Quality of Place - Life in Fruita

  • Fruita residents consistently rank the quality of life in Fruita far above the national average in community surveys and in the 90th percentile of satisfaction.
  • The Grand Valley is a regional medical and health center serving western Colorado and eastern Utah. It is the largest medical center between Denver and Salt Lake City. Medical services in the area have been recognized for its low costs and high quality of services. There are four hospitals throughout the Grand Valley including St. Mary’s Hospital, Community Hospital, the Grand Junction Veterans Health Care System, and Family Health West (located right here in Fruita).
  • Fruita is located 14 miles or a 17-minute drive from the Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT). GJT is the largest airport in western Colorado and the third largest in the state. The airport has non-stop flights to Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Santa Ana (Los Angeles), and Mesa (seasonal). In 2021, GJT was awarded CDOT’s Colorado airport of the year.
  • Check out Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) video on Fruita to highlight their connectivity initiative.
  • In 2020, Fruita was named the “Best Kid Friendly Adventure Town” by Elevation Outdoors readers.
  • In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Fruita was voted by Elevation Outdoor readers as (in the top 3) Colorado’s Best Outdoor Adventure Town.
  • In 2015 & 2016 Fruita was ranked in the Matador Network’s Top 20 Coolest Outdoor Towns.
  • Fruita mountain biking is ranked consistently in the top 10 destinations in the world on multiple lists.
  • April 20, 2018, Sunset Magazine named Fruita one of 10 top biking towns in the West.
  • Fruita is known as an outdoor mecca destination where we have moderate, deliberate growth in visitors and residents and businesses desiring a high quality of place and level of work-life harmony are seeking Fruita out to relocate or expand their business for reasons such as:
    • No traffic
    • Instant access to incredible recreational terrain of all types
    • Average age of 36 years old, educated and skilled workforce
    • Great schools
    • Community feel where visitors feel like locals and locals play like visitors
    • Ready to build land along I-70, Highway 6, Rail access, with build to suit options
  • We are building trails both in and outside of the city
    • New construction of 31 new miles of singletrack trials has begun at 18 Rd (North Fruita Desert0 following work by the Fruita Trails initiative (partnership of local businesses, CIOOPMOBA, BLM, CPW and the City) which completed a master plan in 2019 and required federal studies in 2022.
    • The BLM is expanding 100+ camping sites, parking and an event space area at the 18 Rd. trails.
    • Fruita continues to add and maintain bike lanes, paths to school, connecting downtown to the state park and Riverfront Trail, connecting to public land trailheads.
    • In September 2019, the City opened a 4.5-mile $4.6 million trail that connects Fruita to the business park and to the Kokopelli MTB trailhead—without any tax money spent—all grants, donations and lottery funds. Trail connects to existing internal trail system to all commercial areas of City, schools, etc. including two business parks in development.
    • The Fruita Trails Initiative added 6 new miles of trails at the Kokopelli trail system in 2019 and is in the process of planning future trails at this system.
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