JULY 2 - 9, 2025
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City quietly sought $8.45M pedestrian bridge while GJ Auto Sales challenged acquisition
VOLUME 32, ISSUE 25
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Valley Plaza reinvigorated
Valley Plaza Shopping Center got a $1 million facelift to keep it vibrant for tenants and their customers. — See story, Page 2
Brandon Leuallen The Business Times
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hy was GJ Auto Sales selected as the site for the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Downtown Grand Junction Mobility Hub when other nearby options existed, including city and county-owned land? Neither CDOT nor the City of Grand Junction has answered that question, despite multiple requests by The Business Times. However, city records, planning documents, and emails reveal a longer story, one involving years of redevelopment planning, conceptual drawings, and a vision for linking downtown to Dos Rios via a pedestrian bridge and the 2nd Street Promenade.
City Maps and Early Planning
City maps appearing to date from before 2021 show the GJ Auto Sales property — the future site of the mobility hub — being converted into parking rather than a mobility hub. See story on Page 4
Cars are parked near Runway Fashion Exchange and Once Upon A Child in the Valley Plaza Shopping Center, 2454 U.S. Highway 6&50, in early June. Shopping center owner K&N Investors Colorado LP refreshed the exterior of the entire complex and soon will redo the sidewalks. Photo by Tim Harty.
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