Print it in stone (or canvas, or metal)

Print it in stone (or canvas, or metal)

CanvaScape bid adieu to Mesa Mall, seeks permanence in downtown GJ  Tim Harty, The Business Times Ray Kinnick knows from experience that people rarely understand what he means when he says his business, CanvaScape, prints people’s personal photos on stone. “No one really knows what you’re talking about,” said Kinnick, who also prints photos on […]

Pro fuels, plus convenience

Pro fuels, plus convenience

Profuels of Fruita renovated front of the building and opened a convenience store where it sells premium diesel and ethanol-free fuels  Tim Harty, The Business Times When Kriss Bergethon and Alex Moore bought the property at 221 U.S. Highway 6&50 in Fruita in April, they knew what they were getting. First and foremost, in the […]

Toys“R”Us returns to GJ

Toys“R”Us returns to GJ

Store is using half of Mesa Mall unit that formerly housed Joann, will close and do complete remodel in Q1 2026 By Tim Harty, The Business Times Amanda Russo lives in Moab and makes regular shopping trips to Grand Junction. So, when she needed to bring her car to Grand Junction to be serviced on […]

Cautious optimism for Christmas

Cautious optimism for Christmas

Mesa Mall has a handful of new stores available for Christmas shopping this year Tim Harty, The Business Times For Mesa Mall’s new owner and a handful of tenants, 2025 marks their first holiday shopping season at the mall. CBL Properties, which bought Mesa Mall from Washington Prime Group on July 29, enters the season […]

Baking up business in coffee shops

Baking up business in coffee shops

Pinon Kitchen needed to move its sourdough bread and pastry sales indoors and found several coffee shops happy to oblige Tim Harty, The Business Times The late-summer end of the farmers market season brought some uncertainty as Caitlin Loncarich looked ahead to the first autumn for her De Beque-based microbakery, Pinon Kitchen. She needed to […]

New Career in Cookies

New Career in Cookies

Couple’s chance encounter with Mary’s Mountain Cookies led them to open their own such store in Fruita Tim Harty, The Business Times Justin Adis doesn’t eat sugar. He’s middle-aged, physically fit and wants to stay that way. But Adis can make an exception every once in a great while, like he did in June when […]

Finding a North (Avenue) star

Finding a North (Avenue) star

RM Construction bought and renovated units in a North Avenue strip mall, including one that will become its new office Tim Harty, The Business Times After years of flourishing in the Glenwood Springs and Aspen area as a builder of custom homes, RM Construction & Development decided it was time to put an office in […]

Banking on the river

Banking on the river

OakStar Bank is open for business in its new home on the Colorado River. Tim Harty, The Business Times   It’s Oct. 23, Day 2 of OakStar Bank being open in its new location at the Riverfront at Las Colonias, and Clay Tufly is locked out of his office. He either has the wrong key […]

Courting Car Wash Customers

Courting Car Wash Customers

Car washes try to stand out with customer service, different approaches Tim Harty, The Business Times Club Car Wash opened two locations in Grand Junction this year, one at 691 24 Road in May and one at 2122 North Ave. in August. Champion Xpress Car Wash built two locations in Grand Junction before that, opening […]

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