What’s Happening in Golden Today?
7-8AM Rise Yoga and Wellness @ Morris & Mae
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking History Tour
10AM, 1PM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
4:30-5:30PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
6PM New World Disorder Movie Night @ Pedal Pushers Cyclery
6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo Night @ VFW Post 4171
7-10PM Be My Valentine Singles Party @ Morris & Mae
5:00PM City Council Study Session @ City Hall
Council’s Study Session will begin at 5PM. The Business Meeting will begin at 6:30. They will both be broadcast live through the agenda page.
Council will discuss possible expansion of the outdoor business program. In addition to allowing businesses to occupy the parking lanes and Miners Alley, staff suggests relinquishing half of the Meyer Hardware-area parking lot during peak season. This would result in the loss of 17 parking spaces.
Note: The 2023 strategic plan calls for evaluating “the potential for a pedestrianized stretch of Washington Avenue between Clear Creek and 13th Streets including the potential for closing the street to vehicular traffic.”
They will review the draft Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan and consider next steps. This will include discussion about regulating and encouraging the use of e-bikes.
They will review a staff proposal regarding the sidewalks next to the Astor House. To make that corner ADA-compliant, the sidewalks need to be wider. The project proposed by staff will result in the loss of one parking space on the Arapahoe side, and one official space on 12th Street (2-3 cars often park there).
They will review progress toward the 2022 Strategic Plan and consider the goals presented in the 2023 Strategic Plan.
Council will break for dinner, where no business will be discussed, and return to start the regular business meeting at approximately 6:45.
The Consent Agenda includes a resolution to remove a member of the Economic Development Commission.
They will read proclamations regarding Black History Month and Heart and Soul of Golden Month.
They will consider a resolution to fund up to $180K to upgrade the wastewater treatment system.
They will discuss recommended changes to the City’s Energy Building Codes.
They will nominate Charley Falkenburg to represent Golden on the Jefferson County Corrections Board.
To provide comments on any of tonight’s topics, be in City Council Chambers by 6:30PM or send email to PublicComment@cityofgolden.net before 3PM.
Ford Street Bridge Closed Today
A Message From the City:
The much-anticipated pedestrian bridge at Ford Street over Kenney’s Run is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. Ford Street will be closed from 6 am to 6 pm for the bridge installation, so please look out for messaging boards and plan your drive accordingly. The roads will be closed northbound starting at 12th street and southbound starting at Water Street, the most convenient alternative route will be Washington Ave. Please note that while the bridge will be installed on Tuesday, but won’t be open until the end of the day on Wednesday.
Trivia
6PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
Valentine’s Day Drink Specials All Day!
Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
Colorado Women’s Day
Today is the last day to get early bird pricing for Colorado Women’s Day (March 10th). This year’s Keynote Speaker will be NASA Astronaut K. Megan McArthur Behnken, PhD. Learn more….
Celebrating Heart and Soul of Golden Month
Den Galbraith: The Man and the Mountain
Volunteer for Foothills Art Center and the Jefferson Symphony
The July 16, 1974 Golden Transcript reported that School of Mines President Guy McBride was rejecting a request by students to build a monument to their late friend and mentor, Den Galbraith. The proposed monument would have been built of native stone, topped by a bronze plaque, and placed near Stratton Hall.
Who was Den Galbraith? He grew up in California and was “invited” to participate in World War II, serving as a tank commander in Patton’s Third Army, and participating in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, two friends were planning to attend the School of Mines. They invited him to go with them, so he did. They asked what he wanted to study, and he said he’d take whatever they were taking. Thus, he became a mining geologist. After graduation he worked in oil exploration and uranium prospecting.
His real interests, though, lay in writing and community participation. He wrote a series of 26 articles about Golden history for the Golden Transcript. He wrote for national magazines such as True West. He wrote romantic western novels that he wouldn’t show anyone.
He volunteered so relentlessly at the fledgling Foothills Arts Center that he was named their Director for the first two years (an unpaid position). He also served on the board of the Jefferson Symphony. He was acting as a project advisor for a group of Mines student when he suddenly died of a stroke at the age of 56 on April 10, 1974.
Though the on-campus memorial was nixed, he received an even greater honor. In 1977, Tom Lyons of the Golden Landmarks Association discovered that the mountain on the north side of the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon was unnamed. He learned that the responsibility for naming mountains fell to the United States Board on Geographic Names. The guidelines stated that a mountain had to be unnamed, must be near the location where the honoree accomplished important things, and that the honoree must no longer be living. His application to name one of Golden’s mountains after Den Galbraith was approved.
Mt. Galbraith Park is now one of the most popular hiking areas in the Jefferson County Open Space system.
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!
