ASPEN — Four Pitkin County commissioners took a long look and a big whiff Wednesday to see if the owners of the marijuana greenhouses outside of Basalt .
High Valley Farms co-owner Jordan Lewis led the commissioners on their first tour of the 20,000-square-foot complex across Highway 82 from the Holland Hills subdivision. Lewis said “we did a lot of things right” with the facility when it was constructed in 2014-15, but the ventilation system needed work. He believes they have found the solution in a new system that forces air through massive charcoal filters before emitting it on the south side of the property, closest to the Roaring Fork River.
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The prior system emitted the air that was circulated through the pot-growing operation toward Highway 82 after diluting the odor with a neutralizing agent.
Some Holland Hills residents complained that a skunk-like odor was too overwhelming at times after the facility opened in March.
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