Then & Now: Changes in Colorado's Grand Valley 2008 to 2022

The Grand Valley has seen lots of changes over the past decade or so. Lots of these have made life better for lots of people, and other changes are maybe just a little annoying (We're looking at you, roundabouts).

When you drive the same route all week, some changes can slip past us unnoticed. Other changes result in reconfigured intersections and become impossible to miss. Let's take a look at some of the changes that have been easy on the eyes in Grand Junction and around the Grand Valley.

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Upgrades, Additions, and Artwork in the Grand Valley

Putting together the photo gallery below was a fun way to see how much better many of the buildings, streets, and intersections in Grand Junction, Colorado look today. Sometimes a building is redesigned, repainted, or demolished and replaced. We'll check out some of these examples below.

Colorado's Grand Valley in 2008 vs The Grand Valley Today

We'll take a look at several changes in Grand Junction, and see a few improvements that stand out in Fruita and Palisade as well.

We would love to see some of the changes or examples of updates that stand out to you. Open our station app to submit a photo, or just text us an intersection and we may be able to dig up some photos to show off the change. You'll help us always appreciated.

Grand Junction Photos Show Big 'Then & Now' Changes Around Town

From the roundabouts in Fruita to the Golden Gate in Palisade, scroll through a few examples that have the Grand Valley looking good in 2022.

Now & Then: See the Grand Valley Transform from 2008 to 2021

See the Grand Valley transform over the years with several 'then and now' comparisons that show the many cool updates that have occurred over the past decade.

MORE: More Then & Now Changes in Grand Junction, Colorado

Grand Junction has changed dramatically and significantly over the years, and thanks to Google, we can look and see how Grand Junction looked in 2008 compared to how it looks today. Stroll through the images and see how well your memory is at recalling the way things used to be.

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