Wholestone’s executives told Dakota News Now earlier this year that they’ve spent about $50 million on mitigating odor with “state of the art” technology, and that Sioux Falls residents should not be afraid of the same stench that can be smelled coming from the Smithfield Foods plant just north of downtown. Johnson said he has talked to a lot of residents who do not want Sioux Falls to be lumped in with nearby cities known well for their pork processing plants, and referenced how the Wholestone plant would be one of the first things people see when they travel in to Sioux Falls from the north off I-229, just off of Interstate 29. “What we’re looking for is, if we want to continue to attract businesses, if we want to continue to attract young professionals, maybe the best thing isn’t putting all of our eggs in a six million hog per year hog facility and slaughterhouse. ”This isn’t a situation where all of a sudden, we’re going to be saying, ‘oh, my gosh, I was thinking about bringing my new tech company or my warehouse to Sioux Falls, but my gosh, they stopped a 6 million hog facility slaughterhouse, what does that mean for me?’” Johnson said. Today, Brendan Johnson, the legal counsel for Smart Growth Sioux Falls - the group that garnered 10,000 petitions to enable the measure to be on the ballot - suggested the opposite would be the case.
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