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Coachella Valley Patients Collective breaks ground in Desert Hot Springs

Angel View receives $10,000 donation at official groundbreaking for state's largest grow center, Celani family's latest venture

Coachella Valley Patients Collective officially broke ground along Two Bunch Palms Trail in Desert Hot Springs this week and Angel View was a proud recipient of $10,000 in celebrating the newest venture for the Celani family.

Principle of the project Tom Celani, CEO of Luna Entertainment, was on hand with members of his team, along his wife Vicky and two of his three children to present Angel View and Food Now with a generous donation.

Celani said they chose both nonprofit organizations due to their longstanding work within the community.

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The Coachella Valley Patients Collective, among the first to receive a permit from the city in late 2015, is a cannabis grow and production center and currently the largest indoor growing facility in the state.

Here, Vinnie Celani, Tom Celani, Olivia Celani and Desert Hot Springs mayor Scott Matas make the first “official” break before the Celani’s present their donation from the Celani Charitable Foundation and DHS Facilities LLC to Angel View executive director Patti Park.

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Also see a rendering of what will be the final product, targeted to open in the spring of 2018.

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