COVID Updates
Everyone 16 OR OLDER is eligible to get the vaccine.
Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only) | www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/
Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000 | 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
More Public Health References
School of Mines COVID-19 case page. | Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
11:40AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
12-2PM Community Conversations: A Conversation about Privilege: Session 2 of 2
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – The Lewis & Clark Expedition
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
5-6PM Young Readers Book Club
6-7:30PM Religion, Race, and Constitutional Conflict in American Education
6:30PM GURA Board Meeting
GURA has more revenue than anticipated for the West Colfax and Parfet Briarwood urban renewal areas, so they will adjust the budget. At tonight’s meeting, staff will provide the figures and explain why the budget will be adjusted but not formally amended.
The board will discuss the complete street changes scheduled for West Colfax. City staff is not sure whether they will get the easements they need to make the changes they hope to make in Lena Gulch. An earlier set of meeting notes explained that Jeffco Open Space wanted the property they provide to be kept as Open Space, while Golden has other plans for it.
They are looking for ways to improve bikeability on Jackson South of 24th in the Central Neighborhoods. They are also talking to the owner of the former Golden Motel at 24t and Ford Street about building a sidewalk along the Ford St. side of their property. This would improve access from the new housing project to DeLong Park.
In the Parfet-Briarwood area, they still hope to create pedestrian access between 8th St. and Lions Park at the east end of the Community Center.
The new Jefferson County Housing project is well underway in the Central Neighborhoods area.
The self storage business is completed and operational in the West Colfax area. The boarding house project is under construction with the estimated completion date a year from now. For more information on any of these topics, see tonight’s meeting packet.
Golden History Moment
This photo comes from Dan Abbott’s collection. It was taken by W.G. Chamberlain, a well-known photographer of the time.
The tracks in the photo belong to the narrow gauge Colorado Central Railroad. From Golden, it followed approximately the same route as Highway 6 to Idaho Springs and Highway 119 to Black Hawk. The railroad tracks were removed in 1941. The plan was to begin construction of the automobile highway immediately, but the project was delayed by our entrance to World War II. The highway was completed in about 1950.
Thanks to Dan Abbott for both his photo collection and his book, Colorado Central Railroad.
