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April 11, 2008
Grand Junction: A Top Winter 2008 Jet-Setting Destination
Flight Options, a world-renowned private jet company, known for hosting the nation's elite business and leisure travelers, recently released it's ranking for the top private jet destinations for ...more

March 28, 2008
Grand Junction: 9th Fastest Growing Population in the U.S.
According to Census figures released this week, the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is the 9th fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States from 2006 - 2007...more

December 4, 2007
GJEP Announces Leitner Poma Groundbreaking
GJEP announces the official groundbreaking for Leitner Poma’s new, state-of-the-art $15 million manufacturing facility in Mesa County. The ceremony marks more than a year of hard work in bringin...more

October 2, 2007
Grand Junction MSA Shows Strong Performance
Sustained growth, even through difficult times in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has been the hallmark of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area’s (MSA) economy, and a recent index co...more

August 15, 2007
Grand Junction Leads Colorado Cities in Per Capita Personal Income Growth
Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area’s (MSA) per capita personal income grew 5.7% to $30,503 from 2005 to 2006, according a report recently released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (B...more

August 1, 2007
Leitner-Poma to construct new facility in Mesa County
The Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) is pleased to announce Leitner-Poma of America, Inc.’s (L-POA) intention to construct a new manufacturing facility in Grand Junction, Colorado.&nbs...more

June 6, 2007
Western Slope Booms Again
Please click on the below link to read a column written by Ann Driggers, GJEP's President & CEO, and published in the April 18 - May 1st issue of the Colorado Real Estate Journal. PDF of column....more

May 15, 2007
Grand Junction #1 in nation for VA Medical Care
Grand Junction's Veterans Administration Medical Center ranks Number One in the nation for the fiscal year of 2006.  As reported by The Grand Junction Free Press (May 14, 2007), the Joint Commiss...more

February 22, 2007
Grand Junction MSA Economy Among Strongest in Country
"Sustained growth, even through difficult times in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has been the hallmark of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area’s (MSA) economy, and a January 2...more