This image was created after a Vail Town Council meeting held 19 October 2021. The Town Council read a National Friends of Libraries Week proclamation in honor of the Vail Public Library. Lori Barnes, Director of Library Services at Vail Public Library (VPL), gave an overview of the behind-the-scenes community service work performed by the library and the Cultural Heritage Committee of the Town of Vail.
The Town Council also honored Colorado photographer, John Fielder, who lives in Summit County. Fielder spoke of creating his exceptional landscape image and mural that graces the east wall of the Vail Town Council chambers. Spearheaded by Molly Eppard, TOV Art in Public Places Director, the Fielder mural creation features a rare view of the Gore Range.
Front - center: Lori Barnes - Director of Library Services at VPL
Back row, left to right: Lynn Albers - VPL Local History and Ethnobotany Specialist, Judy Turtlebaub - Friends of VPL representative, John Fielder, Jo Norris - VPL Senior Librarian/Technical Services, and Cathy Holonitch, R.N. - VPL Library Associate extraordinaire., This image was captured by Mia Vlaar, TOV Economic Development Director, on 19 October 2021.
