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| HEALTH CARE |
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SOURCE OF DATA |
| Number
of Hospitals |
3 |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
| Number
of Beds per Thousand People |
6.3/1,000 |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
| Number
of Physicians & Dentists |
250 |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
HOSPITAL
DESCRIPTION:
The Grand
Junction area is a regional medical and health center serving a
population of approximately 500,000 in western Colorado and eastern
Utah and is the largest between Denver and Salt Lake City. Consequently,
the level of medical and health services are superb and are uncommon
to a community of this size. There are three major hospitals in
Mesa County - all feature state of the art facilities and emergency
transport services.
The
largest hospital is St. Mary's, a licensed facility with 346 beds,
with a Level II Trauma Center with Air Life emergency transport service
and a Level II Neonatology Center. They also offer a full range of
psychiatric services, a rehabilitation center, dialysis, open heart
surgery, and a comprehensive oncology clinic. Community Hospital is
a licensed facility with 65 beds, providing the community with complete
surgical services, 24-hour emergency care center, critical care unit,
imaging center, full rehabilitative therapy services and a comprehensive
occupational medicine program. The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) Medical Center is a federal health facility with 53 acute and
long term beds and provides inpatient and ambulatory medicine, surgery
and psychiatric services to all veterans. In August 2001 the President's
Quality Award was presented to the Medical Center recognizing its
excellence in medical care as the best in the nation.
| HOUSING COSTS |
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SOURCE OF DATA |
| Median
Price for a Single Family Home |
$144,878 |
CO
Assn. of Realtors Oct. 2003
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| Average
Residential Monthly Rent |
$667 |
ACCRA
Nov. 2003 |
| CLIMATE |
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SOURCE OF DATA |
| Average
Number of Days of Sunshine |
259/71% |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership
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| Average
High/Low Temps for Winter |
36/16
(Jan) |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
| Average
High/Low Temps for Summer |
93/64
(July) |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
| Average
Humidity |
0.35 |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
| Average
Annual Precipitation |
9"
rain
25" snow |
Grand
Junction Economic Partnership |
| RECREATION |
Over
75% of Mesa County is federally owned, providing
a recreation paradise. It is said that the Grand
Junction area has more opportunities for outdoor
recreation within a 100-mile radius of its boundaries
than any other city in the Western U.S.
Within
our communities there are many parks and facilities
available to the public:
-
Colorado
River - first class rafting and kayaking
- Riverfront
trail system for hikers and bicyclists
- National
Junior College Baseball World Series
- Four
18-hole year-round golf courses
- Colorado
National Monument
- BLM
lands and wilderness areas
- Colorado
State Parks
- Numerous
and world-renowned mountain biking trails
- Grand
Mesa - cross-country skiing, fishing, camping, hiking
and mountain biking
- Powderhorn
Ski Resort
Mesa
County has a surprisingly diverse selection of cultural
activities:
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