Binghamton Cannabis Project: Clinton Street Shop Planned

The Binghamton Planning Commission is considering a request for a special use permit for a cannabis store in the city's First Ward.

Juanita Williams, a Broome County woman, is preparing to open the retail business in a three-story building at 197 Clinton Street.

Williams appeared before the planning commission Tuesday to answer questions about the proposed store. She said it would be located on the ground floor

A cannabis store is planned for the ground floor of this building at 197 Clinton Street in Binghamton's First Ward. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

State cannabis regulators issued a retail dispensary license to Williams last February for a business called Exotic World NY.

Williams said the store would be located in space previously occupied by Paradise Hair World.

The cannabis business would be located next door to a massive residential development that has been proposed by a Long Island developer. That complex ultimately could have up to 288 apartments.

A large apartment complex is planned on this Clinton Street site next to the proposed cannabis store. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

Members of the planning commission asked Williams a few general questions about parking and trash disposal at the site but they expressed no serious concerns about the proposed store.

A public hearing on the special use permit application has been scheduled for the planning commission's August 4 meeting.

Williams indicated she hopes to open the cannabis store this summer.