By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
AJ Alchemy Labs announced its intent to build a $6 to 10 million dollar medical cannabis facility in Glasgow.
Recently, on Oct. 28, the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis had its first-ever lottery for medical cannabis processors and cultivators. In total, 26 licenses were awarded and among them was two companies listed for Barren County. KSYKAPP won a license for a tier III cultivator while AJ Alchemy Labs received a processor license, which essentially is a middle man between cultivators that grow the plants and dispensaries that sell the finished products.
According to the Kentucky Secretary of State’s website, AJ Alchemy Labs has a principal office located on Peachtree Lane in Bowling Green but Jonathan Knarreborg, who is listed as the company’s organizer, said he is happy to bring additional jobs to Glasgow, whose residents have “an appetite to work.”
Knarreborg said the products they plan to make at the facility could include gummies, vape products, creams and rubs with the emphasis on pain-relieving remedies.
According to medical marijuana laws, a processor is not limited in its location like a dispensaries are. Knarreborg said they currently have two properties in Glasgow under lease.
One property Knarreborg said was a potential location for the business is off Physicians Boulevard. It is currently not in a zone that allows medical cannabis processors. Based on the approved zoning amendments, processors are permitted in Light and Heavy Industrial Zones along with Highway Service Business Districts.
Joint City-County Planning Director Kevin Myatt said they could, if necessary, apply for a zone change and could possibly get a public hearing before the planning commissioners in December. Assuming it was approved it would then be forwarded to the Glasgow city council once the commission’s minutes are approved in January. From there it would require two readings by the council before it is officially changed.
Knarreborg said he hoped to be in their Glasgow location by Dec. 1 and start processing cannabis in early 2025.
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