What’s Happening in Golden Today?
9AM Visit Golden Committee @ Public Works Building, 1445 10th Street (map)
The Community Marketing Committee (Visit Golden) will hear from the Planning Director and a group of consultants about a new parking study. The committee will be asked to provide insight on parking and transportation challenges. The consultants will ultimately suggest new parking management solutions to “help the City manage its parking resources more efficiently.”
The second topic is a proposed change to the bylaws, which would eliminate several positions from the board (the Golden Cultural Alliance, South Golden Merchants, Downtown Merchants, Golden Ridge Merchants, and North Golden Merchants) and create several new ones (representatives from the restaurant industry, retail industry, lodging industry, experiences industry, craft beverage industry, meeting/event venue industry, and a cultural organization member). Coors Brewery Tours, the Visitors Center, the Chamber, EDComm, the DDA, and an at-large position would remain unchanged.
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
2-4PM Microsoft Excel: Basics @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6:30PM Economic Development Commission Meeting @ City Hall
EDComm will discuss acquiring some economic development software. They were considering two options: one will cost $7500 for the first year with a higher rate after that; the other will cost $5940 annually. Staff suggests hiring one or both to test them for a year.
Staff will describe a new program called 1MC that will begin meeting in January at Connects Workspace Red Rocks. “On Wednesdays across the country, 1MC entrepreneurs work together on their businesses while sharing coffee in a supportive atmosphere that is open to all.”
7PM Feel Real – Ski Film Screening @ American Mountaineering Center
Live Music
5-8PM Josh Blackburn @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Glenn Unrath @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Kyle O’Brien @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM The Wrecklunds @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Golden History Moment
62 Years Ago
Earle A. Johnson Elementary School was dedicated on November 10, 1960. By the late 1950s, Golden’s centrally-located school, Mitchell Elementary, was overcrowded. Much of Golden’s growth was happening on the south end of town, so the R1 school district looked for land south of downtown. They found it when the state agreed to sell off parts of the State Industrial School property.
Earle Johnson was a long-time music teacher in Golden’s schools. When he began teaching in 1899, he rode a circuit between Englewood, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, and Golden schools. In 1930 (31 years into his teaching career!), he accepted full-time employment in Golden. He taught here until retiring in 1954 and was 87 when he died in 1966.
Many current residents may not remember Earle Johnson Elementary, as it closed and was replaced by Shelton Elementary in 1994. The campus and some of the buildings from Earle Johnson are now used as Connections Learning Center.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
