SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In preparation to open the first cannabis dispensary in the Spa City, High Peaks Canna hosted a job fair with the hopes of hiring the majority of people they would need to staff the new business.
“We’re looking for people who are passionate about cannabis,” Roger Sharpe, a co-owner of High Peaks Canna along with his wife, Christine, said. “We definitely want people that love what they are supporting and being a part of the community that we’re trying to develop here in Saratoga.” At the job fair, people were able to come in and interview for a variety of positions, including budtenders, fulfillment people, security, delivery drivers, and assistant manager positions.
While no experience in the cannabis industry was required, those applying must be more than 21 years old and must be cannabis-friendly. Sharpe shared that he has been in the cannabis industry for 30 years and was one of the first people able to apply for a retail license. After spending the last year looking for a location, he and his wife are very excited to bring this new business to the area.
“We found a location here in Saratoga, where we live, and we want to support our community and grow cannabis into the legal age,” Sharpe said. “From legacy to legal is a little bit of a slogan we’re running with here. Selling weed, growing weed — I had a hydroponic farm here in Saratoga that nobody knew about, obviously at the time, but now it’s legal and it’s wild that .
