The Jeffco Fair and Festival starts today at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. They’ll have 4-H exhibits, entertainment, mutton bustin’, pony rides, a dog show, food & beverages, special events and vendors. See their schedule!
1PM Friday tour at the Railroad Museum: railroad postal cars.
5-8PM – Golden Weekends Downtown Golden
The stores downtown will be open late, with sales, specials, and tastings.
Music from 5-8:
Jeff Miguel on Saxophone
Adam Lopez, honkytonk rockabilly
Carriage Rides from 6-8PM
Board the carriages on 12th St., just west of Washington
7PM Movies & Music in the Park (Parfet Park)
Music starts at 7PM – Double Life – a Tribute to the Cars
The movie starts at dusk – Incredibles 2
7:30PM Performance of Fairfield at Miners Alley Playhouse
More Live Music in Town:
Ace Hi Tavern – Karaoke, 9PM
Buffalo Rose – Wheel in the Sky – A Tribute to Journey w/Princess and the Evolution and Sisters of the Moon, 7PM
Cafe 13 – Lily Conrad, 6PM
Dirty Dogs Roadhouse – Midnight Vinyl, 6-10PM
Wrigley’s Chicago Bar & Grill – Casual Six, 5-9PM
Saturday Preview:
8AM-6PM Grand Opening for New Sherwin-Williams Store (map)
8AM-1PM Golden Farmers Market
9AM-3PM Babysitting Class at the Community Center
Ages: 11-14 years | Register – Class #452410
10:15AM or 11:15AM Preschool Nature Nuts
10AM-4PM Annual Car 25 Open House
10AM-4PM Open House – Rand Dance Academy
10AM-4PM Raise a Reader Festival at the Railroad Museum
10AM-12PM Class at Foothills Art Center: Creating Courage as an Artist
10AM-12PM Trail Hacks for Dogs
10-11:30AM Class at Home Depot: Installing a Toilet
11AM and 1PM The Frog Prince at Miners Alley
1PM Ribbon Cutting – Vaia Salon (map)
3:30-4PM Holidaily Brewery Tour
5-8PM Golden Weekends (music & carriage rides downtown)
7-10:15 Dance & Yoga Night at Your Ashtanga Yoga Studio
7:45PM Golden City Historic Ghost Tour & Pub Crawl
Follow-up on Yesterday’s City Council Items:
Last night, City Council voted not to put the sale of the Astor House on this fall’s ballot. Councilors Brown, Dale, Reed, and Haseman and Mayor Sloan voted to postpone a vote until at least 2020. Councilor Weinberg wanted to proceed with the vote this fall. Citizens asked Council for more opportunity to generate ideas as to how the property could be used, so now the City has time to solicit ideas from the public.
Council also voted unanimously to proceed with the purchase of the Coors building and property. The conversation was a bit muddled but I think they were saying that the building may not be usable, and they may need to tear it down and build a new one, but they want the property enough to buy it anyway. I also think they said that the $24.5 million they had planned to spend wouldn’t be enough to cover new construction. Councilor Weinberg mentioned asking citizens to vote for more funding.
So Golden will have a new municipal center, a transit hub, new cultural facilities, workforce housing in Goosetown, and quite a lot of debt.
Councilor Brown asked the City Manager whether the Coors property purchase affected funding for the Front Porch. Mr. Slowinski replied no, that they are separate budgets. Staffing is part of the Operating Budget, while the Coors purchase will be made with Capital Improvement Funds. Capital Funds pay for streets, sidewalks, parks, trails, city facilities maintenance, public art, solar projects, open space purchases, firetrucks, water and sewer infrastructure, etc. See the 2018 Capital Improvement Plan.
