OPDA split on new tenant

The Odessa Public Development Authority met Monday evening in the hospital’s Guild Room to discuss a proposal that was made to the board at its last regular meeting. The proposal involves a cannabis production facility that would lease (with an option to buy) a vacant building in the Odessa Industrial Park that has stood empty for several years. Jim Gray, who is providing the financial backing and managerial expertise for the operation, said the facility would involve both indoor and outdoor growing facilities and would operate year round, employing in the neighborhood of 15 people, possibly m...