A greenhouse-based marijuana-growing operation is being proposed for a site between Main Street and the Connecticut River at the Whately town line.
Bernie Smiarowski, the Hatfield farmer who owns the land bordered by Bashin Road in Hatfield and Pilvinis Road in Whately, and John Stobierski of Deerfield presented an overview of their plans to the Planning Board this week in advance of filing a request for a special permit.
Smiarowski said the idea is to build a “50,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, computer-controlled greenhouse” that would initially accommodate 10,000 square feet of cannabis crops for medical and recreational use. A smaller building, up to 2,000 square feet, would be attached to process and store the product. Over time, the amount of cannabis grown could increase.
The parcel is just over 8 acres, with about 6 acres in Hatfield and 2 acres in Whately.
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