The Palisade Insectary, 750 37 8/10 Road, celebrated the completion of its new growhouse building and upgrades to existing greenhouses with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 23. The new growhouse adds four separate rooms of growing space with vertical growing capacity to help rear biocontrol agents (such as wasps, mites and midges) that work to control […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times A second consecutive extremely dry winter could have been damaging to the grounds and the bottom lines of local golf courses, but most of them entered spring with a rosy outlook. Tim Tafoya, director of golf for the City of Grand Junction, which owns Tiara Rado and Lincoln Park golf […]
City requirements complicate library plan for parking lot; other priorities emerge Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A downtown property purchased by Mesa County Libraries in 2024 as an investment that could help address parking challenges is now at the center of a broader debate over cost and priorities. Trustees now must weigh whether limited resources […]
Downtown sales-tax collections outpace retail corridors, reverse prior-year decline Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Sales-tax collections in downtown Grand Junction increased at a faster rate than the city’s primary retail corridors in 2025, marking a reversal from earlier reports that showed the district declined in the first part of 2025 compared with 2024. Overall, citywide […]
Clifton Christian Church Food Bank seeks greater visibility as it eyes getting more donations Tim Harty, The Business Times Standing around before things got going with the March 13 ribbon cutting for the new Panda Express restaurant in Clifton, Jackie Feaster saw a person she did not know and introduced herself. That person was the […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times School District 51 is moving forward with asbestos abatement, a step that must be completed before demolishing a former school building that a resident says was originally transferred to the district for $1 in the 1960s. This comes as the district continues to grapple with consistently declining enrollment, which accelerated […]
Democrat gubernatorial candidates U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser will be part of the morning keynote during the 10th Annual Western Colorado Economic Summit on April 23 at Colorado Mesa University. The summit, hosted by the Grand Junction Economic Partnership, will convene business leaders, elected officials, entrepreneurs and community partners to […]
The Palisade Chamber of Commerce announced its 2025 award winners during its Legends of the West Annual Banquet on March 6 with Peach Street Distillers receiving Business of the Year and Jesse Scott Ferber-Brown being named Citizen of the Year. Meanwhile, Volunteer of the Year went to Courtney Webb; Sallie Millard was 2025’s Friend of […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Grand Junction’s tourism sector continued to post gains in 2025 and into early 2026, with hotel-performance metrics outpacing state and national trends even as lodging-tax growth remained comparatively modest, according to Visit Grand Junction data and comments from the organization’s director. Visit Grand Junction Director Elizabeth Fogarty said in an […]
Moody’s Underground intends to bring live music and comedy to Grand Valley six nights a week Tim Harty, The Business Times Bill Moody said he’s lived in Grand Junction his entire life. That’s 63 years. And a live-entertainment venue, featuring musicians or comedians every night, six days a week, along with good food, good cocktails, […]