Tough New Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect on May 4th
Beginning on May 4, 2022, New Jersey retail stores, grocery stores and food service businesses may not provide or sell single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers.
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Planning Board Approves Seven Locations for Cannabis
Last night the Jersey City Planning Board held a special meeting to evaluate a dozen Cannabis Class 5 (retail business) applications with respect to the city’s zoning laws. The meeting lasted seven hours, ending after 12:30 am without board members’ hearing from two applicants.