Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
2-3PM Virtual: Active Minds Monday – Dinosaurs!
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
6-7:30PM Teen Short Story Writing Camp
Real World Events
ARTSWEEK: Woody’s Pizza Give Back Day
Woody’s will give a portion of today’s proceeds to Foothills Art Center. That’s a good reason to eat there today!
9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
3:30-4:30PM Catch the Sound Wave! @ Golden Library
5-7PM Plein Air Event Reception @ Foothills Art Center
5:30-8:30PM LIT: Let’s Ignite Together @ Foothills Art Center
6-7PM Golden Open Space Master Plan Meeting
The primary purpose of the Parks and Recreation Open Space Master Plan is to create a clear and concise mission, vision, definition, and system of classification for open spaces within the City of Golden. At the onset of this process, developing a clear definition for open space will be the City’s top priority, which will serve as a starting point and framework for guidance of administration and management decisions about open space. The final plan document will provide considerations for open space preservation and protection, development, re-development, maintenance, enhancement, and future acquisitions.
Since access to the outdoors is part of daily life in the City of Golden, the City is seeking diverse feedback from people who live near natural areas or open spaces, people who enjoy and seek more access to the outdoors, conservationists, and more. We encourage these individuals to attend this public meeting in order to share their opinions and receive an opportunity to complete a survey after the meeting that will inform decisions related to the Open Spaces Master Plan.
Further information about the Open Space Master Plan can be found on the Guiding Golden website found at: www.guidinggolden.com/open-space-master-plan
6:30PM GURA Board Meeting @ City Hall
The Golden Urban Renewal Authority will decide whether to accept Robin Fleischmann, the City’s Economic Development Manager, as their new Executive Director, replacing retiring Director Steve Glueck. Steve will continue to support the group through at least the end of the year. They will hire a new assistant to replace Robin in that role. The City’s Finance Department will provide accounting and auditing services to GURA. The charge for these services will be $60K/year.
Golden History Moment
110 Years Ago
The July 11, 1912 Colorado Transcript announced that J. H. Linder & Co. was assuming a new name: J. H. Linder Hardware. The new name wasn’t much of a stretch, since Linder had always been a hardware store. Under its new name, the company would be adding heating, plumbing, and construction work to their offerings.
John Linder had begun working at the hardware store, located at 13th & Washington, in 1887. In 1895, he purchased the hardware business as well as the stately building that it occupied. In 1903, he bought the building next door, and gave them a new, common facade.
Mr. Linder died in 1923, but the named stayed with the business until 1948, when owner Joe Kellogg renamed it to “Kellogg Hardware.”
In 1957, Cliff Evans built a new store–Hested’s 5 and 10–on the lot south of the Linder Block. That piece of property had been used as the terminus for the Denver-to-Golden trolleys, but that service ended in the the early ’50s, leaving the land available for development. In 1962, Mr. Evans dramatically expanded the Hested’s store by razing the Linder Block and expanding onto that property. At this point Hested’s went from being a 5 and 10 cent store to becoming a Hested’s Department Store. The Hested’s store operated until 1977, then it stood vacant for nearly 30 years–which was highly frustrating to those who were trying to revitalize downtown.
In 2006, the Golden Civic Foundation and Golden Urban Renewal Authority purchased the building and found a company to redevelop it. On August 19, 2006, there was a community gathering to watch as the first steps were taken to demolish the Hested’s building. That spot was redeveloped into Gateway Station–a mixed-use building with a restaurant and stores at street level and condominiums above. The “Station” part of the name was inspired by the trolleys that used to operate on the southern end of the property.
One last interesting note: when Gateway Station was built, the developers designed part of the facade to look like the Linder Block!
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!
