Get tattoos and more at ELSWR

Get tattoos and more at ELSWR

ELSWR looks to be your go-to shop for tattoos, fine art and socializing Tim Harty, The Business Times Walk in the front door, look to your left, and a wall of paintings done by Garrett Mallekoote will literally stare back at you. Most of his work on display has faces and eyes, such as as […]

City fulfills order for fewer rules on drive-thrus

City fulfills order for fewer rules on drive-thrus

Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Grand Junction City Council voted unanimously on May 20 to loosen zoning rules for drive-through businesses after developers, engineers and commercial real estate representatives argued the city’s existing code made some projects difficult or impossible to build. The amendment removes portions of the city’s zoning and development code that […]

Fear not, Palisade peaches weren’t frozen out

Fear not, Palisade peaches weren’t frozen out

Palisade orchards largely escaped freeze damage that hit some other Western Slope fruit producers Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times After parts of the Western Slope faced an unusually warm early spring followed by late frosts in some areas, some orchard owners in Palisade say customers were left with the wrong impression about the region’s signature […]

Mesa County Public Health hires new medical director

Mesa County Public Health hires new medical director

Mesa County Public Health announced Dr. Kathryn Spangler will be its new medical director, effective June 1. Spangler is a hospitalist at Intermountain Health St. Mary’s Regional Hospital, where she has worked the past seven years. Mesa County Public Health said in a news release that Spangler’s leadership roles included the associate chief hospitalist and […]

Downtown GJ reinstated as Enterprise Zone

The Business Incubator Center, administrator of the Mesa County Enterprise Zone, announced Downtown Grand Junction has officially been reinstated into the Mesa County Enterprise Zone following approval of a boundary amendment by the Colorado Economic Development Commission. According to a news release from the Business Incubator Center, the amendment restores Census Tract 3 to Enterprise […]

Jiu Jitsu gym finds perfect fit in Clifton

Jiu Jitsu gym finds perfect fit in Clifton

Grand Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mesa Fitness foresee mutually beneficial relationship in Clifton Tim Harty, The Business Times Kevin Lewis said it wasn’t that long ago that he thought the way for Grand Valley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai to grow was to buy a huge, state-of-the-art building. He looked into it and […]

Homelessness and subsidized housing in Grand Junction get $62 million in past 4 years

Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The City of Grand Junction says approximately $19 million in direct city funding and grants has leveraged an additional roughly $43 million in outside-partner investment tied to housing and homelessness projects since 2022. According to the city’s funding breakdown, direct city funding and grants included: $5,043,495 for Grand Junction Housing […]

City Council moves toward camping-ban amendment

City Council moves toward camping-ban amendment

Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Since 2022, Grand Junction has seen more than $62 million invested in subsidized housing and homelessness-related initiatives through a combination of city funding and partner investment. During a May 4 workshop, city officials also said roughly $460,000 in taxpayer dollars had been spent cleaning up homeless encampments along the river […]

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