What’s Happening in Golden Today?
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking History Tour
10AM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
4:30-5:30PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
5PM VIBE@Five @ Indulge Bistro & Wine Bar
VIBE@FIVE is Golden’s Happy Hour! Come join other members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce for this “Very Important Business Event” – VIBE! This event is for members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and their guests as well as for members of the Golden Young Professionals. Stop in for a quick hello and a refreshment right after work and a chance to get to know fellow members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and Golden Young Professionals. This is a great networking and socializing event.
5PM Books on Tap: The Psychology of Money by James Clear @ On Tap Credit Union
5PM City Council Meeting @ City Hall – NOTE THE TIME CHANGE!
Council will hold a study session from 5PM until approximately 7:25PM. The business meeting will begin after the study session.
The study session will be used to meet with representatives from each of the boards and commissions. They will review their accomplishments from 2022 and discuss their goals for 2023. All of the board goals should tie back to Council’s 2023 Strategic Plan. Based on that document, we can expect to see more bike lanes, improved energy efficiency, more affordable housing, more public art, a new plan for City open space, and a plan to build a new municipal building.
The regular business meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30. Tonight’s consent agenda includes a resolution enabling Golden to work with other organizations and municipalities to mitigate fire hazards in the Clear Creek watershed. The next consent item is an agreement with OZ Architecture to Phase 1 of the Heart of Golden project–the Space Needs Study. The fee for this work will be $159,010. The City has budgeted $800,000 for this planning work on 2023 and another $700,000 in 2024. The actual building is expected to exceed $71 million. The third consent item is replacement of the boiler at Splash Water Park ($184,621) and the HVAC units at Fossil Trace Golf Club ($343,978).
Council will discuss a proposed ordinance that would allow the City Manager to permit construction on Highway 93 at night (9PM-7AM). CDOT has not requested this, but the City wants to be prepared in case they do.
They will hold a public hearing and vote on a new ordinance that incorporates “congregate living” developments into the 1% growth limit. You may recall that the Aurum “boarding house” evaded the 1% growth limit by eliminating stoves from their apartments. This ordinance proposes requiring one allocation for every three bedrooms.
Council will then adjourn into executive session (no public and no cameras) to hear from the city attorney “regarding compliance with liquor licensing laws and the American with Disabilities Act in relation to outdoor dining and common consumption areas.” Presumably, this relates to the plan–discussed at their last meeting–to use part of the parking lot by the Astor House as a shared outdoor dining area.
5:30-7PM A Conversation with Jeffco Superintendent Tracy Dorland @ Golden High School
6-7:30PM SAT Strategies (Virtual)
6-8:30PM Exploring the Elements of Art @ Foothills Art Center – FULL
6-8PM Pi Day Gathering – Golden Bike Cruise 2023 Planning Event @ New Terrain
6:30-8:30PM Bar Bingo Night @ VFW Post 4171
6:30-7:45PM Orchestra Concert @ Bell Middle School
7PM New World Disorder Movie Night @ Pedal Pushers Cyclery
Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
Trivia
6PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
Golden History Moment
This ad for the electric company appeared in the March 14, 1946 Colorado Transcript. It’s an interesting piece of history, because it catches a transitional moment at the end of World War II. Mom may be back in the kitchen, but she’s still wearing her Rosie the Riveter outfit, with the overalls and headscarf tied in front.
After the War, many factors combined to change the American way of life: the Baby Boom, the move to the suburbs (powered by automobile sales), rising wages, and growing consumerism. The housewife emerged as a cultural icon, happily raising children and taking care of her suburban home.
Women rarely appeared in advertisements before World War II, but after the War they were pervasive, wearing dresses and frilly aprons and enjoying new, labor-saving appliances.
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!
