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: Susan Booker; Susan Rebecca Booker- Born June 2, 1953, Tampa Fl. Moved to Lafayette in 1992. Former Arts and Susan Booker has played a prominent role in the arts scene in Lafayette, CO. She was the Cultural Resource Director for the City of Lafayette from October 1995 to June 1, 2022. Susan began working with the City Art Boards in 2000. She was recognized in 2015 during a ceremony at The Dairy Center for the Arts that paid tribute to seven individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the arts in the Boulder County community.

: Susan Cody; During the 1980s, Susan Cody worked at Vail Children's Ski School (Lionshead and Golden Peak). Susan worked at the Vail Public Library (VPL) in the 1990s and left to work with the Vail Tourism Bureau. By popular demand, Susan returned to VPL in 2017. Susan is married to veteran Vail ski instructor, Jay Corsetti; who has based out of Lionshead since the early 1980s.

: Susan Etta (Lewis) Carpenter; Together with her husband William Thomas Carpenter, she was a pioneering citizen of Grand Junction, mentioned as a resident in the Grand Junction News as early as 1883. She had her own singing school, called the Conservatory of Music. With her husband, she also jointly owned the Mesa County Bank, a coal mine at the town of Carpenter, and the Little Book Cliff Railway. She founded the First Christian Science Church in Grand Junction. It was called Carpenter Hall, located on North 1st Street. She also created what was known as Carpenter's Pond when she dammed an arroyo that once went through what later became Sherwood Park. The arroyo apparently cut down First Street after leaving Sherwood, went through the intersection of First and North Avenue, and drained into the small ravine that forms the current Lilac Park. That’s where Mrs. Carpenter constructed her dam and made the pond, along with paths and other amenities. She and her husband lived near the intersection of 1st Street and Grand Avenue. They divorced in 1901.

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