What’s Happening in Golden Today?
8-9AM What’s Brewing Golden @ The conference room in 1445 10th St. (map)
Today’s What’s Brewing Golden is open only to Golden Chamber members and is a different location than usual–the north conference room in the Public Works building.
Special Topic: Downtown Parking
This month, the City of Golden wants to hold a stakeholder meeting to speak to Chamber businesses. The City will soon be starting a downtown Golden parking study, and the first phase involves community engagement with stakeholder groups. The goal of the effort is to develop parking management strategies to better handle the demand for parking in the downtown area, but the City wants to start by talking to stakeholders in an effort to understand all of the issues. Therefore, this month’s What’s Brewing Golden is for Chamber members only.
Please register so we know how many people to anticipate. Can’t make it in person? A virtual option is available. Please register in order to receive the information.
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-11AM Story Time and Craft @ Colorado Railroad Museum
Where do Steam Trains Sleep at Night By Brianna Caplan Sayres
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour (1 hour)
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour (2 hours)
10AM-2PM Demo Days @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga Virtual (Virtual)
1-3PM Crazy Quilt Sisters @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
2:30PM Local Licensing Authority Meeting @ City Hall
5:15-8:15PM North Table Mountain Party Laps @ Golden Mill
6-7PM Book Discussion Group @ Golden Library
6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo Night @ VFW Post 4171
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting @ City Hall
Tonight’s consent agenda includes the first reading for an additional appropriation request (vote on December 6th); first reading of an ordinance changing water and wastewater rates (vote on December 6th); first reading of an ordinance establishing drainage service and facility usage fees (vote on December 6th); and vote of a resolution to jointly fund (with the USGS) a stream gauge on the West Fork of Clear Creek near Empire.
Council will read two proclamations: Colorado Recycles Week and Small Business Saturday.
They will consider approval of a five-year action plan for Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
They will consider a resolution that would make the Golden Fire Department responsible for protection of a section of the Coors Technology Center. Prior to this vote, this area was being protected by Fairmoun Fire Protection District.
They will hold three public hearings: 1) revised water and wastewater specifications, with penalties for violations; 2) approval of changes to the Lena Gulch PUD ODP to accommodate the expansion of the Martin Marrietta Materials aggregate mine, and 3) the 2023/2024 operating budget.
They will then move into a study session to discuss the results of the National Community Survey. This survey is taken every three years, sent to a statistically significant sample of the community.
They will then discuss the proposal to move the soccer fields from the Rooney landfill to Ulysses Park. Next year’s budget include $8,180,000 for this project.
Finally they will review the new Public Art Framework. This plan has taken a sudden turn in the past few months. It began as a set of guidelines for the future of our public art collection. It now includes a plan to expand the mission of the commission to include arts education and other aspects of culture in Golden. The plan suggest that the City hire a dedicated staff person to administer cultural programs and grants.
Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
Trivia Tuesday
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
Golden History Moment
161 Years Ago
The November 15, 1860 Western Mountaineer stated that we needed a tannery. We had butchers, but the hides they produced were mere by-products of the meat. The uncured hides were sent back to “the states” (we were a territory at the time)–and what smelly cargo that must have been! The writer thought that locally-dressed leather could be sold for half the price and still earn “a handsome margin for profit.”
The Civil War intervened, and it took seven more years, but Golden did finally get a tannery. The October 16, 1867 Colorado Transcript announced that C.C. Welch and A. Henry Clements were building a tannery on the east side of town. The first story was stone, the second brick, with timber flooring. It was a large building by the standards of the time–35′ x 45′.
I’m not sure how long the tannery remained in business, but in 1873, the building was purchased by a far more important industry. The November 12, 1873 Colorado Transcript announced that
Another new and extensive manufactory is about to be added to the number already in Golden. Messrs. J. Schueler and Adolph Coors, of Denver, have purchased the old tannery property of C. C. Welch and John Pipe, and will convert it into a brewery. They purpose making large additions to the building, making it one of the most extensive works of the kind in the Territory, completing it about the first of February. We welcome these energetic gentlemen among us, and trust they will be as successful as they anticipate.
Colorado Transcript – November 12, 1873
However much success they anticipated, they must surely have exceeded it. Schueler retired in 1880 and Coors bought out his interest in the firm. Today, Coors’ Golden plant is the largest single site brewery in the world.
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!
