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A Hemp Manufacturing Facility Is Coming to Glenville Neighborhood

Hempcrete looks and acts like concrete, but it lasts longer and is biodegradable.
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Hempcrete looks and acts like concrete, but it lasts longer and is biodegradable.

A hemp manufacturing facility is hiring for its opening in January in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland.

will bring 650 jobs to the area. The company plans to manufacture hemp products, such as hempcrete, a lightweight and biodegradable version of concrete.

Hemp is the fiber and seed part of the Cannabis plant, but it is legal and does not make a user high. CBD oil is made from it, and plans call for a 300-bed CBD wellness center on the development.

The man behind the project, grew up in Glenville and wants to invest in improving the area.

鈥淲e鈥檙e putting the money back into our manufacturing facility and our workers and our workers鈥 needs. We understand at the end of the day, a happy worker or a proud worker translates into more profits because they鈥檙e going to be efficient, they鈥檙e going to be on time. We鈥檒l have less turn; we鈥檒l be able to keep those employees that we trained.鈥

The hemp facility will pay 17 dollars an hour, provide childcare, transportation for employees and their children, and health benefits.

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Emma Keating is a junior journalism major with a minor in political science. Between working for the Kent Stater, TV2 and Cleveland Magazine, she has experience in newspaper, magazine, multimedia and broadcast journalism, though writing will always be her one true love. Keating hopes to use her journalism to give a voice to the voiceless in her future career, eventually moving to Washington, D.C.