Mixed-Use Development Impacting Neighborhoods

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A mixed-use development project that is getting mixed-reviews from resident in Grand Junction, CO.

Mixed-use development is springing up on First and Patterson Streets. People who live in the area say they are concerned about the impact it will have on their neighborhood.

Wendy Hoffman says she’s not sure what to think about the 20–acre development sprouting up in the backyard of her dream home. She is worried about traffic and noise the development might bring and she’s not alone.

Grand Junction’s planning department has been fielding calls from people who have concerns about the project as well.

Developers say people just need to give it a try.

Constructors West says the concept of mixed-use is exactly why people who live next door shouldn’t be worried about traffic. They say that a place that has retail, office and residential space helps clear congestion because people don’t have to drive to work, live and play.

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  • http://www.3rd-Works.com Gregory Gunter

    Grand Junction Enters the 21st Century
    Grand Junction’s city planners– full of Boulderites longing to replicate the Pearl Street mall– have long pushed for mixed-use development… but unfortunately tried to mandate it in the wrong market areas– namely the 24 Road corridor. The First & Patterson location, however, is an ideal location to introduce Grand Junction to the concept of mixed-use and its benefits, primarily a reduction in passenger-trips on our increasingly-overloaded local infrastructure. My firm, 3rd Works (see http://www.3rd-Works.com) finds the overwhelming majority of our nationwide retail development projects to be vertical mixed-use projects, and it’s about time Grand Junction finally joined the 21st century with the rest of the nation!