Public Health References
CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
JCPHD updates these numbers Monday through Friday at about 3 PM. Here’s the most recent Coronavirus report from Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page:
Cases in Jeffco – Tues: 4853 | Weds: 4882
Deaths in Jeffco – Tues: 238 | Weds: 238
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Tues: 532 | Weds: 532 (currently 26)
Recovered – Tues: 4324 | Weds: 4361
Known Cases in Golden – Tues: 170 | Weds: 174
The School of Mines has its own COVID-19 case page. I’m not clear how it relates to the Jefferson County page. For instance, the Mines page shows 11 “confirmed cases” within the past week. Some live on-campus and some off-campus (and may or may not live in Jefferson County). The Jefferson County page showed 4 new cases in Golden yesterday and 9 the day before. Not sure whether those included the Mines cases. In any case–here is the new page: www.mines.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-cases.
Clear Creek is closed. In Jefferson County (including Golden), masks must be worn both indoors and outdoors in public spaces where 6 feet distance cannot be maintained. The rest of the state requires masks only indoors. The Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors protocol is in effect statewide. City and County fire restrictions are in place.
Virtual Golden
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting
This group will discuss murals they they will be funding, plus their master plan. The staff report included in the meeting packet says, “The Newsboy statue on Washington Avenue near the Clear Creek Bridge was removed the weekend of July 25, 26 for repair of damage suffered that weekend. The circumstances of that damage are under review, and an insurance claim is being filed. The piece was sent to the foundry in Loveland that has performed prior repairs.”
10:15-11:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
Real Life Golden
7-9PM Community Discussion on False Choice at Foothills Art Center
It is time to pick a side. Are you conservative or liberal? Is COVID-19 a tragedy or a hoax? Do you support the police or Black Americans? Should women be domineering or subservient?
A false choice or false binary is a question with only two proposed answers. Matching the theme of FAC’s current exhibition, False Choice, the discussion group will sit to discuss the intricacies of this conversational pitfall, its most prominent examples, ways to neutralize it, and our own personal experiences. We hope to give attendees a tool to better bridge the ideological gaps that have formed in a political culture fraught with false choices just in time for an assuredly tumultuous election season.
Capacity will be limited to 50 people. RSVPs, masks, and social distancing required. RSVP HERE.
Live Music:
5PM Bike Night at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5PM Bruce Cole at Wrigley’s
5-8PM Denver Vintage Reggae Society at Coda Brewing Company
Friday Morning Preview
8AM Morning Start: An Artist Coffee Meetup with Andi Burnum
Morning StArt is a joint one-hour coffee meetup program designed to bring artists in the area together with the Golden community, to meet and talk about art. These Meetups are jointly sponsored with the Golden Public Arts Commission and the Foothills Art Center. Join other creatives at Cafe 13 to start youer morning! Come and grab a cup of coffee with artist, Andi Burnum. This event is FREE. RSVP’ing is encouraged. Free coffee for September Coffee Meet-up generously sponsored by Public Art Commission.
Golden History Moment
The first bridge across Clear Creek was built at Washington Avenue, and a second (at Ford Street) followed shortly thereafter. Little known today is the fact that there used to be a railroad bridge at East Street. This bridge was built in the 1870s for the Golden City and South Platte Railway.
The bridge was later used by the Denver, Lakewood & Golden Railway, but was destroyed by a flood in 1896.
