50 Years Ago
The March 4, 1970 Golden Transcript reported on the results of a Citizen Satisfaction Survey. “Goldenites cherish the city’s small size and its location in the foothills. However, there is evidence they are apprehensive that with population growth and industrial development, the city may lose its “small town atmosphere.” (That sounds strangely familiar!)
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866.
6:30PM The Planning Commission will meet in in City Council Chambers this evening. They will discuss two cases. The first is a zoning variance request for 2202 Cheyenne St. (map). The owners plan to raze the existing home (875 square feet with no garage) and replace it with a two-story 2300 square foot home and a detached two car garage. The owners are asking Planning Commission to approve a variance that would allow them to encroach 5 feet into the setback required by code. Staff writes that the variance could be granted on the basis of a “legal hardship.”
The second case is considerably more unusual and complex. Confluence has developed many projects around town, including the West 8th Apartments (map), 8th Street Residences (map), and Arapahoe Row (map). They are currently building the 72 apartment/48 hotel room complex on the Briarwood property at the west end of 8th Street and the new sophomore apartment building on Jackson Street, across from Safeway.
The project that they bring to Planning Commission tonight is a 4 story building with a 31,004 square foot footprint. The intended uses include “office, retail, restaurant and a commercial boarding house, which has dormitory style occupancy.” It will be located at 18450 W. Colfax Avenue (map), next to the Origin Red Rocks Hotel. According to Confluence, “‘Boarding and rooming house’ means an establishment where, for direct or indirect compensation, lodging, without kitchen facilities in individual rooms or units, is offered for one month or more for one or more boarders or roomers.”
As I recall, Confluence had originally planned to build a “dormitory” form of housing across from Safeway, but changed their minds when they learned that they would be subject to the 1% growth limit. I don’t see a reference to the growth limit in tonight’s meeting packet, so perhaps they consider this project to be exempt for some reason. To learn more, see tonight’s meeting packet….
More Wednesday Events:
9AM Golden Walks: Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life
9:15AM Toddler Time at the Library
10AM Community Blood Drive at the Library
10AM Volunteers of America (VOA) Weekly Meals at the Presbyterian Church (map)
10AM TriceraTOTs at Dinosaur Ridge
10:15AM Toddler Time at the Library
11:15AM Discovery Play at the Library
11:30AM Golden Chamber Community Development Council
12-4:30PM Dominoes at the Front Porch
1-2:30PM Golden Needlecrafters at the Front Porch
5PM Connecting With Your Teen(s) at Golden High School
5PM Hennebach Lecture at the School of Mines: Why They Come
5PM Mines Entrepreneurship & Innovation Social
5:30PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
5:30PM Women Crush Wednesday Hike
6PM Lecture at the Golden History Museum – Pikes Peak: On Common Ground
6:30PM West Denver Chapter Trout Unlimited Monthly Program
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting
Wednesday Music:
5PM Dave Frisk at Rock Rest Lodge
6PM Scott Uhl at Buffalo Rose
6PM Haley Gowland at Miners Saloon
6PM Jam Night at Mountain Toad Brewing
6:30PM Open Mic Night at Smiley’s
Preview of Thursday Events:
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting
9:15AM Baby Time at the Library
10:15AM Toddler Time at the Library
11:15AM Family Yoga at the Library
2PM Microsoft Publisher: Basics at the Library
6:15PM Overeaters Anonymous at Natural Grocers (map)
6:30PM Overeaters Anonymous at the Methodist Church (map)
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting
