I might be real close to solving this.
I found this post (Rendering Issues in Chrome) and it said there was an issue with the Id for the div right after the opening <jqx-data-table>
tag. I checked between Internet Explorer and Chrome and sure enough, they were different. The Id values look generated. They look like “jqxDataTable5baee6be_76d0_4551_b587_9e1b2788aad3”. Also everytime I refresh the page, I get a different one. However, I figured it was worth a try so I manually pasted the Id tag from Internet Explorer into the HTML code in Chrome and the grid popped up.
Now my Grid continues to work even after I clean the solution and recompile. I am not sure what caused the problem but maybe this information will help someone who is smarter than I.