GLENWOOD SPRINGS – — A group that’s hoping to put an open space tax question on the November ballot in Garfield County will begin polling next week to gauge voter support for such a measure.
The Garfield Legacy Project is floating a proposal for a quarter cent (0.25 percent) sales tax to fund a countywide land conservation and open space program.
At that rate, the sales tax is expected to cost the average family about $39 per year, Garfield Legacy Project founding board member Mary Noone said during a project update given to the Garfield Board of County Commissioners on Monday.
“The idea of another tax, we understand, is hard to swallow,” she said. “That’s why we want to do the polling beforehand.”
As initially proposed, the tax would sunset after 10 years. It is estimated to generate between $2 million and $2.5 million per year to support open space preservation efforts in Garfield County.
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