More than 100 residents and officials attended a Feb. 4 open house at the Cremona community centre to discuss a medical marijuana growing facility being proposed for the area.

All Mountain View County (MVC) councillors were present other than Reeve Bruce Beattie. Two Releaf Inc. officials and Todd Aasen from Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Develeopment (AESRD) were also there to answer questions.

Releaf Inc. is proposing the construction of a greenhouse facility north of Cremona where medical marijuana would be grown under Health Canada licence.

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