WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
6-6:55AM Dynamic Circuit (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10AM-12PM Weedbusters @ DeLong Park
Golden Parks and Recreation is using DeLong Park as a pilot project for the City’s first organic park location. This means that they will be using only natural, organic products for all plants and grasses. No synthetic chemicals will be used in our maintenance practices.
A group of weed-busting volunteers meets weekly at DeLong Park on Monday mornings from 10AM to noon to weed out invasive species. Interested community members can join the group. The DeLong Park Weed Busters are always happy to bring in new members, and training on weed identification is provided!
As you may have guessed, last Saturday’s Weedbuster Earth Day event was postponed because of snow. Plan to join them at the park on June 3rd.
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
11:15-11:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
12-12:30PM Mondays with Mayor Weinberg (Virtual)
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Venice: Biography of a City (Virtual)
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class (Virtual)
4-5PM LEGO Build and Play @ Golden Library
6:30PM Economic Development Commission @ City Hall
A representative of the Lutheran Medical Center will provide information and an update on the new hospital nearing completion in Wheat Ridge. While neither the hospital nor the Clear Creek Crossings development project is in Golden, both will impact the city.
Staff will provide an update regarding Qwally, which is software designed to support local businesses. Staff has been writing an article about a Golden business for each issue of the Golden Informer (6 per year). They have budgeted $20,000 for this effort.
See the complete calendar of events.
TRIVIA
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
53 Years Ago
The April 24, 1970 Golden Transcript wrote about Coors’ brand new cash-for-cans program. In the three months since they began buying aluminum cans for recycling, that had collected more than 7 million cans totally 306,200 pounds.
At that time, littering was rampant, so collecting cans from roadsides was lucrative. Coors officials said that most of aluminum was being turned in by civic organizations and schools. The article said the funds were supporting a school in Latin American, a scholarship in Tulsa, and lights for a Little League baseball field in Colorado.
The program continues to this day. A local horse rescue keeps a watering trough outside the fence for community can drop-offs. They make about $500/month that way, which helps pay for horse feed!
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!