Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
Real World Events
11AM-10PM Dine at The Golden Mill and support Foothills Art Center at the same time. The Golden Mill has pledged a percentage of today’s proceeds to Foothills Art Center!
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10AM ARTSWEEK EVENT – Bidding Opens for this Friday’s Unframed Gala
12:38PM Full Moon
3-4PM ARTSWEEK: Itty Bitty Art Walking Tour @ Golden Visitors Center
Join the Golden Public Art Commission for the Itty Bitty Art Committee walking tour. The fourteen Itty Bitty art projects are intended to be a fun and serendipitous experience for locals and visitors alike. Meet at the Golden Visitors Center for a walk to discover the tiny art pieces in nooks and crannies along Clear Creek and Washington Avenue. Free
5:30-7:30PM Leadership Golden Meet & Greet @ Golden City Brewery (map)
The Leadership Golden application process is in full swing at www.leadershipgolden.org. To meet and dialog with the Leadership Golden Board and Alumni, you are invited to attend a “Meet and Greet” from 5:30 to 7:30 pm on Wednesday, July 13, at the Golden City Brewery (GCB) at 920 12th Street. Complimentary appetizers and a cash bar will be provided.
6-8PM Aerialist @ Golden Mill
6-7:30PM Climbing Colorado’s San Juans @ Colorado Mountain Club
6-7:30PM Reimagining Post Industrial Golden @ Golden History Museum
In the late twentieth century, cities that were once home to industrial hubs had their populations decline as more Americans moved to the suburbs. To entice tourists back into post-industrial places, city planners, business leaders, and political actors began a decades long process of reimagining industrial zones. Tourists wielding cameras, parking meters, and gift shops replaced smelters, factory workers, and mills. This conversation addresses how Golden repurposed some its own industries into tourist attractions and transformed itself from a thriving but smaller town to a preferred tourist destination.
6PM Pong Night @ Coda Brewing
6:15-7:15PM Self-Defense @ Pranatonic
6-7:30PM Golden Anti-Racism Collective Book and Media Group @ DeLong Park
BAM! will meet in person with a hybrid Zoom call-in option. We’ll discuss the intersection of systemic racism, homeownership, and the affordable housing crisis in advance of the A Decent Home event. More….
6:30-7:30PM Dive Deep: Using Rain Barrels in Colorado @ Golden Library
7PM Trivia Night @ Trailhead Taphouse
Live Music
5-9PM Open Mic @ Cannonball Creek
6-9PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing
Golden History Moment
One of the things I like about reading old Transcripts is tracing the development of the City’s infrastructure. Here are some examples:
124 Years Ago
The July 13, 1898 Colorado Transcript published an ordinance saying that City Council could require any property owner to install and maintain a sidewalk. Early sidewalks in the downtown section had been constructed of wood. The new ordinance specified that they be constructed of “stone flagging or vitrified paving brick.”
117 Years Ago
The July 13, 1905 Transcript reported that Golden’s leading merchants wanted to install a drinking fountain downtown. Golden had a fine new water source, piped in from a remote mountain stream, and they wanted our visitors to taste and admire it. General opinion held that the fountain should be installed at 12th and Washington. The one reservation was the thought that the excess water would collect at the base of the fountain, creating a permanent mud puddle. We had few sewers at that time, and no storm sewers to remove water from the streets.
100 Years Ago
The July 13, 1922 Colorado Transcript announced that City Council planned to buy mountain property surrounding our water shed to prevent people from developing the area and polluting our water source. We didn’t treat or filter our water at that time–we assumed that water from an undeveloped area must be “pure and wholesome.”
That same July 13, 1922 Colorado Transcript announced that Golden would soon begin paving its streets. The plan was to begin with Ford Street, between 12th and 19th Streets. The City had no budget for this work; individual property owners along the route would be assessed at the rate of $3.50 per linear foot. There was still some uncertainty as to whether the paved streets would be 18 or 22 feet wide.
72 Years Ago
The July 13, 1950 Transcript showed that street width was still under discussion. City Council wanted all new subdivisions to have 66 foot wide streets. Everett Bunzel, who was building his addition at that time, was pushing for 50 feet.
That same 1950 paper announced that the City would soon begin construction of a water treatment plant, which would allow for filtration and chemical treatment.
61 Years Ago
By 1963, the main streets had long since been paved, but we were still working on the side streets. The July 13, 1963 Transcript that “Golden’s most extensive curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving project in history is now underway.” By that time we were using concrete for such projects.
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!
