Moorestown Township will vote on whether to allow a recreational marijuana dispensary to lease a building in a nearly vacant lot where a police station and municipal court reside.
The township owns the Moorestown West Corporate Center and last summer passed an ordinance to open bidding for a cannabis retailer to lease a suite there.
“Miles of Green,” a recreational marijuana dispensary, submitted the winning bid to lease the space for $5,200 a month.
Some residents like the idea of the dispensary bringing tax revenue to the township.
“If it’s legal, why would it affect the police department? They need to be funded too, maybe it’ll help them,” Hawa Fuseini, a resident in the area, said with a laugh.
The dispensary would be located along Church Street, which is an almost completely commercial road with a lot that has multiple suites inside.
The lot is currently nearly vacant, except for …