Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-11:30AM Teen Coding Camp – WAITLIST
10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
11AM-12PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
12PM Reducing Youth Tobacco Use in Golden – Virtual Coalition Conversation Part II – RSVP
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Japan
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
5-6PM Young Readers Book Club – Puzzles, clues and scavenger hunts
Real World Events
10AM – Foss Market @ 13th and Arapahoe
4:30PM Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting: Unite Fitness
5-9PM Golden Game Guild Meet-Up Mondays @ Golden Game Guild
6:30PM Downtown Development Authority Meeting @ City Hall
City staff will update the board on the status of the new fencing that the city has ordered to surround the enclosures around the downtown restaurants. They will explain the delay on the Miners Alley lighting project. The board will then adjourn to executive session (no public, no cameras). The agenda says, “Relative to Potential Redevelopment Properties.”
Golden History Moment
44 Years Ago
The July 20, 1977 Golden Transcript saw Golden doing some soul-searching. The downtown business district had been in a long, slow decline for more than a decade, and the loss of the Hested’s store the previous January had left half a block vacant. The Transcript surveyed its readers, asking how Golden could be improved. Some of the answers are interesting in light of things we later did to revitalize downtown. Others were not particularly constructive, such as: I would improve Golden with a bulldozer and start over, right down the main street, both sides.
Comments on the Arch and the Bull
First get rid of ugly sign.
I would either fix and keep fixed the clock on the arch or take it down and paint over it.
The welcome arch would look very nice without the picture post card scene and the Howdy Folks.
The painting on the Arch is rude. I have not felt Golden is very friendly, so the “Welcome” is debatable.
The Charolais bull in the parking lot of the Holland House is absolutely ridiculous and adds nothing to the landscape of Washington Avenue.
Change the welcome to Golden sign–and get rid of the Holland House bull.
Trash Talk
More could be done to keep the sidewalks clean.
Clean up trash and litter. The main street and around pool and park–they are filthy all the time! People are not taking pride in homes and city.
One of the continuing problems in most areas of Golden is the trash that is allowed to accumulate in alleys.
Since that time, first the Golden Urban Renewal Authority and now the Downtown Development Authority have paid for frequent trash collection and to have the sidewalks power washed. I also think that Americans have responded to years of “Keep American Beautiful” messages, and we don’t litter as much.
Mystery Reference
Accept new business even if there is another one of its type, for example, Cottrell’s, Eakers. Don’t reject them because they are not pioneer stock. Look what happened to the Indians.
I have no insights into this one, but I found the comment interesting. I wonder who was doing the snubbing, and if it was really because some stores weren’t “of pioneer stock?”
Coors Manufacturing Buildings
Have Coors Porcelain do something with their Washington Street exposure.
It’s taken another 40+ years, but CoorsTek (formerly Coors Porcelain) is about to embark on a major renovation of those buildings, with the intent of making it their corporate headquarters and a showcase.
Suggested Facelift
Maybe some planters and small trees in front of the sidewalks.
In 1992, the City, the Golden Civic Foundation, and the Golden Urban Renewal Authority installed planters along Washington Avenue. The trees and the flowers get prettier every year.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for funding the online collection of historic newspapers.
