COVID-19 slows progress on proposed outdoor cannabis grow in Becket

BECKET — Proponents of a cannabis-cultivation project in Becket are expected to file new plans in less than two weeks, overcoming delays they blame on COVID-19, then address questions in early February. “We are at the mercy of everyone’s ebbs and flows,” Michael Goodenough, a partner in TetraHydra AgTek LLC, told planners last week. A large number of Becket residents has turned out at every turn, some opposed to a project they believe would subject the area to unwanted odors. And the manufacturer of the kind of greenhouse they intend to use recently shut down, in Canada, because of the virus. Vincent said that the specific footprint of the greenhouse affects how the project would manage stormwater.