People walk along the Hyman Avenue Pedestrian Mall on Friday. Sales tax in Aspen will reach above 10% beginning next year. Jason Charme/Aspen Daily News

Sales tax in the city of Aspen will reach above 10% next year as a result of the passage of three sales tax measures last week.

Ballot measures 2A, 6A and 7A all approved sales tax increases for education, fire emergency services and early childhood education, respectively. Voters approved a 0.3% increase to a city of Aspen sales tax dedicated to the Aspen School District, a new 0.5% sales tax increase for the Aspen Fire Protection District and a new 0.25% sales tax for a new special taxing district spanning Aspen to Parachute dedicated to early childhood education.

It brings Aspen’s aggregate sales tax to 10.35%, one of the highest

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