Hopes are high that voters in Clifton, Colorado, an unincorporated community in Grand Junction, will next week approve a sales tax proposal designed to fund the construction of two new fire stations.
If approved, planning in the Clifton Fire Protection District will be launched for the building of a new main station, as well as a satellite station at the south end of the district.
A website for the protection district says the new satellite station is particularly needed because “neighborhoods in the southern part of the district have high call volumes.”
The proposed satellite facility would “allow the district to place an engine, ambulance, and water-rescue boat closer to this dense, high call volume area.”
Plans call for the satellite station to be built near the intersection of 32 Road and D Road in a historically rural, but rapidly developing, part of the city.
The new main station will replace the current main station at 3254 F Road, a facility that is more than 40 years old and is regarded as no longer adequate for current needs.
It has been estimated that the proposed one cent sales tax could generate up to $3.2 million in revenue annually.
Established in 1943, the Clifton Fire Protection District typifies many such districts founded across the West before the onset of a post-World War II suburban sprawl. Its original firemen were made up of farmers, ranchers, and others who served on a volunteer basis.
November 4, 2025
By Garry Boulard
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