Extra Eye Candy: In yesterday’s email, I gave a bad link to enlarge Alan Pinkus’s extraordinary view of the moon over Castle Rock. I also misnamed the tiny planet that appears on the left side, so here it is again!
Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
9-9:55AM Strength and Cardio
11AM-12PM Kimodo for Balance
1-1:55PM Chair Yoga
Real World Events
10-11AM Yoga on Tap @ The Golden Mill
10AM-12PM, 1-3PM, and 4-6PM Wild West Walking Tour
10-11AM, 1-2PM, 4-5PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
1-2PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Astor House Groundbreaking Ceremony
It’s an historic day! Join the Mayor and other dignitaries to celebrate the start of construction that will turn the Astor House into a new campus for Foothills Art Center. Over the next few weeks, they’ll be demolishing the old wooden addition on the back of the stone building and the little “wash house” building in the backyard. After that, they’ll begin building the new two-story addition. The new buildings will be ADA accessible and the backyard will be available for classes, events, and use as a downtown park. Please RSVP if you’d like to attend.
They’ve been doing an impressive job of fundraising and are at 93% of their $4.2 million goal. Click here to make a donation to help put them over the top.
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
5-9PM Bike Night @ Avalanche Harley Davidson
7-9:30PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour @ Goosetown Station
7:30PM Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5-8PM Marty Nightengale @ Golden Mill
5-8PM The Matt Flaherty Band @ Goosetown Station
6PM Maynard Mills Blues Band @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-8PM Good for Nothin Thunder Mountain String Band @ Mountain Toad
6PM Mad Millie @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8-11PM A Band Called Alexis @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
COVID Update
83.4% of residents 5+ have received at least one shot (+0.1% since 5/19/22)
78.4% of residents 5+ have received at least two shots (unchanged since 5/19/22)
47.5% of residents 5+ have received 3 shots (+0.1% since 5/19/22) – source
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – May 19th: 128,657 | May 26th: 130,862 (+2,205)
Deaths in Jeffco – May 19th: 1,433 | May 26th: 1,434 (+1)
Recovered – May 19th: 125,695 | May 26th: 127,678 (+1,983)
Currently Hospitalized – May 19th: 12 | May 26th: 11 (-1)
Known Cases in Golden – May 19th: 5,225 | May 26th: 5,321 (+96)
Golden Testing Site: Mines COVID Testing
More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Where to get vaccinated – Jefferson County
Golden History Moment
47 Years Ago
The May 27, 1975 Golden Transcript included a brief article entitled “Busing comes to Golden, kind of.” That titled would have resonated with the readership of that time in a way it no longer does. From 1973-1995, Denver was one of several cities around the country with a mandatory busing program, where children were bused from one district to another, in an effort to desegregate schools.
In this case, it referred to Coors brewery tours. That year, Coors was trying to solve a long-standing parking problem. For many years, visitors taking the brewery tour had parked in the triangle-shaped lot near the brewery entrance. The lot was always full to overflowing and they often had to turn away visitors.
Coors was considering having tourists park at their property on McIntyre Street. The downtown merchants didn’t like that idea because Coors visitors brought a lot of business to the downtown stores and restaurants.
The company had purchased the block between Ford and East, 13th and 14th Streets several years earlier. That block had held the Catholic church and Duvall-Davison lumber yard since the turn of the century, but both were torn down in 1973.
They decided to try having visitors park in that lot. They hired parking lot attendants and bought vans to bring their visitors from the new parking lot to the tour entrance. They considered it an experiment, and quickly decided that it was working well.
Apparently the system remained satisfactory, since Coors is still using that lot and shuttling visitors to the tour entrance. For the past several years, Coors has driven their visitors through downtown, to show them our stores and restaurants. Merchants report that business is noticeably better on days when Coors is giving tours.
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!
