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After a year of work and input from the community, Visit Grand Junction and consulting firm Destination Think unveiled a destination brand strategy for the city at the City Council’s Monday work session. The results of the branding process included the development of a font for the city to use to represent its brand, a specially selected color palette and a tagline for Grand Junction — Where Life Leads. Steve Hanzic, Destination Think creative director, explained to the city council how they took the hundreds of pages of feedback from the community and condensed it down into the thr...

In an effort to improve safety and traffic flow on Patterson Road, the Grand Junction City Council is considering an access control plan that recommends significantly reducing access points onto the road. Public Works Director Trent Prall explained at the Council’s Monday work session that, as traffic increases on the road, implementing an access control plan would make the road safer and extend its life. The plan is also meant to increase traffic flow so widening the road would not be necessary. “As we all know, Patterson Road has been one of the backbones of the Grand Valley since...

The city of Grand Junction ended its fiscal year with its combined sales and use tax down less than 2% compared to 2019.

The Grand Junction City Council voted at its Wednesday meeting to appropriate $1 million in grant funding to help local small businesses and nonprofits that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The $1 million, plus administration fees, will be split into three programs, Finance Director Jodi Welch said. Two programs will be similar to COVID-19 relief programs the City Council authorized in 2020. One will provide $500,000 in assistance to small businesses and be administered by the Business Incubator. The other will provide $250,000 for nonprofits that are focused on hunger relief and ...

More than half of the city of Grand Junction’s staff, including the police and fire departments, are eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines during the 1B phase that is currently underway.