GRAND OPENING SATURDAY!

We did it! We built a children's library! Now we get to show all the children what we've created for them. Opening Day this Saturday July 13th from 12-4pm. Address is 6204 22nd Ave. in case anyone asks. Parking is mostly in the back lot and it's ok to park in the KELA parking lot, as well. Entrance through the front (22nd Ave) south door. 

This new location is open 7 days a week starting Saturday. 

M-F 9am-6pm

Sat and Sun 12-4pm

The first kids to try it out gave us rave reviews. Staff kids are the best kids!

This week's Bright Spot nominations:

From Emily: 

"I got to Pride Fest on Saturday just as the bookmobile pulled up and saw the KPL crew save the day! The organizer ran up in a panic because the performers had forgotten their books for Drag Queen Storytime! Zander, Elliott, Aliyah and Kristen quickly pulled some fabulous titles for them and the show went on. Great job team!"

Colorado Bound this September

I have a little announcement- something you might have already heard. My post-retirement is going to be more like a semi-retirement. It's a good way for this high-wired gal to slow down but still stay involved in a profession I truly love. And it's a way for me to go home to the mountains.

I'm moving back to Colorado, back to the San Juan Mountains where I spent eight years before coming to KPL. I've taken a job as the director of a tiny library in a mountain town called Pagosa Springs where they are adding two wings to their small library- one for a program room and one for a children's room. There are only eight employees, only a couple full time. I'll be a jack of all trades- a tech person, the HR person, a CSS and an ICS. I'll help weed the children's garden and probably even help clear snow.

Pagosa is surrounded by national forest and sits on top of geothermal hot springs. In fact, the library is heated by geothermal. It's a place where elk and deer are everywhere and bears lumber through town at will. The Wolf Creek ski resort just north gets 400+ inches of snow and the New Mexico desert is just 35 miles to the south. In fact, the kids just over the border come to school in Pagosa.

I hope if you ever get to the Pagosa area you'll stop in and say hello. I'll be glad to see you! 

Barb