Grand Junction, Colorado Grand Junction, Colorado City of Grand Junction Grand Junction, Colorado is positioned in the US Grand Junction, Colorado - Grand Junction, Colorado Website City of Grand Junction The town/city of Grand Junction is the home rule municipality that is the governmental center of county and the most crowded municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States.
The town/city has a council manager form of government, and is the most crowded municipality in all of Colorado. Grand Junction is situated 247 miles (398 km) west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
As of the 2010 census, the populace of the town/city was 58,566. Grand Junction is the 15th most crowded city in the state of Colorado and the most crowded city on the Colorado Western Slope.
Grand Junction serves as a primary commercial and transit hub inside the large region between the Green River and the Continental Divide.
It is the principal town/city of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Travel Destination which had a populace of 146,723 in 2010 census.
The name "Grand" refers to the historical Grand River; it was retitled as the Upper Colorado River in 1921.
The word "Junction" refers to the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers.
Grand Junction has been nicknamed "River City".
The town/city is positioned near the midpoint of a 30-mile (48 km) arcing valley, known as the Grand Valley; since the late 19th century it has been a primary fruit-growing region.
The Country Jam Ranch is positioned near Grand Junction just north of I-70 at the Mack exit.
The Grand Junction region has advanced as a primary mountain biking destination, with many bikers coming from the Front Range of Colorado, the Salt Lake City area, and as far away as California to appreciate the area's abundant single-track trails.
In between the three natural barriers sprawls Western Colorado's Grand Valley.
By the time George Crawford, a Kansas politician and real estate developer, decided the unclaimed Grand Valley would make a good town site, Denver, Colorado already had a populace of 50,000.
Crawford and other European Americans considered Grand Junction to be newly established by them, ignoring the thousands of years of occupation by other citizens s.
Grand Junction looking north, Winter January 2011 Grand Junction sits in a large region of high desert lands in Western Colorado.
Due to its locale west of the Rockies, Grand Junction does not receive as much influence from the Chinook winds as locations in Colorado east of the Front Range, yet it does receive protection from the Arctic populace that can settle to the east of the Rockies.
Grand Junction averages 64.5 days a year with temperatures at 90 F (32 C) or above, and an average 6.5 days attaining 100 F (38 C) or more. Autumn cooling is rapid, with the average first freeze date being October 15.
Climate data for Grand Junction, Colorado (Grand Junction Regional Airport), 1981 2010 normals, extremes 1893 present Garfield (right), near Grand Junction The populace figures are for Grand Junction only; the town/city abuts lesser towns and unincorporated county areas which contribute to region commerce.
Fruit orchards, especially between Grand Junction and Palisade to the east, remain meaningful to the region's reputation and economy to the present day.
Retail revenue have been meaningful to the economy for decades (e.g., gasoline, and hunting and fishing related sales), and uranium mining-related activities have also been significant. Grand Junction was home to the Climax Uranium Mill, a now decommissioned foundry that provided uranium ore to the US Atomic Energy Commission.
Exxon purchased rights and used Grand Junction as its seat of operations.
The town/city and the encircling Grand Valley became prosperous in the 1970s and early 1980s largely because of the effects of petroleum shale development.
The United States, Colorado in particular, has the largest-known concentration of petroleum shale in the world (according to the Bureau of Land Management) and holds an estimated 800 gigabarrels of recoverable oil, enough to meet U.S.
By 2008, the economy of Grand Junction appeared to be more diverse and stable than it had been in previous decades.
However, a primary drop (in the summer of 2008) of market natural gas prices led to reduced gas well drilling and related capital expenditures in the area, decidedly slowing the Grand Junction economy in 2009.
Reports given in 2009 suggested that Grand Junction had once again been hard-hit economically, with one report by April 2010 listing the region as having had the biggest percentage drop in employment of any "small city" in the entire United States. By 2008, Grand Junction was being identified by the "nation's elite company and leisure travelers" as a destination for private jet travel, with close-by Powderhorn Resort and other ski resorts a primary attraction. 8 City of Grand Junction 0.86% 625 Owen Aspinall, former Governor of American Samoa, was born in Grand Junction, the son of long-time U.S Representative Wayne N.
Rick Schroder owned a home outside of Grand Junction amid the mid to late 1990s His childhood home was positioned at 1124 Gunnison Avenue in Grand Junction.
