Spring on South Table Mountain
Photo by Jen Rutter
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Apr. 29th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 10:15-10:45AM - Let's Dance
- 12-12:30PM - Mondays with the Mayor
- 1:30-3PM - iPad: Basics
- 2-3PM - Virtual: Active Minds Monday
- 5:30-8PM - The Principles of Artistic Expression
- 6-7:30PM - Book and Media Group
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Budget Open House Tuesday Night
The City is holding an open house tomorrow night (6-7:30PM at the Community Center) to discuss the budget. I don't recall their ever doing this before, but I encourage you to attend this one.
They've put together a nice booklet with a high-level view of where the City's revenue comes from and how they spend it. Here are a couple of high points:
REVENUE
2023: $110,127,474
2024: $155,881,220
EXPENSES *
2023: $115,377,053
2024: $166,578,393
* does not include capital expenses
MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2024
The document lists several capital projects. The only one with a price mentioned ($65 million) is the Heart of Golden Phase I (the proposed new City Hall).
Multi-Purpose Field Design and Construction and Other Improvements at Ulysses Park
West Colfax Complete Street and Lena Gulch Flood Project
Heart of Golden Phase 1 ($65 million)
US 6 and Heritage Road Interchange
Capital Maintenance and Replacement
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (map)
6-7:30PM Book and Media Group
The Golden Anti-Racism Collective's Book and Media Group meets tonight at the Golden Library. The topic is A Tyranny of the Minority by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.
Tyranny of the Minority is a nonfiction book about U.S. political systems and the role the structure of those systems have on present political challenges.
There are several interviews online for those wanting to get a sense of the book without the time to read it.
It’s OK if you haven’t read the book. Everyone is welcome! Feel free to bring your kids with you, too!
Hope to see you there! More information
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
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Tomorrow's Kaffee Klatsch
The Visitors Center has been renamed--it's now the Golden Welcome Center!
Tomorrow's Kaffee Klatsch (9AM at the Welcome Center) will have a special guest. A representative from the City will be there to answer questions about the new parking program, and to help residents register.
Golden Welcome Center
1010 Washington Avenue (map)
Golden History: A Happy Junkman
G. H. Stuart Co. Store at 11th and Ford Streets
43 Years Ago
For 30 years G. H. Stuart's menagerie of junk has stretched along side Clear Creek at 1051 Ford St. Come June 1, the Golden landmark will close.
Golden Transcript - April 28, 1981
I’ve always found the G.H. Stuart Co. store intriguing. In 1951, Mr. Stuart bought a 30 year old coal business from the estate of Guy Buckman. Stuart continued delivering coal to the citizens of Golden, but soon added many new lines to the business. He became a scrap iron dealer and then added sand, wood, and flagstone. He added used bath tubs and stoves to his product line, followed by–well, pretty much anything that might have resale value. He sold used glass, used auto parts, and used trucks.
As the range and quantity of his inventory grew, Mr. Stuart needed more space. 11th Street didn’t really extend beyond Ford Street, so he leased the right of way from the City, put a fence across it, and began storing his excess scrap iron and other goodies in that area. In 1954, both the City and Stuart were sued by the Agricultural Ditch and Reservoir Company, who said they needed that right of way to access their headgate and the ditchman’s residence. The lawsuit dragged on for a couple of years, and the city finally suggested to Mr. Stuart that the best way to resolve the issue was to move. I don’t know how the lawsuit was resolved, but Mr. Stuart was still there 27 years later.
The Golden Transcript published an article about Mr. Stuart in 1976. It began with, “G.H. Stuart has the kind of job most little boys dream of–collecting all kinds of ‘junk’ from nuts and bolts to antique bridles. He found a place to store his treasures 25 years ago, at 1051 Ford St., and he’s been buying and selling from this location ever since.” He recycled materials from the telephone and electric companies, Coors Brewery, Coors Porcelain, and other manufacturing companies.
The article says that at that time (1976), Stuart was selling lead, brass, copper, and iron to welders, recycling old batteries and radiators, and collecting “tools, pipes, appliance parts, chains, ropes, wheels, and old mailboxes” He reported that ladies liked to buy some of his odds and ends as decorating pieces–“old stoves, shovels, pails, and small pieces for decoupage.” Stuart said that he was doing what he really liked, and what he had always wanted to do. His store assistant reported that “He’s always happy, and I guess that’s what counts.”
Mr. Stuart closed the store in 1981, when Coors was getting ready to open their Wellness Center. The Denver Post got a nice picture of him, as he was getting ready to retire. He died in 1991 and is buried in the Golden Cemetery.
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and many thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
News Relating to Golden - April 29, 2024
‘Waste of Water’ ordinance goes into effect May 1 in Golden
by Gabby Easterwood
Fox 31
GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — A new ordinance to crack down on water usage in the city of Golden is set to take effect on May 1... Read more...
Golden baseball’s win streak reaches 40 against 4A Jeffco foes
By Dennis Pleuss
Colorado Preps
GOLDEN — It has been 749 days since Golden’s baseball team loss on the diamond against another Class 4A Jeffco League team... Read more...
Everything You Need to Know About Denver-Area Farmers’ Markets in 2024
By Ethan Pan
5280
Colorado’s farmers’ markets are the pulsing heart of the summer—a playground for fresh produce fanatics and artisan good enthusiasts to trawl through—in search of something delicious. Some of our favorite markets have already begun their season (we’re looking at you, Boulder County), but most are holding their opening days sometime between now and the first week of June.
Here’s the what-when-where lowdown on our favorite farmers’ markets in metro Denver, Boulder, and beyond... Read more...
GOLDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATES ROAD RAGE SHOOTING
Crimewatch
In the early morning hours of 4/25/2024 Golden Police Department responded to the area of eastbound US Highway 58 and Washington Avenue on the report of a gunshot wound after a road rage incident. The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived... Read more...
City of Golden Police Blotter
Crimewatch
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