40 acre cannabis facility coming to Suwannee County

By Susan K. Lamb Riverbend News Suwannee County will soon be the home of Trulieve, the newest cannabis growing facility in the State of Florida. This new facility will be located near the Interstate 10 and CR 137 exit in Wellborn and will offer a minimum of 300 jobs, or as Suwannee County Economic and Tourist Development Director Jimmy Norris puts it, “It could be closer to 500 jobs once they are fully open!” The facility, which will feature numerous buildings about 1.9 million square feet in total (or about 40 acres), will grow cannabis plants for medical purposes which are to be distributed through Trulieve’s 80 retail stores across Florida, Norris said. Purchase of any of thes