Getting Grand Junction motocross on track

Getting Grand Junction motocross on track

Adrenaline Driven Adventures made its own motocross track for serious riders to train Tim Harty, The Business Times For anyone in the Grand Junction area serious about motocross training, it’s long been the case that they had to drive a long way to access a legitimate motocross track. Adrenaline Driven Adventures co-owner Lewis Baker pointed […]

Solar company sees the light on 25 Road

Solar company sees the light on 25 Road

Atlasta Solar Company continues to grow, and its new location can accommodate it Tim Harty, The Business Times ore space and the ability to operate with less overhead and greater efficiency are what Atlasta Solar Center got with the January move of its headquarters and operations to 25 Road. Another appealing part of the change […]

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 […]