The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/businesses/)
William Jane, Ithaca’s first marijuana dispensary, opened on March 16 as the first dispensary in Upstate New York to be licensed and supported by the Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund.
Ithaca businesses are working hard to limit COVID risk as students return to campus. Strategies include mask requirements, plastic barriers and curbside pickup.
Despite closures of several businesses, CTB and Green Castle Asian Market remain open in Collegetown — and have not recently laid-off any employees, despite decreases in business.
Ithaca committees met to respond to the pandemic’s effects on the community and local businesses.
Following statewide steps to isolate people, all Ithaca city facilities are closed to the public “effective immediately.”