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Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cycling
10-10:55AM Awareness Through Movement
10AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
11-11:55AM HIIT & Sculpt
Real World Events
8-10AM DeLong Park Weeding Event (map)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
11AM-7PM Best of the Best Party @ Golden City Brewery
Golden City Brewery is celebrating today! They won several awards in this year’s Best of the Best competition, sponsored by Colorado Community Media (the Golden Transcript).
Dakota Smith was named Best Bartender, and she’ll be bartending today. They also won Best Customer Service and BEST BREWERY! The party will run all day, 11AM-7PM. They’ll have strawberry margaritas and a taco food truck (Muy Loco Tacos). The side bar will be open, with a few specialties.
Note: The GCB parking lot is now 2 hour parking, per the city. There is a city parking garage 4 blocks east, on Jackson Street.
11:30AM-1PM Library for All @ Golden Library
3:30-4:30PM Dive Deep into Water Colors @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
Live Music
5-8PM Keith Hicks @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Kendal-Gentry Band @ Goosetown Station
5PM Josh Blackburn @ Wrigley’s
6-9PM Craig “CD” Clark @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Taylor Scott Band @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Golden History Moment
56 Years Ago
The June 30, 1966 Colorado Transcript announced that the City was considering charging for parking downtown.
Ever since the first automobile rolled into Golden in the 19-teens, competition for parking spots had been growing. The downtown merchants were desperate to find places for their customers to park.
The City tried many things, first going from parallel parking to diagonal parking (which uses the curb space much more efficiently) and later buying property to provide public parking lots. In 1966, the City was trying to determine whether people would be willing to pay for parking spots.
The merchants had mixed feelings about this idea: on the one hand, they wanted people to get in and out and not hog the parking spots. On the other hand, they didn’t want to drive away their customers by charging for parking. Shopping malls were providing fierce competition to older, downtown shopping areas like Golden’s. In the end, they decided not to charge for parking.
This debate is still going on, though now the pendulum is going the other way. The City plans to reduce parking on Arapahoe by changing from diagonal back to parallel. They reduced parking on Washington by using the parking lane for store and restaurant space. Since 2016, they’ve gradually been introducing paid parking. The most recent addition of paid parking begins this month on 10th Street near Lions Park and the Farmers Market.
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!
