Tulips, Trains, and Building Permits

*Golden Eye Candy – Joyce Davell – Spring Flowers and a Positive Banner – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received either one or both shots– source

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

Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Mon: 44,491 | Tues: 44,631 (+140)
Deaths in Jeffco – Mon: 794 | Tues: 794 (unchanged)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Mon: 48 | Tues: 53 (+5)
Recovered – Mon: 41,815 | Tues: 42,033 (+218)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1832 | Mon: 1870 (+38)

Virtual Events

8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life
10:15AM Baby Time with the Library
12-1PM Chamber’s Brown Bag Lunch & Learn – Social Media Trends & How to Use Them to Help Your Business Succeed
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
6PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board
Tonight’s topics will include water resiliency, water consumption goals & metrics, and their ongoing water conservation projects. See the meeting packet for more information….

Real Life Events

10AM-2PM Rail Days at the Railroad Museum

This Week, Monday-Friday

If you’re on the City’s trash collection program, remember that they’re doing yard waste collection this week, on your regular trash day. Learn more….

Golden History Moment

66 Years Ago
During the late 1940s and 1950s, World War II veterans used the GI Bill to attend college at the Colorado School of Mines. Many stayed in Golden after college. Hundreds of Golden’s houses were built during that era.

*New homes started in 1955 on Goldco Circle – click to enlarge*

The April 28, 1955 Colorado Transcript reported that building permits had been issued for six houses on Goldco Circle (map). The homes at 356, 352, and 348 Goldco Circle were estimated to cost $6420 upon completion, and the ones at 344, 340, and 336 were expected to cost $7900. (According to Zillow, those houses now have estimated values ranging from $615-$986K.)

The apartment building at 1221 Illinois Street (map) also got a building permit that week. It was expected to cost $50,000.

The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.