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🌱 Why Clifton’s Chipotle sale matters in Mesa County’s shifting property market
Clifton, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Clifton! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
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- Why Clifton’s Chipotle sale matters in Mesa County’s shifting property market
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📰 News we're reading
• Ups and downs in first quarter commercial property report (gjsentinel.com) — A recent commercial real estate report shows Clifton’s Chipotle sold for $2.6 million as part of a wave of larger, higher-value deals reshaping Mesa County’s market. Overall sales volume is up even though the number of transactions is down, and commercial building permits nearly doubled, signaling growing confidence among local businesses and investors. 
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I am looking for someone to humanely remove some birds and nests from my siding. A woodpecker decided to make home for other birds and I need to get… (Nextdoor San Miguel) - Gas leak prompts evacuation in Grand Junction, Colorado.
11:03AM on May 11: Fire crews responded to a gas line strike at F 1/4 Road and 25 Road, evacuating nearby homes. (Nextdoor )
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🗞 Nearby News
Orchard Mesa
- ALL THINGS FOOD: Eating out: favorites and new places to try (gjsentinel.com)
- Man pleads guilty to Atlanta auto break-in that led to theft of unreleased music by Beyonce (gjsentinel.com)
Grand Junction
- Gov. Polis talks Opportunity Zones 2.0 at CMU (westernslopenow.com)
- Gov. Polis talks about Prop 123 assisting new facility (westernslopenow.com)
- Graduation week to bring extra traffic to one of Grand Junction's most dangerous intersections (kjct8.com)
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