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The proposed plaza at Las Colonias, which would have included retail and restaurant space, is being put on hold after the Grand Junction City Council and the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board would not agree to fund $3 million for the development. The plaza was proposed as a project of the Las Colonias Development Corporation (LCDC), which was asking the two entities to split the $3 million cost evenly. It would finance another $3 million through a bank. Members of the City Council raised concerns about the project at a joint meeting held Thursday morning. “I am worried about th...

Next year is shaping up to be full of intriguing projects as local municipalities are investing tens of millions of dollars into infrastructure improvements. With local budgets now adopted by Grand Junction, Fruita and Palisade, even with 2020 being difficult financially due to the coronavirus pandemic, which will still have impacts into 2021, none of our local governments are sitting on their hands going forward and that should be commended. Next year we will see major improvements to roads from one end of the valley to the other. Palisade is planning to upgrade Highway 6 near its downtown t...