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2025 Retrospective: January

,   and  Barb Warden
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  • GoldenToday posted a series of online jigsaw puzzles featuring Golden scenes.
  • HPB began discussing how to balance historic preservation with property rights.
  • EDComm discussed offering grants to businesses not covered by GURA or the DDA.
  • The Quilt Museum hosted a program on Reclamation Alchemy, Potential and Beauty in Used Materials.
  • Tom Schweich continued his series of weekly articles describing Golden's Open Spaces.
  • City Council discussed a proposal by the city's merchants that Visit Golden be spun off into a separate, non-profit entity, run by the merchants.
  • The Planning Commission reviewed a site plan for a low-income housing project in north Golden.
  • The 34th Annual Colorado Cowboy Gathering took place at the Buffalo Rose.
  • Pat Klein sent a bunch of aerial photos (and more) (and more) (and more) showing the status of our various construction projects.
  • Golden Residents Count withdrew their petition that would have required voter approval when incurring major debt for municipal projects. City Council had already approved $52.5 in debt to build a new City Hall.
  • The Public Art Commission considered designs for artistic bike racks.
    Foothills Art Center offered a gallery tour of the Decomposing/Recomposing exhibition at the Astor House.
  • The American Legion offered a stir fry dinner.
  • The DDA considered granting $950K TIF deal with Habitat for Humanity to build 40 for-purchase housing units at 817 14th Street. They also considered requests by Miners Alley for $275K and Foothills Art Center for $500K. They discussed turning the parking lot by the Astor House into a cultural plaza and/or common consumption area.
  • City Council instructed the parking management company to enforce restriction in neighborhood permit zones until 7PM (instead of 5PM). They also added a new permit neighborhood--Parfet Estates.
  • UllrGrass opened in Parfet Park.

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