The town of Clarksville is investing more than $3 million to build a modern fire station in the south end, replacing the current 91-year-old facility and providing a safer environment from possible carcinogens. The new station will locate at the corner of Stansifer and Sherwood avenues - just across the street from the existing Fire Station No. 1.
The Clarksville Redevelopment Commission is expecting to buy a 1.5-acre vacant property next month for $190,000. The commission approved the more than $3 million budget for construction of the new station during its meeting this week.
" ... The anticipated population growth resulting from the South Clarksville Redevelopment Plan further justified the need for Fire Station No. 1 to be located on or near Stansifer Avenue," Clarksville Redevelopment Director Dylan Fisher said in an email. "Stansifer Avenue is central to the future population dispersion within District 1 and accessible from [Interstate] 65 in the event the crew at Fire Station must respond to a different district."