Inver Grove Heights has secured its preferred spot to build a fire station for the city’s southern half.
The city has signed purchase agreements to buy 11.68 acres of land, located south of U.S. 52 and west of Concord Boulevard, at a cost of $1.93 million. The sale’s closing is expected before the end of the month.
“This is a huge step forward in this process that’s been going on for a while,” Mayor George Tourville said this past week after the council approved purchase agreements for the land at 9250 Courthouse Boulevard Court.
In 2015, a fire station committee ranked six recommended sites, all in the middle of the city and near main roads and highways, and the one on Courthouse Boulevard Court was at the top of the list, City Administrator Joe Lynch said.