After an inspection last Friday, Peterborough’s medical marijuana grow facility will be free to begin operation shortly, according to the head of Prime Alternative Treatment, which will run the plant.
An announcement will be made this week if the Prime Alternative Treatment facility is officially certified by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services.
“We seem to have a very positive review after the state was here on Friday,” John Glowik, CEO of Prime Alternative Treatment Centers of New Hampshire, said. “They were impressed with the actual, physical finalization of the building itself.”
The opening has already been delayed due to reordering equipment that was damaged in shipping.
Glowik said that the damaged pieces were motherboards to make the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system function properly, but all preparations are now finished.
“It just took us a few more weeks than we thought but everything’s been tested,” he said.
Prime Alternative Treatment is located in the Vose Farm Business Center off Route 202 near ConVal High School.
Over the next 12 months, according to Glowik, the operation will grow to somewhere in the neighborhood of 14 to 16 employees, and continue growing in the second year.
Cannabis grown in Peterborough will be delivered to a treatment center on the Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack.
The Merrimack location opened in August and is being supplied by Sanctuary Alternative Treatment, based out of Plymouth, until the Peterborough plant is ready.
Glowik was optimistic about work beginning there in the coming days, and said that a formal release would be made at that time.
Brandon Latham can be reached at 924-7172 ext. 228 or blatham@ledgertranscript.com. He is also on Twitter @blathamMLT.