{"id":1317293,"date":"2019-12-16T15:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T22:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991822"},"modified":"2019-12-16T15:57:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T22:57:55","slug":"providence-apothecary-blooms-into-homsted-in-downtown-glenwood-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/providence-apothecary-blooms-into-homsted-in-downtown-glenwood-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Providence Apothecary blooms into Homsted in downtown Glenwood Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Lee (left) and Chrissy Lee-Manes recently transformed their business Providence Apothecary, which they ran for six years, into Homsted. <\/strong>
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Seven years ago, Chrissy Lee-Manes and John Lee drove across the U.S. scouting locations for their mom-and-pop health business.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, we looked at multiple states,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

In Colorado, Glenwood Springs caught their eye and in December of 2013 the two opened Providence Apothecary at 713 Cooper Ave.<\/p>\n

After six successful years, the married couple knew it was time for a change and recently reopened as Homsted in the same location.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little old and a little new,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

Following extensive renovations, Homsted operates out of twice the space Providence Apothecary did.<\/p>\n

Despite the name change, many of the herbal teas and tincture blends Providence Apothecary was known for still live on Homsted\u2019s shelves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do all the tincture blending and essential oil blending. We make all of the herbal teas. We make a lot of the skincare products,\u201d Lee said. \u201cA lot of that stuff is being made in-house, under this roof.\u201d<\/p>\n

A certified herbalist, Lee-Manes earned her holistic healthcare practitioner certificate in Denver and Lee holds a doctoral degree from the University of Kansas in geochemistry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe bring a unique set of perspectives to our formulating,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

When Lee-Manes and Lee don\u2019t make a product in-house, they still want to connect their customers with the product\u2019s producer via \u2018Meet the Maker\u2019 cards, which Homsted prominently features throughout the store.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want people to understand where their products are coming from and the quality and intentions they are being built with,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

While Providence Apothecary promoted health, Homsted expands upon that vision by advocating a healthy lifestyle based upon self-sufficiency and quality over quantity Lee explained.<\/p>\n

More than teas and tinctures, Homsted incorporates gardening, clothing, animal keeping, fermentation, kitchen goods and more into its expanded space.<\/p>\n

Lee was particularly excited about Homsted\u2019s products like its fermentation kits that allow customers to create their own goods.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got all the supplies you would need here, from canning supplies to kombucha making kits and kefir kits,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

The herbalist and geochemist also made a point to promote education at Homsted by offering a variety of classes in the store from cheese making to beekeeping.<\/p>\n

According to Lee, had it not been for the local clientele Providence Apothecary would have never bloomed into Homsted.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy every definition, this is a mom and pop business,\u201d Lee said. \u201cWe are looking forward to being here for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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John Lee (left) and Chrissy Lee-Manes recently transformed their business Providence Apothecary, which they ran for six years, into Homsted. Seven years ago, Chrissy Lee-Manes and John Lee drove across the U.S. scouting locations for their mom-and-pop health business. \u201cFrom Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, we looked at multiple states,\u201d Lee said. In Colorado, Glenwood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 08:45:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}