WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Discovery Play @ Golden Library
12-4PM Stitch’n B*tch @ Golden Quilt Company
12-12:30PM Mondays with the Mayor (Virtual)
1PM Wild West Short Tour
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Native Americans of Colorado (Virtual)
2-4PM Microsoft PowerPoint: Basics @ Golden Library
5:30-8:30PM LIT: Let’s Ignite Together @ Foothills Art Center
LIT is where local artists meet monthly in a safe space to unlock and ignite their creativity–creating for the joy of creation, celebrating each others’ unique style, and delighting in the significant infusion of synergy when a group of creative minds gets together.
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CITY MEETINGS
5:30PM Golden Urban Renewal Authority (GURA) Board Meeting @ City Hall
NOTE NEW, EARLIER MEETING TIME!
GURA will host several City employees to discuss the future of West Colfax Avenue. Participants will include Steve Glueck, the retired Community Development Director (now part-time Assistant to the City Manager), Rick Muriby, the current Community Development Director, Matt Wempe, the Senior Long-Range Planner, and Tammy Tucker, the new Parks Director. The meeting packet includes links to several planning documents that are relevant to that area.
They will hold a public hearing on their 2024 budget, followed by approval.
They will end with an Executive Session (no cameras, no public allowed) “To determine positions relative to…real properties located near Violet St. and West Colfax Avenue.” (map)
Other City Meetings this Week:
Tues 5PM City Council Study Session
Tues 6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting and Executive Session
Weds 6PM Sustainability Board
Weds 6:30PM Planning Commission Study Session
TRIVIA
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
Between the Civil War and World War I, armories were built in many towns around the United States. They were intended to serve as headquarters for state militias or local units of the national guard. Typically, they were designed to look like fortresses and had thick walls. In fact, a fortress with crenelated towers is used as the symbol of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Golden’s armory, built in 1913, fit this pattern. It was designed specifically for use by the School of Mines’ engineering unit of the National Guard.
110 Years Ago
The November 13, 1913 Colorado Transcript included this article, which indicated that they thought the building would be a tourist attraction, as well as a military stronghold.
ARMORY WILL PROVE A DRAWING CARD
Nearing completion in Golden is a structure that is bound to prove one of the greatest sights for visitors in Colorado, and one that will do much to spread the fame of this great state. It is the largest cobblestone building in the United States, and is to be the home of the engineer corps of that state militia, the membership of which consists largely of School of Mines Students…. The immense auditorium, occupying the third floor, is apparently perfect in acoustic properties, and in every way the new armory is a model of beauty and convenience.
That article was reprinted from the Craig Empire. The two papers often shared content, probably because of their familial ties. The Transcript was founded by George West. Both his son, Harley, and his son-in-law, George Kimbell, worked as editors at the Transcript. After George West’s death, Harley took over the Transcript. Kimbell moved to Craig (about 40 miles west of Steamboat Springs) to run their paper. George West’s grandson, Neil West Kimbell, wrote for both papers over the course of his career.
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!
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