WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
12-12:30PM Mondays with the Mayor (Virtual)
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – The Royal Women of Windsor (Virtual)
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CITY MEETINGS
6:30PM Downtown Development Authority Meeting @ City Hall
The DDA will consider a $15,000 Capital Improvement Grant request by Woody’s Pizza, which plans to repair its front facade and replace the neon lighting in its sign. Of the $130,000 budgeted for business grants in 2023, $108,770 is uncommitted.
They will review and vote on their 2024 budget. Due to increased sales and property taxes, next year’s budget will be $110K higher than this year’s
They will review and discuss a number of proposed mobility improvements in the DDA area. See the meeting packet for details.
TRIVIA
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
33 Years Ago
The November 20, 1990 Golden Transcript announced that Heritage Square had been purchased by the adjacent quarry. The purchase price was not disclosed, but another bidder stated that the minimum bid had been $1.05 million.
The shopping/amusement park had been foreclosed upon by Silverado Savings and Loan in 1986. Silverado subsequently collapsed in 1988. Heritage Square was one of thousands of assets that had to be liquidated in the aftermath of the nationwide S&L crisis.
The same issue of the Transcript announced that three other commercial properties were on the market because the industrial banks in Golden and Evergreen were being liquidated. A seven-unit apartment complex at 1111 12th Street (map) was for sale, as was the Big Tree Mobile Home Park, located at 23rd and Jackson Street.
The Armory building was also in foreclosure. “And it could go for a pretty good price. At least that is what the real estate agent handing the historic Armory Building…predicted last week.”
The cobblestone building had an outstanding mortgage of $320,000 and three years of unpaid taxes totaling $45,000. The team in charge of liquidation hoped to find a buyer who would pay “a little more than $400,000.”
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!
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