Rico Community Information

"Cultivating the seeds of peace within ourselves. In our communities and in the World."

What do you get when poets, musicians, teachers, healers and artists gather to share their ideas and passion on the subject of peace?
The Answer is: the Rico Peace Garden!

Sponsored by Peacesongs.org and supported by a grant from the Rico Center, the 2nd annual Rico Peace Garden was held on Sunday, September 11, 2005. Anthony Bogart, of Yoga West in Grand Junction, began the day with what we see becoming a Rico Peace Garden tradition: a morning meditation and yoga session. Other guests included internationally known author and healer, Christopher Beaver, Telluride acupuncturist, Josh Geetter, a return performance by award-winning poet and the world's foremost surrealist beekeeper, Jim Tipton, a community drum circle lead by Kulu Sadira, words of peace from Rico Community Church's Pastor Carol Burgeson, and a headlining appearance by san Francisco-based Aphrodesia, a 12-member Afro-funk band who tour the country in a bio-diesel bus. The community of Rico would like to thank performers and participants for another fabulous event.

For information, to volunteer or make a donation, contact: steve@ricopeacegarden.org. Local volunteers, please contact Laurie Adams at laurieforlife@fone.net.

If you are looking for information about the Rico soils health risk assessment (lead testing & cleanup info) please click here to go to the Rico Town Government section of the website.

The Rico Public Library is open from 12:00 to 4:00 pm on Thursdays and Saturdays during the summer, and Saturdays only during the winter.

The Rico Volunteer Fire Dept. meets Tuesdays at 7:00 pm at the fire house.

Mountain Harmonies, a group of local women, get together to sing most Thursdays at 7:00 pm. Contact Judy Schaefer, judy@ricocolorado.org for more information.

The Rico Community Church has a new pastor, Carol Burgeson. Regular services are at 10:30 every Sunday morning. All are welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets Sundays at 6:30 pm at the Rico Community Church.

Melanie Law is once again teaching yoga for the Rico Community. Classes are every Saturday morning at the Elementary School from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. Please contact Melanie for more information at 967-7000.

For such a small town, Rico really has an active community life. Here are some additional community organizations in town that we'll be adding profiles for as we can:

Rico Women's Club		Rico Historical Society
The Masons		The Rico Elementary School
		Montezuma Land Conservancy District

If you have information or anecdotes you can send about any of these organizations, or want to tell me who I forgot, please call or email: judy@ricocolorado.org, 970-967-2203. Thanks!

Did you know that National Geographic covered Rico in its March 2001 ZipUSA article? You can view part of the article, some interesting photos, and references to other relevant articles at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0103/feature6/index.html. National Geographic certainly captured part of Rico's personality, but there's a lot more to us than that, wouldn't you say?