City quietly sought $8.45 million pedestrian bridge while GJ Auto Sales fought acquisition

Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Why was GJ Auto Sales selected as the site for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Downtown Grand Junction Mobility Hub when other nearby options existed, including city and county-owned land? Neither CDOT nor the City of Grand Junction has answered that question, despite multiple requests by The Business Times. However, […]

United Way expands initiative to solve homelessness

United Way of Mesa County is expanding its United to Solve Homelessness initiative through a three-pronged approach to address the growing needs of the unhoused population and the community at large. The expansion includes the launch of a centralized homelessness hotline, a new mobile outreach van, and the release of the 2025 ALICE Report (Asset […]

Cool like Colorado: New souvenir store in downtown GJ features original designs by the owners

Tim Harty, The Business Times  You can find ColoradoCool Apparel’s T-shirts, hoodies, ball caps, beanies, stickers, magnets, tapestries and posters in more than 200 stores in Colorado. Plus, ColoradoCool leases 10-foot-by-10-foot consignment booths inside seven stores inside malls on the Front Range. That’s pretty good growth for a Grand Junction-based wholesale company that CEO and […]

Bike lanes on 4th and 5th spark downtown parking debate

Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Plans to finalize protected bike lanes on Fourth and Fifth Streets this summer could cost the City of Grand Junction additional money in curb cut work and remove more downtown parking spaces. That raises a broader conversation about the cost of implementation and the city’s downtown parking system, including the […]

Counseling practice looks to thrive in new home

Tim Harty, The Business Times  Seeking permanence and a place where its therapists and clients can thrive led Thrive Marriage & Family Counseling to say good-bye to leasing and hello to owning. Thrive Marriage & Family Counseling’s founder Chantel Landeros bought the building, a 117-year-old house at 827 Grand Ave. in downtown Grand Junction, renovated […]

Young Entrepreneurs graduate with big ideas, personal stories

Fifteen middle and high school students graduated June 10 from the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy, completing a nine-month journey to build their own real businesses. Among them were Xander Smith and Brielle Nye, two standout students whose business ideas were fueled by family legacy, creativity and personal growth. The graduation […]

Third Bowl Ice Cream opens in Grand Junction

Tim Harty, The Business Times  As of its June 9 soft opening, Third Bowl Homemade Ice Cream is serving super premium ice cream – 16 flavors, including four dairy-free – in Grand Junction at 1059 North Ave. That likely begs the question: What is super premium? Third Bowl owner and self-professed food-science nerd Kendall Phillips […]

Corkscrews galore and much more: High family’s private collection of wine memorabilia at Colterris Collections will be available for public viewing June 23

Corkscrews galore and much more: High family’s private collection of wine memorabilia at Colterris Collections will be available for public viewing June 23

When you learn that Colterris Collections has 4,000 corkscrews on display and think, “Holy cow! That’s a lot of corkscrews,” know this: That isn’t the half of them. It’s not even a quarter of them.  That’s just what made the cut. Scott and Theresa High have 14,000 more corkscrews that aren’t on display in the […]

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