New Program will Educate Growers, Provide
Opportunity, and Deliver Proven Equipment and Nutrient
Packages
DENVER, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - GrowGeneration Corp.
(NASDAQ: GRWG), ("GrowGen" or the "Company") the nation's largest
chain of specialty hydroponic and organic garden
centers, today announced that the Company and Harvest 360
Technologies, LLC (H360) will work together to develop a
National Program to support individuals with the education and
training to acquire the skills necessary to gain access to the
state licensing process and types of support that are required to
be successful in this emerging industry.
"This industry is expanding exponentially. Markets like
Oklahoma and Michigan are proving that servicing smaller
grows and home grows, is not only good business it is good
practice" said Michael Salaman
President and co-founder of GrowGen, "this program with
H360, gives us a direct method to impact the ability of new
companies to grow their businesses"
Veteran, Minorities, Women and Residents of Impact Zones or
Disproportionately Impacted Areas, are being encouraged to
participate in new markets like New
Jersey, New York and
Illinois, but they are not always
given access to the tools necessary to compete and be
successful.
"Social Equity and Micro Cultivation Licenses are very closely
related" said Todd Scattini, Global
CEO of Harvest 360, "I have seen it for myself in Missouri, how the Micro Grow program has
helped veterans turn their lives around by helping treat chronic
pain, PTSD, and receive therapeutic benefits from cultivation of
the cannabis plant".
The new national Education & Training program will be the
first commitment of this kind in the industry, The GrowGen Micro
Cultivation program, in collaboration with H360 will begin in
New Jersey, with a GrowGen
commitment, of up to $500,000, to
provide full scholarships for 25 Cultivation teams, that will
establish Micro Grow licenses in the New Jersey Adult-Use Cannabis
market. GrowGen will provide scholarships to the program, access to
equipment packages and market resources to the
applicants.
About GrowGeneration Corp.:
GrowGen owns and operates specialty retail hydroponic and
organic gardening stores. Currently, GrowGen has 63 stores, which
include 24 locations in California, 8 locations in Colorado, 7 locations in Michigan, 5 locations in Maine, 5 locations in Oklahoma, 4 locations in Oregon, 3 locations in Washington, 2 locations in Nevada, 1 location in Arizona, 1 location in Rhode Island,1 location
in Florida, 1 location in
Massachusetts and 1 location in
New Mexico.
GrowGen also operates an online superstore for cultivators
at growgeneration.com and B2B e-commerce platform,
agron.io. GrowGen carries and sells thousands of products,
including organic nutrients and soils, advanced lighting technology
and state of the art hydroponic equipment to be used indoors and
outdoors by commercial and home growers.
Company Inquiries:
GrowGeneration Corp.
610-216-0057
michael@growgeneration.com
Investor Contact:
John
Evans
GrowGeneration
john.evans@growgeneration.com
415-309-0230
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