8 Years Ago
Lectures
In November of 2016, the museums were hosting some interesting lectures:
- Mountaineering – 100 Years of Colorado’s National Parks & Monuments
- Railroad Museum – History of Dining Car China
- Geology Museum – The Potential for Transformation in the Geosciences & Engineering Disciplines, in the Mining Industry, and Even in Academia Using the Principles of Applied Neuroscience
- Golden History Museum – The Denver and Interurban Streetcar
- Quilt Museum – Persuasion by Hanky: Politics, Policies and Patriots
More Arts & Culture
- The Library hosted Teens After Dark: Geeks Who Read Trivia Night.
- Golden High School performed Shakespeare to the Death; Mines Little Theater presented Flowers for Algernon, and Miners Alley Playhouse opened their holiday play, A Christmas Carol.
- To celebrate the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the library offered classes on Care of Magical Creatures.
- Foothills Art Center opened their annual Holiday Art Market.
- The Railroad Museum opened the Polar Express and sold out almost immediately.
Downtown Parking
The Planning Department and their consultants began floating the idea of having people park in the former Coors lot and riding a shuttle into the shopping area. Early responses were rather tepid:
- “People don’t even want to park a block away from their destination—I don’t see them parking half a mile away and waiting for a bus.”
- “I’m not sure about having people dropped off at bus stops. If we don’t have people strolling through downtown to get back to their car, they may not stop for coffee or ice cream or window shopping.”
- “I have employees arriving before 6 AM and others leaving late at night. Unless the shuttle operates 24 hours a day, they won’t want to park over there.”
- “The problem with the current parking is lack of enforcement of the 2 hour limit.”
- “My employees are all women, and they’re not comfortable walking into a parking garage at night.”
- “Can we arrange for Golden residents to pre-register with the parking system, so we don’t have to use the kiosks or app every time we park?”
Other City Business
- City Council removed a section from our criminal code that prohibited “aggressive begging” and added one making possession of an illegal weapon “unlawful.”
- The Spot Bar and Grill’s liquor license was transferred to a new restaurant called The Cast Iron Tavern.
- The Public Art Commission reviewed the City’s art collection voted to get rid of the bronze pieces depicting a family of bears and kids sledding.
- The Planning Commission approved the site plan for a building at 24th & Jackson.
- The Sustainability Committee hosted a Sustainability Night to highlight green building techniques.
- The Downtown Development Authority reviewed suggestions from the public about downtown. Ideas included more outdoor dining; less outdoor dining; more signs; fewer signs; building affordable housing downtown; more frequent trash collection; developing the Foss lot and the block beyond that; requiring new buildings to provide plentiful onsite parking; adding statues of skiers, hikers, and wildlife–no abstract art.
