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In 1957, the organization was granted 501(c)(3) status. Then, in January 1968, the members of the organization voted to change its name to the Western Colorado Center for the Arts. [1] In 1947, Fred Mantey, a local philanthropist, offered to donate one acre of land and $1,000 to establish an art center in Grand Junction.
25 3/10 Rd over the Gunnison River: Grand Junction: Damaged by flooding in 1983. Demolished in 1988. [6] 2: Fifth Street Bridge: Fifth Street Bridge: February 4, 1985 (#85000220) July 22, 1994: Northbound U.S. Highway 50 over the Colorado River: Grand Junction: Replaced in 1989. [6]
Grand Junction is 247 miles (398 km) west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.The city has a council–manager form of government. [8] It is a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide, and the largest city in Colorado outside of the Front Range Corridor.
U.S. Highway 24 (US 24) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that travels from Minturn, Colorado, to Clarkston, Michigan. In the U.S. state of Colorado , US 24 extends from Interstate 70 (I-70) and US 6 in Minturn east to the Kansas state line where it continues as US 24 concurrent with I-70.
Grand Valley Transit is the public transportation agency that serves the Grand Junction area. Fixed route service began in 2000. [3] Eleven routes run hourly on Monday through Saturday, with seven of them meeting in a downtown transit center. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 579,300, or about 2,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
It is also home to the largest collection of Uintah Railway cars on the Colorado western slope. [5] At its peak the orchard produced 22,000 apple trees over a 243-acre (0.98 km 2) orchard. It is considered the largest orchard for the time in western Colorado. [6] The only land left today is now a 24-acre (97,000 m 2) site.
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KLML (channel 20) is a television station in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, serving Colorado's Western Slope region as an affiliate of Court TV. The station is owned by Fresno, California–based Ventura Broadcasting. KLML's transmitter is located at the Mesa Point Electronics Site on the Grand Mesa (southeast of I-70).