Getting zip from Bonsai: Failing to meet its obligation, owner of zip line has not operated riverfront feature in 2025 Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Las Colonias Riverfront Zip Adventures zip line, which was launched after initial delays in August 2023, then shut down partway through 2024, remains inactive in 2025. As an anchor business for […]
Vacant suite next door becomes thrift store that supports local foster-care alumni Tim Harty, The Business Times You get inspired when you get inspired. And when you’re Kim Raff, that might be when you’re taking out the trash for the nonprofit organization you direct. Well, not “might be when,” that “was when” an idea popped […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times It had to be Monumental. Landon Balding didn’t have to think long about what to name the coffee shop he and his wife, Jackie, now operate at 575 32 Road in Clifton. He started a deejay business as a student at Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) and named […]
K&N Investors Colorado LP didn’t have to refresh the facade of Valley Plaza Shopping Center, 2454 U.S. Highway 6&50. Yet earlier this year the owner of Valley Plaza decided to invest in such a project to keep the shopping center, which was built in 1982, vibrant, welcoming and relevant. Not just for customers, but tenants […]
Teresa Mays put Hedge Company up for sale in October last year, knowing she will retire once her precious-metals brokerage at 225 N. Fifth St., Suite 514, gets sold. That was a tough decision to make, because: She loves the work she does as a bullion broker, selling and buying gold, silver, platinum and palladium […]
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 […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Spend an hour with Corbin MacLeod, and be prepared to walk away impressed. Because he makes an impression. Ask him a simple question, and be prepared for a complex answer that could veer into family, philosophy and faith. He’ll talk about soul and connection, brotherhood, community and charity. MacLeod is […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times For 22 years, GJ Auto Sales was a fixture in the Grand Junction community, a family-run business operated by Amber Colunga Martinez and Mike Martinez. But now, the lot at 320 S. First St. will be transformed into a state-led mobility hub, part of Colorado’s climate-focused transportation plan. Selling the […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times A new law aimed at reducing litigation exposure that Colorado building contractors face when building multi-family homes such as condominiums is being viewed primarily as a step in the right direction by Grand Valley stakeholders. But they don’t see it being an affordable-housing panacea. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed HB25-1272 […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Ewa Nowak didn’t expect her first summer as the new owner of Be Sweet Café & Bakeshop to be easy. She knew the ups and downs of seasonal traffic in downtown Grand Junction. But what she didn’t see coming was the double blow of two major road construction projects — […]