Resident Bears, Vaccine Updates, Sustainability Requirements, and the Birth of Berthoud

*Golden Eye Candy – Patrick Klein – New Residents Fully Moved Into the RV Park – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

17.5% — *% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received the first shot – source*

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine (Eligibility)
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page
Safeway | King Soopers | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only)

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

Dial-Level-Yellow — **Jefferson County is at Level Yellow. Learn more….**

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 35,915| Tues: 36,195 (+280)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 730 | Tues: 736 (+6)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 36| Tues: 31 (-5)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1459 | Tues: 1478 (+19)
Recovered – Fri: 34,067 | Tues: 34,444 (+377)

Virtual Events

8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Baby Time with the Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
10AM-3PM Aussie Bag Class @ Golden Quilt Company
10AM TriceraTOTs – Polar Dinosaurs
6-7PM Great Decisions – Global Supply Chains and National Security
6-7:30PM How to Talk to Kids About Race
6-7:30PM Hiking with Kids

6:30PM Planning Commission Study Session
The Planning Commission will discuss strengthening the sustainability requirements for new construction and substantial remodeling projects.

Colorado Environmental Film Festival Feb 12-21

Backcountry Film Festival Runs Feb 15-March 1

Golden History Moment

Berthoud Hall on the Colorado School of Mines Campus, 1938 — *First completed section of Berthoud Hall of the School of Mines campus – Colorado Transcript – February 17, 1938*

83 Years Ago
The February 17, 1938 Colorado Transcript included this unusual view of Berthoud Hall. This artist’s rendering of the yet-to-be-built geology building shows the central core of the building, without the wings.

Berthoud was built with substantial assistance from the Roosevelt-era Works Progress Administration (WPA). That program required local matching funds. When the school initially applied for a grant, it only had enough to fund its part of the center core of the building. It received the grant in early 1938, and construction began that same spring. It was completed by the end of 1938.

The school had continued to look for funding and was able to raise enough to enlarge the building. In August of 1938, they received a second grant to add wings on the north and south ends of the central building.

The Geology Department began moving into the new building in late December, 1938. Construction began on the wings in early 1939. The plan was to house the Geology Department in the central building, the Geophysics Department in the east wing, and a new Geology Museum in the west wing.

Berthoud Hall with both wings, 1940 — *Complete Berthoud Hall – Colorado Transcript – March 14, 1940*

The completed building, newly-christened “Berthoud Hall,” was dedicated on Engineers Day, March 15, 1940.

Berthoud Hall, modern day, from Google Maps — *Present day Berthoud Hall – Google Maps*

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!