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Article: Grand Junction booming Its metro area is 9th, Greeley 12th in U.S. growth rate.(News)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- March 27, 2008
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Byline: Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain News
The Grand Junction area emerged last year as one of the fastest-growing metro regions in the U.S., boosted by energy development, tourism and retirees.
"We've been discovered," Mesa County Commissioner Craig Meis said. "Every part of our county is growing."
A Census Bureau report released Wednesday found that the Grand Junction/Mesa County area was the ninth-fastest-growing metro area in the U.S. from 2006 to 2007, increasing in population by 3.7 percent to 139,082.
In Colorado, it edged out the Greeley area, which grew by 3.6 percent and had held the top spot in the state for most of the ...