WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8-9AM StArt: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Megan Aadland @ Cafe 13
Morning StArt is a joint one-hour coffee meetup program designed to bring artists in the area together with the Golden community, to meet and talk about art. Come and grab a cup of coffee with the artist, Megan Aadland. To RSVP please email Anna at anna@foothillsartcenter.org with the subject line: Morning StArt.
9:30-10:30AM Rooftop Yoga @ The Golden Mill
10AM-2PM Money Mingle @ On Tap Credit Union
10AM and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM and 1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
2-7PM Dungeons & Dragons: Mini-Figures Painting @ Golden Library
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
4PM Wild West Pub Crawl
7PM Movies & Music in the Park @ Parfet Park
Music: René Heredia and the Colorado Institute of Flamenco Dancers
Movie: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Movies & Music in the Park series features free music and a family-friendly movie on Friday nights. Bands begin performing at 7:00 p.m., and the featured movie of the night begins at dusk, around 8:30 p.m. The movies are shown on a giant inflatable screen under the stars.
SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
CITY JOBS
The City has several job openings, including three full-time salaried positions:
Planning Supervisor – Current Planning ($95,000.00 – $119,831.00)
Affordable Housing Policy Coordinator ($75,000.00 – $90,000.00)
Tax Auditor ($64,308.00 – $77,169.00)
Depending on a workforce experiment (now underway) these jobs may go to 32 hours a week with no cut in pay.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Kory Montgomery@ Golden Mill
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Jax Jordening Live (Solo) @ Mountain Toad
5:30-8:30PM Bottlerocket Hurricane @ Goosetown Station
5:30-7:30PM Parmalee Gulch Ramblers @ Morris & Mae
6PM Dave Frisk and Friends @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-10PM Funk It Up @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Barry Hawkins @ Buffalo Rose
8-11PM Phillip Lamar & Paizley Park – A Tribute to Prince @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
31 Years Ago
In 1992, the Golden community had been considering locations to build a new community center. One of the leading contenders was an area called “Baseball Gulch,” near the high school, off 24th street. The other was the Golden Junior High football field, which was north of Lions Park. The Junior High had closed in 1988 (with the students moving to Bell Middle School), so the school no longer needed a football field.
The July 7, 1992 Golden Transcript announced that the Parks & Recreation board was recommending the Lions Park location. City Council planned to hold a public hearing on the decision on July 9th. They anticipated a spirited debate. Some neighbors near both locations were opposed, because they feared increased traffic. Other neighbors (near both locations) hoped to have the center near their houses.
Even before the public hearing, the Transcript was already full of comments from the public:
You’re jamming it down our throats. You are up to something.
We don’t want it in our neighborhood. We don’t want the noise. We don’t want the traffic.
I think if you take the heart of the community and move it away from the center of the community, it will hurt.
“The seniors in Golden are active seniors. They don’t need to creep in some special door,” one elderly lady said of the separate facility with independent parking and entrance possible at Lions Park.
Name another 52,000-square-foot building in Golden. You are concerned about views from the decks of the rec center, but you are not at all concerned about our view.
There is nothing wrong living next to a big building. It isn’t going to stink.
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!
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