Struggling oilfield town exploring employment alternatives
Council for the Town of Drayton Valley has given the green light for establishment of a cannabis production and distribution facility in the community’s northwest.
Council gave second and third readings to a Land Use Bylaw amendment on Wednesday that rezoned the proposed property from commercial to industrial.
Mayor Michael Doerksen says part of the Town’s larger Cannabis Distribution and Production Bylaw means anything zoned Industrial no longer has to come before council.
“Now that that is done, they have the ability to move forward with their plans of a cannabis cultivation and distribution facility,” he explains. “This facility could very well employ more than 50 people once they get up and going. I don’t know what the timeline is to retrofit the building but we’re just finding ways to improve things on our own if our provincial and federal government doesn’t want to help us out, because we are that resilient community.”