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LEWISTON The owners of JAR Cannabis Co. need more stock to open more stores, so they’re investing $3.18 million to turn warehouse space on Westminster Street into a recreational grow facility and eventual company headquarters.
Joel Pepin of Auburn, one of the three partners, said Wednesday that the size, zoning and utilities, as well as all three owners’ local connections, made the space a great choice.
Joel Pepin stands inside JAR Cannabis Co.’s Windham medical marijuana storefront.
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“For us, the past couple of years, the company’s undergone tremendous growth,” Pepin said. “We’re really proud to be in the position that we’re in, certainly lucky to be doing this in Maine at a time adult use is launching, so it certainly is a culmination of being at the right place at the right time.”