CHESTER -- When the horse barn off Route 9 in Chester was built four decades ago, state-sanctioned medical marijuana would have been a pipe dream.
Its builders couldn’t have known that with its cordoned-off equine stalls and secure concrete construction, in 2015 it would make the perfect spot for a crop of mother cannabis plants to ignite a new industry in New York.
The horse barn in a remote area past a driveway flanked by rows of maple trees was built for a practice racetrack project that never materialized. It sat vacant for decades and never housed horses, but now it is the proposed site for Etain’s medical marijuana growing operation.
The women-owned family business is one of 43 applicants hoping to win one of five licenses being granted by the state Department of Health for growing medical marijuana.
Amy Peckham, chief executive officer, and her two daughters
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