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2024 Retrospective: April - June

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APRIL

  • Thousands of tulips bloomed in the city planters and parks.
  • The Railroad Museum hosted the debut of Richard Luckin's new documentary, Railroad Stations in American Life.
  • The Jefferson Symphony presented their annual Young Artist Concert.
  • The City widened the creek path by the RV park.
  • GURA voted to contribute $400,000 to allow Foothills Regional Housing Authority to buy the former Golden Motel. They plan to scrape it and build another housing project in the Central Neighborhood.
  • The Chamber hosted VIBE@5 at Holidaily Brewing.
  • The City held a listening sessions regarding a proposed rental registry.
  • Golden Beer Talks hosted Frank Blaha describing the Army's Horse Breeding Program.
  • CoorsTek began demolishing their downtown buildings.
  • Golden High School presented The Play That Goes Wrong.
  • The Full Monty opened at Miners Alley.
  • The Quilt Museum opened two new exhibits.
  • The CSM Philharmonic Orchestra gave their spring concert.
  • The Golden Anti-Racism Collective hosted a discussion of A Tyranny of the Minority.

MAY

  • The Rotary Club hosted Teen Night at the Community Center.
  • Foothills Art Center re-opened both of their locations--the Creative Campus at 15th and Washington and their new exhibit space at the Astor House.
  • The Christian Action Guild at Golden Postal Carriers held their annual food drive.
  • Tom Schweich published the first in his What's Blooming Along Golden's Trails? articles.
  • The Stewards of Golden Open Space hosted a bird watching tour along the Kinney Run Trail.
  • The Chamber hosted VIBE@5 at the Table Mountain Inn.
  • A bear spent a couple of days in a tree near the Mines campus.
  • The Railroad Museum held a parade of steam locomotives and Galloping Goose cars.
  • The Jefferson Symphony performed their season finale.
  • Golden Beer Talks hosted a pair of film makers, who described the process of making a documentary.
  • Golden Moon Distillery ceased operations.
  • The Library Foundation held their Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale.
  • The Golden Hayride Outpost began offering a Farmers Marketplace on Sunday mornings.

JUNE

  • The Golden Super Cruise resumed.
  • The Golden Farmers Market opened for the season.
  • The City began looking for an alternate route through town for the Peaks to Plains Trail.
  • The Golden Civic Foundation held their Summer Jam at the Railroad Museum.
  • The Chamber hosted VIBE@5 at the Golden Mill.
  • There was a Scandinavian Festival in Parfet Park.
  • Golden Beer Talks presented two women who train guide dogs for the blind.
  • The Fire Department unveiled the new bronze firefighter statue.
  • Golden City Brewery hosted their annual Summer Solstice fundraiser for Golden Landmarks Association.
  • The Girl Scouts helped people make cat toys for Foothills Art Center at the Golden Library.
  • Foothills Art Center hosted Artsweek.
  • The Library hosted a sleepover for stuffed animals.

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