COVID Updates
STARTING THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 5TH, Coloradans age 60 to 64, people with two or more chronic health conditions and grocery store and agricultural processing workers will be eligible for vaccinations.
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only)
Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center 303-239-7000
State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day.
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Mon: 37,348 | Tues: 37,411 (+63)
Deaths in Jeffco – Mon: 759 | Tues: 763 (+4)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Mon: 42| Tues: 32 (-10)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1500 | Mon: 1511
Recovered – Mon: 35,675 | Tues: 37,785 (+110)
More Public Health References
School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Virtual Events
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:30AM TriceraTOTs – Fizzy Eggs
10:15-10:45AM Baby Time with the Library
11:30AM-1PM Community Development Committee meeting
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-7PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting
Planning Commission will consider three cases tonight and discuss future sustainability requirements.
The case at 912 12th Street was considered by the Historic Preservation Board on Monday night. They decided that the proposed rooftop deck addition was appropriate for the 12th St. Historic District. Tonight, the Planning Commission will decide whether to grant a “Tier 2 Bonus,” which would allow the building to exceed the allowable height for that area. In order to get that bonus, the owner needs to provide either affordable housing or improved energy efficiency. This owner will be upgrading the building’s energy efficiency.
The second case concerns 510 Arapahoe Street, where the owners plan to build two new duplexes (so four new residential units).
The third case is the preliminary plat for the Overlook project, where the owners want to build a self-storage and personal warehouse project.
Finally, the Planning Commission will discuss strengthening sustainability requirements for new construction and significant remodels. Over time, industry standards have led to increasingly energy efficient construction, and things that used to be considered extra-sustainable are now considered minimal. The Sustainability Board and Planning Commission want to raise the bar for new construction in Golden.
To learn more about any of these issues, review the meeting packet.
Golden History Moment
72 Years Ago
Golden’s population was exploding in 1949. The town was filling up with returning GIs attending the School of Mines on the GI Bill. To accommodate the growing population, real estate developers were gearing up to build batches of small houses that qualified for VA financing. The campus and many yards in town contained mobile homes. In response to the surge in population, crammed in wherever they could fit, the community was developing its first zoning code.
In 1949, the town regularly experienced critical water shortages–especially during winter months, when the pipes from the mountain reservoirs often froze solid. We were also sending untreated sewage into Clear Creek and downstream users were threatening to sue us.
The town’s infrastructure required continual upgrades, and that included the telephone system, as shown in the photos below. Telephones didn’t have dials at that time, so all calls required an operator. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph was kept busy bringing more lines to town and hiring more switchboard operators.
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!
