Jefferson County will house two of Arkansas' five future medical marijuana growing facilities, after a company over the weekend decided to locate there.
Natural State Wellness Enterprises was the only cannabis cultivation license applicant without a concrete location when the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission announced the five highest-scoring applicants last week.
The company, which submitted winning proposals for Jefferson and Jackson counties, decided over the weekend to put its facility near Pine Bluff, according to a spokesman, who cited Jefferson County's central geographic location and economic incentives.
Officials in the four counties where cultivation facilities will operate (Jefferson, Jackson, Woodruff and Carroll) are thrilled about the coming injection of economic development.
