JANUARY 15 - 22, 2025
Perfecting Imperfections
THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR GRAND JUNCTION BUSINESS & COMMUNITY NEWS SINCE 1994
In this issue n Marketing agency bought by employees
Employees purchase Ryan/ Sawyer Marketing from long-time owner Dan Ryan.
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n Xcel Energy and Fruita at odds Plans to replace power lines south of the Colorado River in Fruita have hit a snag.
n Novus Glass finds new home
The auto-glass specialist needed more space in order to provide more services.
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n Trailblazers Pizza opens in Fruita Caleb Umberger and Brooklyn Reuwsaat bought the Fruita Pablo’s Pizza restaurant and rebranded it as Trailblazer Pizza Company.
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n City of GJ Impact Fees alternatives Council members Scott Beilfuss and Cody Kennedy brought up concerns about impact fees adding to the cost of single-family homes.
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Legacy Furniture takes wood with cracks and voids and turns it into artful pieces of furniture like wood tables. — See Page 2 Legacy Furniture co-owner Hazen Hackett stands next to a showroom display of several custom wood items he makes and sells, such as the cutting boards on the shelf, a small table with a wine rack and a paper-towel holder on it and the wall-mounted wine rack over his shoulder. After starting his business in his home, he opened a store at 1048 Independent Ave., Unit A-106, in a commercial building east of Sam’s Club. Photo by Tim Harty.
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