Explore the Western Slope
Neighborhoods
A growing field guide to how each pocket of the valley actually feels to live in. Not the brochure version, the ordinary-Tuesday version. Here are the first three.
- Palisade Old Town Palisade There are towns where agriculture is a theme. Palisade is not one of them. Here, agriculture is the thing happening behind the fence while you're drinking your coffee. It is the tractor holding you up for thirty seconds. It is the box of fruit riding home in somebody's passenger seat. Downtown does not slowly fade into countryside so much as bump directly into it. Read the guide
- Grand Junction North Seventh and Downtown Grand Junction Grand Junction makes more sense on foot. Read the guide
- Fruita Downtown Fruita Fruita gets introduced as a mountain-bike town so often that you could be forgiven for assuming everyone here sleeps in a helmet. Read the guide
Not sure which part of the valley fits?
I have called Mesa County home for 16 years. I would be glad to help you find the neighborhood that fits your life.
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