Cross Orchard construction commences

Cross Orchard construction commences

Cross Orchard Development LLC started groundwork and looks to begin building homes in the spring Tim Harty, The Business Times The sound of heavy machinery moving dirt in November on an 8-acre, L-shaped parcel that used to be the south end of Cross Orchards Historic Site must have been akin to a sigh of relief […]

Palisade running tight on time, money on sewer transfer project

Palisade running tight on time, money on sewer transfer project

Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A long-planned effort to transfer the Town of Palisade’s wastewater system to the Clifton Sanitation District is entering a critical phase after construction bids in the fall came in too high for the amount of funding available and as state regulatory compliance and funding deadlines approach. Town documents show Palisade […]

Harrahs heads to Horizon

Harrahs heads to Horizon

Downsizing leads salon to leave its home of 34 years for newly renovated space on Horizon Drive and a lot more parking. By Tim Harty, The Business Times Harrahs Salon spent 34 years at the same location, but downsizing and saving money led its owners to say, “Goodbye, 12th Street. Hello, Horizon.” LuAnn Harrah, who […]

Jiu jitsu gym with elevated amenities

Jiu jitsu gym with elevated amenities

Elevate Jiu Jitsu takes down stereotypes with clean, modern facility Tim Harty, The Business Times Enter without sunglasses at your own peril. When you step inside Elevate Jiu Jitsu Academy, it’s bright and white with walls of windows welcoming daylight. And it’s oh so clean. That’s intentional. Elevate Jiu Jitsu co-owner Shawn Montgomery knows the […]

Retro Revival

Retro Revival

Pinball machines and retro video games have become big part of Phone Medic’s business in mall A person interested in playing a variety of pinball machines in Grand Junction would likely look to bars and arcades (good luck finding the latter). And Pinball Map’s website, pinballmap.com, yields the names of bars Wrigley Field Sports Bar […]

Gatherings made better with golf

Gatherings made better with golf

The Social Swing looks to enhance events with its mobile golf simulator Tim Harty, The Business Times For those who think any large social gathering would be better with a golf simulator, Nic and Tegan Hansen understand. The former college athletes – Tegan played softball at Colorado Mesa University, and Nic played baseball at Metro […]

River home awaits Junct’n Square Pizza

River home awaits Junct’n Square Pizza

The deep-dish pizza restaurant will operate out of food truck until new building at Las Colonias is ready Tim Harty, The Business Times Junct’n Square Pizza, a fixture of downtown Grand Junction dining for nearly 50 years, has been sold and will move to a new location next to OakStar Bank in the Riverfront at […]

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 […]

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