Pam Bricker retires again, this time from her business

GREELEY — This year, Pam Bricker will not be at Mariposa Plants and Flowers for Valentine’s Day. 

Bricker is well known in Greeley for her contributions to revitalizing downtown as the former head of the Downtown Development Authority, but that job sprang from her flower business, and it wasn’t as linear as people think. 

Bricker considered a location for her business out west, just like many business owners, but she chose downtown in 2008 because it was beautiful and perhaps the most visible spot, on the corner of Eighth Street and Eighth Avenue, two major streets that met as if they were…