Grand Junction Zip Line Project Fizzles Despite Lavish Public Subsidies
By Brandon Leuallen | The Business Times
The Las Colonias Riverfront Zip Adventures zip line, which was launched after initial delays in August 2023, then shut down partway through 2024, remains inactive in 2025.
As an anchor business for the $30 million Riverfront development, Bonsai Design, a company that designs aerial-adventure courses and owns the zip line, secured $1.69 million in taxpayer-funded incentives, including payment of development fees, impact fees, land-lease discounts, property-tax breaks and grant support. Bonsai also was entrusted with operating the zip line, adding jobs and recruiting other outdoor businesses to fill the park.
The online bookings page for the zip line states: “We are closed for the remainder of 2024. Thanks for a great season and we hope to se...

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