- July 25, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
If you’ve driven down Ninth Street south of First Avenue, you know Munro Companies — Munro Pump and Munro Supply — at 820 S. Ninth St.
Lining that street corridor are white buildings. On the west side is one with a “Munro Supply” sign, while the east side buildings have nondescript, weathered signs like “Repair Services” and “Main Office.”
They’re unassuming structures that seem like just another part of Grand Junction’s industrial district. But the Munro family predates many of the neighboring businesses and lineages on the Western Slope. Munro Companies is older than five U.S. states.
“We and this town have gone through a lot of cycles. Things will be great, and then they’ll bust, and then we bounce back,” said Allen Munro. “As a family, we’ve been in the merchandising business for a long, long time.”
In 1900,…
