Red Feather Lakes Community Library

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Red Feather Lakes Community Library
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Established 1969
Location 71 Firehouse Lane
Red Feather Lakes, CO
Branches 1
Website redfeather.colibraries.org

The Red Feather Lakes Community Library is the only branch of the Red Feather Mountain Library District in Larimer County, Colorado.

Larimer County, Colorado County in the United States

Larimer County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 299,630. The county seat and most populous city is Fort Collins. The county was named for William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Denver.

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The District includes Red Feather Lakes, Crystal Lakes, Glacier View Meadows, Green Mountain Meadows, Hewlett Gulch, Deer Meadows, Boy Scout Road, and the Upper Poudre Canyon. The Library participates in the Colorado Library Collaborate program. [1]

Red Feather Lakes, Colorado Census-designated place in State of Colorado, United States

Red Feather Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 525 at the 2000 census. The Red Feather Lakes Post Office has the ZIP Code 80545. Located in the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins, this is a rustic mountain village surrounded by the Roosevelt National Forest.

Poudre Canyon

The Poudre Canyon is a narrow verdant canyon, approximately 40 mi (64 km) long, on the upper Cache la Poudre River in Larimer County, Colorado in the United States. The canyon is a glacier-formed valley through the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Fort Collins.

The non-profit Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) is a library-related organization.

History

The Library was established in 1969 by the local women's group with $240 from the Larimer County Commissioners and 250 donated books on shelves from an abandoned store. The original library was located in the basement level of the Red Feather Lakes Property Owner's Association Building. The current location and building was built in 1987 with community donations of land, labor, money and support.

The District was approved by voters with a 2.5 mill levy in November 2000 with funds arriving in January 2001. It is currently one of the smallest library districts in Colorado, covering just 37 square miles (96 km2). It was based on the three existing volunteer fire department districts; Red Feather Lakes, Crystal Lakes, and Glacier View Meadows.

Volunteer fire department fire department composed of volunteers

A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department composed of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.

A new addition to the library was dedicated in August 2005. It includes a children's area, community meeting room and art gallery. The expansion nearly doubled the building size to 3,163 square feet (293.9 m2).

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