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GVFRS places contract on Booker property

The Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, Inc., has placed a contingency contract on the Tri-County Furniture store and adjacent property in hopes of building a new fire station there. 
The news was announced at the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors’ July 2 meeting in the colonial courthouse. The fire department hopes that the county supervisors will assist them in funding construction of the new facility down the road, GVFRS chief J.D. Clements indicated.
Clements said it would cost his organization an estimated $10.2 million to refurbish its current Station #1 at the intersection of Walker Avenue and Main Street to bring it up to National Fire Protection Agency standards. It would cost slightly less than that—$10.1 million—to build a brand-new facility, he said.
Also, if the department opts to stay in its current location, there would be an additional cost of well over $1 million to construct a temporary facility for the organization to house and ope...

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