Level Yellow, Coffee with Councilors, and the Ghost of a Staircase

*Golden Eye Candy – Andrew Terrill Photography – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

12.9% — *% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received the first shot – source*

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page
Safeway | King Soopers | Lutheran Medical Center

Jefferson County has a vaccination clinic in Arvada, which is open to those who are 70 or older. Learn more….

Educators and people 65+ will be eligible for vaccines starting Monday, February 8th. Learn more….

The state has a new hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day.

As of today at 9AM, Jefferson County is at Level Yellow. Learn more….

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Thurs: 35,071| Fri: 35,183 (+112)
Deaths in Jeffco – Thurs: 718 | Fri: 724 (+6)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Thurs: 39| Fri: 27 (-12)
Known Cases in Golden – Mon: 1344 | Thurs: 1415
Recovered – Thurs: 33,229 | Fri: 33,371 (+142)

Virtual Events

10AM Coffee With Councilors
Grab a cup of coffee and join your councilors online for a virtual Coffee with Councilors. Join District 2 Councilor Casey Brown and District 1 Councilor J.J. Trout the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. either by phone or in a video conference.

This week the Councilors will be joined by Planning Manager and Acting Director of Community & Economic Development, Rick Muriby, to discuss and answer questions about the Zoning Code Rewrite project. A draft version of the new Zoning Code was recently released, and the City is currently collecting feedback. If you would like to familiarize yourself with the draft, give feedback, or simply learn more about the rewrite project prior to the meeting, visit www.guidinggolden.com/zoning-code-update.

Join the Zoom Meeting online. Or you can join by phone only by calling (346) 248-7799. Meeting ID: 852 5652 4602 Passcode: COGCWC

1PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners
3:30PM Virtual: Dungeons & Dragons for Advanced Players

Real World Golden

10AM Biker Breakfast at Avalanche Harley Davidson
11AM-2PM Brunch at the Rose
12-2:30PM Walk With a Geologist at Dinosaur Ridge
2-4PM Wild West Walking Tour

Golden History Moment

*Remodeling project at 11th and Washington – click to enlarge*

I’ve been watching the remodeling work on the old mortuary building with great interest. Once they removed the paint, the ghost of an old staircase appeared.

*E. Smith Grocery Store from the Dan Abbott collection (with a glorious view of the staircase) – click to enlarge*

The building was constructed in 1872 by grocer C. A. Clark.

Mr. C. A. Clark is moving his stock of groceries into his new and elegant store on the corner of Washington Avenue and First Street, which has justt been completed, and will hereafter be found there, ready, as heretofore, to serve his customers….He has now erected one of the handsomest buildings in town, the store being 25 by 80 feet, with a splendid iron front, and the second story finished off for offices.
Colorado Transcript – November 27, 1872

The following year, Clark sold his business and the building to Elmus Smith.

Many 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!