In its 60th year, the Golden Marlins is a fun, energetic summer swim club that focuses on improving stamina and technique in the pool. If your swimmer age 18 or younger is looking for an encouraging atmosphere to gain confidence in the pool and make new friends, then Golden Marlins is the team for you. This is Parent information Night for the summer season: May 6th, Golden Recreation Center, 4:30-6p. Out of Breath will be on hand to help with swim suit sizing and gear ordering. Visit www.teamunify.com/reccogm to learn more and register for summer swim. Practice starts May 22nd at the Golden Rec Center and moves to Splash Water Park the following week.
The Jefferson Symphony’s final concert for the season takes place at 4PM this afternoon. Their program includes: Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Suite from West Side Story, Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring, Piazzolla – Tangazo, de Falla – El Amor Brujo featuring Guest Artist Marcia Ragonetti, Mezzo-soprano. Since the Green Center is closed for remodeling, the performance will be held at the Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave. They are nearly sold out, but some tickets will be available at the door.For information and tickets, visit www.jeffersonsymphonyorchestra.org or call 303-278-4237.
Monday
The Library will have a Bike and Pedestrian Safety Lab tomorrow afternoon. Feel confident and safe when out on two wheels. Bike and pedestrian safety experts are on hand to help your family brush up on the rules of the sidewalk and road. Bring your helmets, wheels (bikes, scooters, etc.) and get an equipment check and feel safe hitting the street, sidewalks and trails. The Golden Police Department, Golden Optimists and Wheat Ridge Active Transportation Advisory Team will be on hand to get your family ready to roll! This is a free, drop-in style event from 4-5:30.
Golden United is having their monthly Community Discussion tomorrow night from 6-7:30 at the Sherpa House. This month’s topic will be Campaign Finance Reform.
A year ago, a group of friends gathered to discuss their concerns about the shift away from Golden’s historic small town character. They were uneasy about the proliferation of multi-family, multi-story housing developments and moves to start “scraping” our small, older single family houses. The group began by asking the Planning Commission to disallow a new 44-unit building that was to replace 4 individual houses. When their request was refused, the citizens began a long, interesting year of learning the ins and outs of zoning, special use permits, differing philosophies, and conflicting forces affecting housing in Golden.
One key discovery is that many of Golden’s older, single family home neighborhoods are vulnerable to redevelopment. Last week a group of neighbors surrounding two older homes at 19th and Ford asked the Planning Commission to disallow a plan to demolish the two homes and replace them with four three-story townhouses. They learned that, because the neighborhood was zoned to allow such scrape offs, they Commissioners had no choice but to approve it.
The original “group of friends” has grown to include many residents in the older, central core of town–the areas surrounding Ford, Jackson, and Washington. They have submitted a recommendation to the Planning Commission that certain changes be made to CMU-NC and CMU-CC1 zoning to limit the area of a new building to 40% of the lot and to require some landscaping between the building and the sidewalk. The Planning Commission will discuss this request at their May 16th Study session.
The citizen group will meet tomorrow night at the Golden library to discuss what they’ve learned in the past year and to sign letters encouraging City Council and the Planning Commission to make the suggested zoning changes. You are warmly invited to attend this meeting at the Golden Library on Monday May 7th from 6:30-8PM.
