Public Hearing to Be Held on Front Street Cannabis Factory

A Michigan company is seeking a zoning change to open Broome County's first marijuana packaging facility.

An affiliate of Dragonfly Brands plans to set up the cannabis product operation in a building at 1245 Front Street in the town of Chenango. The site previously was occupied by Tokyo Sushi Buffet.

The town planning board will hold a public hearing next week on a proposal to approve a special use permit for the former restaurant site.

Chenango officials have determined the Dragonfly packaging factory could not operate at the location as it is currently zoned.

Dragonfly CEO Ching Ho, who was raised in the town of Chenango, has said his company's project would reactivate the property which "has been in a state of disrepair for years." He said the packaging operation would create local jobs.

The local unit - Dragonfly Kitchen IV - has been granted a license by the New York state Office of Cannabis Management to operate a processing and manufacturing facility at the site.

Ching Ho has not been available to discuss the project with WNBF News. In an email Tuesday afternoon, he wrote he was "out of state preparing our Michigan planting season, a very busy time for us."

He noted he was a member of the Chenango Valley High School class of 1999 and "yes, CV Class of ‘99 - we wanted to build here, as this is where I grew up - no better way to contribute back to the community."

The planning board public hearing is to be held next Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Chenango town hall.

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