His first novel, Eclipse (1934) was set in a fictional town based on an unflattering Grand Junction, and many of the characters are identifiable as improve leaders.
Walter Walker, political prestige and publisher made Grand Junction his home for many years.
For three months in 1932, he served as one of Colorado's US Senators, and was publisher and major owner of the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel newspaper.
51 (website) provides elected K-12 enhance education to the Grand Junction area.
Grand Junction High School District 51 partners with the Western Colorado Community College (WCCC) to operate a vocational school, owned and directed by Colorado Mesa University.
Colorado Mesa University, a public, four-year, liberal arts institution, serves as the major provider of college studies on the Western Slope from its ground in central Grand Junction.
Grand Junction's Colorado National Monument was home to a stage in the Coors Classic bicycle race known as "The Tour of the Moon" due to the Monument's unique landscape.
Most recently at Suplizio Field, a new experienced Minor League Baseball team partner of the Colorado Rockies in the Pioneer Baseball League came from Casper and are known as the Grand Junction Rockies.
Next to to Suplizio Field, Stocker Stadium is home to the semi-professional Grand Junction Gladiators football team.
Grand Junction Regional Airport (formerly Walker Field Airport) serves as the primary airport in the area.
The airport is positioned in north Grand Junction on Horizon Drive.
Amtrak station in Grand Junction, CO Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Grand Junction Station, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago and Emeryville, California, athwart the bay from San Francisco.
The Grand Valley Transit (GVT) is a county-wide transit fitness serving the grand valley.
I-70.svg Interstate 70 runs from Interstate 15 in Cove Fort, Utah to Baltimore, Maryland, connecting Grand Junction to Denver, Kansas City, St.
Via Interstate 15, it joins Grand Junction with Las Vegas, Nevada, and southern California.
50 joins Grand Junction with Montrose, Gunnison, and Pueblo, and to the west, it travels into the state of Utah.
Colorado 340.svg SH 340 runs east-west, starting at First Street in downtown Grand Junction, traversing the Redlands and ending at U.S.
Grand Junction, Colorado has placed number six in Outdoor Life's 2012 list of The 35 Best Hunting and Fishing Towns in the US, number twelve in Forbes 2012 list of The Best Small Places For Business and Careers, number five in The New York Times 2011 list of Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster, and number seven in Tourism-Review.com's 2009 list of the 8 Sunniest Cities in the USA. Main article: Media in Grand Junction, Colorado The Grand Junction radio market includes all of Mesa County, Colorado. Six AM airways broadcasts and more than 25 FM stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. Grand Junction is serviced by one small-town newspaper, The "Grand Junction Daily Sentinel".
The Grand Junction region also receives journal influence from sources in the greater Denver front range area.
Grand Junction has ABC, NBC, and CBS tv station affiliates under the call signs of KJCT-LP (Channel 8), KKCO (Channel 11), and KREX-TV (Channel 5) in the order given.
Also, Grand Junction has a Fox (Channel 4) partner station under the call sign of KFQX that receives news from the Denver FOX affiliate, KDVR (Channel 31) at 9 pm.
Grand Junction's downtown is home to the historic Avalon Theatre, which hosts movies and live entertainment.
In the 2010 short story Vilcabamba, Grand Junction becomes the capital of the United States after an alien invasion.
Grand Junction, CO Metropolitan Travel Destination Official records for Grand Junction were kept at downtown from January 1893 to December 1899 and at Grand Junction Regional Airport since January 1900.
State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Grand Junction city, Colorado".
Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grand Junction city, Colorado".
"GRAND JUNCTION WALKER AP, CO".
"Station Name: CO GRAND JUNCTION WALKER FLD".
"Monthly Averages for Grand Junction, CO Temperature and Precipitation".
"City of Grand Junction CAFR" (PDF).
"Facts and Rankings Grand Junction Economic Partnership".
Grand Junction Economic Partnership.
"Radio Stations in Grand Junction, Colorado".
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grand Junction, Colorado.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Grand Junction.
City of Grand Junction website CDOT map of the City of Grand Junction Grand Junction Business Directory (local company directory) Grand Junction VCB (Visitor and Convention Information) Grand Junction Municipalities and communities of Mesa County, Colorado, United States
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