What’s Happening in Golden Today?
7:30AM Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting @ Golden Visitors Center
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
10-10:55AM Chair Yoga (Virtual)
10-11:30PM Everything Dinosaur Lecture @ Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
4PM Wild West Short Tour
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6PM Jeffco Rezoning Meeting for Mining (Virtual – Rescheduled from 1/26/23)
21506 West 56th Ave Community Meeting
This is a Virtual Community Meeting to discuss a potential Rezoning for mining operations. Staff will give a brief presentation about the County processes involved followed by the applicant presenting their case. These presentations will be followed by a question and answer session. Learn more at protectthehogback.com.
Virtual Meeting:
Zoom: Join the virtual meeting via Zoom
Meeting ID: 848 7611 6262
Passcode: 530957
7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
The Parks board will discuss policies for naming new parks. The Director of the Golden History Museum will present a list of artifacts that he intends to deaccession from the City’s collection. They will discuss their progress on 2022 goals and review the list of goals for 2023, which include the following:
• DeLong – Evaluate organic park program to include DeLong and explore and expand scope.
• Ulysses – Reference 2022 (additional category)
• Rooney – Decommission and tie in with Ulysses
• Open Space Master Plan Phase 2 – Adopt use 2022 as a reference.
• Finalize JCOS IGA
• Bachman – complete park design process and partner with Public Works and secure funding
as needed.
• Gateway Trail Signage – Design, partner with PAC, and installation.
• Clear Creek Corridor open space connections for Heart of Golden planning. Monitor
connections and monitor future park space in connection with the corridor.
• Community Tours – keep where it is.
• Stay engaged with opportunities to integrate open spaces.
• GHM – Modifications to landscape at History Park to withstand increased volume of people to
make more sustainable. Protect the orchard and gardens and chickens. GOAL Kermit or
• Splashpad
• Review and update bylaws.
• Ethnography – Continued support and provide space for public comment.
• Naming Rights recommendation.
• Involvement in cultural district discussions.
7:30PM The Great American Trailer Park Musical @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5-8PM Josh Blackburn @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Derek Hall @ Goosetown Station
6-9PM Luke Amelang @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Pretend Friend @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Celebrating Heart and Soul of Golden Month:
Golden Landmarks Association
In the decades after World War II, Golden was on a “modernization” binge. Many of our Victorian-era buildings were razed and replaced at this time. Historic architecture wasn’t valued at this time, but modern conveniences such as central heating and plumbing were. The need for parking lots drove many of the demolitions. People were moving farther from downtown, and they were less likely to walk to businesses, so they needed somewhere to park.
The Astor House was slated for demolition in the early 1970s. The space it occupied would have provided 8 new parking spaces. In response to that plan, a group of citizens founded the Golden Landmarks Association. They persuaded City Council to give them some time to prove the value of the building. Volunteers peeled wallpaper, painted, made repairs, and shored up the foundation. They organized community events in the building and persuaded Golden’s voters of the value of preserving one of our oldest buildings. In the end, Council agreed to bring it to a vote, and Golden’s citizens voted to purchase and preserve the building.
The Golden Landmarks Association ran the Astor House as a museum for about 40 years. Many old Golden families donated antiques to furnish the bedrooms, dining room, and kitchen.
Golden Landmarks was also entrusted with the Richard Ronzio and Pete Morrison photo collections as well as other valuable Golden History documentation. They helped establish Golden’s 12th Street, 8th and 9th Street, and East Street historic districts, and did significant restoration work on the brickyard house.
In recent years, they have celebrated Golden’s Living Landmarks with an annual banquet toasting people and institutions who have made contributions to Golden’s history.
To learn more about Golden Landmarks Association, read Arlone Child’s book, Golden Landmarks Association, Inc. the First Twenty Years, 1972-1992.
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!
