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come in to look for plants and leave with a pot instead.
“I want to present plants in an interesting way,” she said, noting that people come in asking for the perfect plant for a speci c spot in their homes.
“ is has been a passion all my life,” she said, adding that she wants the shop to be a gathering place for the community, and she goes above and beyond with customer service.
Mosey can help with plant selection for special events, weddings, party favors, teacher gifts and more.
Spruce Creek Garden is open from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. ursday and Friday, and from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
Evergreen law firm helps youth through divorce issues needs, an appropriate children’s and teens area, and services that are accessible to all patrons, he said. e community wants a place to be able to gather, have meetings and attend classes or programs. e library board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 17 in the Lakewood Library meeting room, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. A Zoom option also is available. e Conifer Area Council has been advocating for a library outside of the walls of Conifer High School for several years based on the feedback from a survey it conducts. e Conifer library has been in CHS since 1996, and library users have complained about the lack of hours, little parking and the stairs to access the library. e 8,900-squarefoot library space is open to the public when school is not in session, and it has longer hours in the summers. e library board began looking at meeting the needs of Conifer library users after Je co Public Schools changed start times for high schools beginning this month. Last school year, school ended at 3 p.m. Once school starts in August, school will end at 3:45 p.m. e library board has budgeted $2.5 million this year for what it calls the “Conifer library opportunity.”
Andersen Law PC, an Evergreen and Littleton law rm, has launched its new divorce resource, YouthOfDivorce.com.
Created to support children of divorce who are middle school age to early 20s, the website provides details on what youth can expect throughout the divorce process and after.
Topics covered on the website include the legal process and the child’s involvement, living somewhere new or with di erent arrangements, what to expect mentally and emotionally, and how to cope with the changes and challenges. e website is lled with tips and information based on attorney Beth Andersen’s experience in helping guide families through divorce plus other resources. e website can be shared with anyone.


“We feel this level of engagement completes the picture of what library service needs are,” said Julianne Rist, director of public services.




Rist said library o cials used the Conifer library service area to analyze needed services since it

NAMING EVERGREEN LIBRARY CHILDREN’S AREA
The new children’s area of the Evergreen library will be named in honor of Cynthia and Bob Benson of Evergreen. That is because the Bensons are the first to make a donation to the Je erson County Library Foundation for the area after it is remodeled later this year. Their $10,000 donation to the foundation will help it fund and promote services in the library district.
The Bensons’ names will be on a plaque in the children’s area until 2033, according to the agreement approved by the Je erson County Public Library board on July 20.

is not a city. ey estimate 10,000 people live in the primarily rural area. e population is not expected to increase a lot in the next ve to 10 years, she said.
Rist said Conifer was a diverse community with diverse wants and needs, and it may be a challenge to satisfy all of the community’s library wants. While some respondents said they wanted the library to be moved out of CHS, she said some survey respondents said they wanted to keep it there out of concern for the impact a move would have on students.
She noted that the school is required to have a media center, so if the Conifer library moved from the school building, the district would need to create a library in that building.
Board member Charles Naumer said what he took away from Conifer residents’ responses was that they felt like they were encroaching on a high school library, and they didn’t feel welcome in the space.
Wallace said the consultants heard loud and clear that the lack of daytime library hours was a huge concern, noting that if daytime hours were available, a move likely wouldn’t be needed. Yet with increased security at schools, it would be di cult to allow the public into the library during the day.

