City Council approved the 120 day moratorium on new housing last night. Many members of the public expressed support for the moratorium, while one property owner expressed very reasonable concern about when he would be able to start a project that he had planned. Now we have a four month grace period to get our neighborhood plans and our municipal code to line up. We need to figure out how Golden can absorb reasonable levels of growth and redevelopment without destroying our small town charm or overshadowing our smaller, older houses.
We have a lot of work ahead of us! Congratulations to the citizens who worked to make this happen, and thanks to staff and council for agreeing to undertake this project.
Friday Events:
12PM – Free Concert in the Mines Library:
Logan Weinman – Downtempo and Chill Hop
1PM – Friday Tour at the Railroad Museum:
Settling Colorado
3PM – Craft Beer Week Hike and Happy Hour with Holidaily:
Meet at the North Table Mountain Trailhead (map)
7:30 – Miners Alley Playhouse:
Our Town (Opening Night)
7:30PM – Buffalo Rose:
Face Vocal Band
8PM – Golden Moon Speakeasy:
Ryan Flores
9PM – Ace Hi Tavern:
Karaoke
Saturday:
The funeral for Golden icon Helen Leith will be tomorrow morning at 10AM at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (map). Lunch will follow the mass.
There will be a Town Hall meeting tomorrow morning from 9-11AM in City Council Chambers, hosted by Senator Tammy Story and State Representative Monica Duran.
We will be discussing two important initiatives that the legislature is working on this session: Paid Family Leave and Free Full Day Kindergarten. We will have policy experts joining us to help answer questions on these topics. Our guests will be:
Debra Brown, Executive Director of Good Business Colorado
Bill Jaeger, Vice President of Early Childhood and Policy Initiatives at the Colorado Children’s Campaign &
Judith Marquez, Senior Organizer at 9to5 Colorado
At 7PM, West Side Live will present Denver Opera Collective “Love Letters and Arias” at the Jeffco Unitarian Church. Tickets
