Ben Van Dyke wants to be voice of reason and of the people on Grand Junction City Council
By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice
Independent-minded, solution-oriented, and practical pragmatism is what Ben Van Dyke says is missing on the current Grand Junction City Council.
He intends to change all that, for the residents and businesspeople in Grand Junction, if he is elected to City Council in April.
“I never thought that I would run for any political office, it was never something I had thought about until the disastrous way the Council handled the unhoused in our community, and then watched as they created another disaster with 4th and 5th Streets,” Van Dyke said.
Van Dyke is a fourth-generation resident of Grand Junction, and his roots run deep in the Grand Valley.
He is a father, husband and business owner. Since the late 1960s, his fam...