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Grand Junction City Council Discusses Greater Downtown Plan

by KREX News Room
by Danielle Kreutter

Story Created: Mar 18, 2013 at 9:49 PM MDT

Story Updated: Mar 18, 2013 at 9:50 PM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - A comprehensive plan that has been years in the works, is finally getting the chance to move forward through Grand Junction's City Council.

Council members got a close look at the Greater Downtown Plan before they will have to make a decision whether or not to approve it at Wednesday's meeting.

Ultimately, the plan will make big changes to zoning, architecture, landscaping, pedestrian rights and rules for signs and billboards for the future growth of the downtown area.

"This is where our social lives, our cultural lives, our institutions, our governments, our businesses and where people live. It all comes together in downtown and that is different from any other place in the city which are generally more segregated into separate single use kid of districts, so those are the characteristics that have always defined downtown that we want to leverage for the future of downtown as well," said Harry Weiss, the Executive Director of the Downtown Development Authority.

Officials say they hope these changes will promote downtown living and redefine land use in a way that will offer more opportunities for development and re-development in the downtown.

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Disgusted said on Tuesday, Mar 19 at 11:13 PM

Dillard, am just tired of the corruption in The Peoples Republic of Mesa County local governments, that's all. This is nothing but a big boondoggle to fleece more money from the taxpayers.

Anonymous said on Tuesday, Mar 19 at 7:19 PM

Pretty tired of all our taxes being funneled to the overlords' pet projects and personal businesses. Hopefully more people start to boycott downtown.

Dillard Jenkins said on Tuesday, Mar 19 at 5:02 PM

"The 1950's are over and they wont be back anytime soon." I hate to disappoint you even more that you already are about every thing Mr. Disgusted, but the 1950's, won't ever be back. Neither will 4:00 p.m. March 19, 2013. Stay negative, it makes everyone around you miserable too.

Junk Yard of METAL said on Tuesday, Mar 19 at 10:44 AM

DOWNTOWN ! STOP WASTING OUR MONEY ON THE RICH STORE OWNERS-

Disgusted said on Monday, Mar 18 at 11:35 PM

Take a picture, bulldoze it and move on. The 1950's are over and they wont be back anytime soon.

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