Artistic Trash Containers, Used Books, Blue Ridge, and Property Ownership

*Golden Eye Candy – Nancy Torpey – Greening Up – enlarge*

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Cycling
10AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt

Real World Events

*Possible decorative wraps for downtown trash and recycling containers*, *similar to those on our signal boxes*

9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The Public Art Commission will discuss the 14 small art projects that they plan to unveil during ArtsWeek. They have also commissioned a video about the projects. The City has ordered new trash and recycling bins for the creek area and downtown. The PAC will discuss the possibility of decorating the containers, similar to the wraps that they commissioned for downtown signal boxes. See the meeting packet for more information.

9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church

*From the Homelands Exhibition at the Golden History Museum*

5-7PM “Homelands” Closing Reception @ Golden History Museum
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library

*Members Preview Night at the Whale of a Used Book Sale*

6-8PM Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
Tonight is the members-only preview night at the Whale of a Used Book Sale. Attendees will get first crack at thousands of books, CDs, DVDs, and vinyl records. If you’re not a member of Friends of the Library, stop at the check-in table–they can help with that.

7:30PM Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse
This is the last weekend to see Blue Ridge at Miners Alley Playhouse.

Live Music

12-10PM Goldengrass Bluegrass Weekend @ New Terrain Brewing

5-8PM Jon Eric Farmer @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Shawn Nelson @ Goosetown Station
5PM Josh Blackburn @ Wrigley’s

6-9PM Bunny Blake @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Todd Sheaffer w/Chris Thompson & Friends @ New Terrain Brewing
6:30-8:30PM Emelise @ Tributary Food Hall
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge

Golden History Moment

*South Golden, undeveloped in 1982 and built out in 2022. The 1982 map appeared in the Transcript and the 2022 map comes from the City’s website – enlarge*

Yesterday’s “Golden History Moment” included the maps above, which showed land at the south end of Golden. In 1982, the historic ranches were on the brink of becoming suburbia. In 2022, most of that land is occupied by homes and businesses.

There are a few large parcels of west of highway 6 that remain undeveloped. These include the small field at the foot of Mount Zion where the hang gliders land and the much larger swath between the Beverly Heights neighborhood and Eagle Ridge Drive. The 1982 map showed the northern piece belonging to the Parfets and the southern piece belonging to the Sheltons.

I wondered who owned that property now, and thought my readers might also be curious. I turned to Esther Kettering, the Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield, who has been involved in Golden commercial real estate for decades. She did a property search and sent a couple of very helpful maps.

*The base map, taken from the May 31, 1982 Transcript, shows the ownership as of 40 years ago. The Green markups show current owners, Jefferson County and the Colorado School of Mines.*

Ms. Kettering’s research shows that both the Parfet land on the north and the Shelton land on the south now below to the Colorado School of Mines. (Thanks, Esther!)