Upward Mobility at Clayworks
Photo by Patrick Klein
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Feb. 10th
- 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 - Registration Required
- 12-12:30PM - Mondays with the Mayor
- 2-3PM - Virtual: Active Minds Monday
- 5-6:30PM - Thought Bubble Guild
- 5:30PM - Board Game & Euchre Night
- 5:30PM - GURA Board Meeting @ City Hall
- 5:30-7:30PM - The Fundamental Principles of Art
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
- 6:30-8PM - Golden Anti-Racism Collective Policy & Policing
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
5:30PM Golden Urban Renewal Authority @ City Hall
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 5:30PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Provide in-person comment during the meeting, at 5:30PM.
- Send email comments to gura@cityofgolden.net.
Parfet-Briarwood URA
Confluence Companies is under contract to sell their West 8th Apartments. They have a TIF agreement with GURA, and the agreement will transfer to the new owners.
For many years, the City has been discussing a pedestrian route from 8th Street to 10th Street in the vicinity of the rec center. This year they hope to build it. They would provide steps on the east end of the community center and an ADA-accessible ramp on the west end. Public Works estimates the job at $1 million. They are hoping that GURA will contribute to the cost of the project.
Central Neighborhoods URA
The City hopes to build a segment of sidewalk on the east side of Ford Street, between 23rd and 24th. They discussed this project in 2022. At that time, they concluded "it does not appear that there is a reasonable way to construct a sidewalk between the existing trees and the street. This condition adds further complications to addressing this missing “link”, in that a more comprehensive plan to construct an appropriate sidewalk and replace the street trees would be quite a bit more expensive."
The property on the east side now has a new owner--the Regional Housing Authority, which also owns the west side of that half block. Although they plan to demolish the current building and redevelop the property, "Foothills Regional Housing, as owner of the apartments, supports the sidewalk project and removal of the trees until future plans for the apartments are developed." The project is estimated at $500,000, and the City is requesting that GURA contribute to the cost.
West Colfax URA
GURA's goal for this area is to build a "complete street" (bike lane and sidewalks) to encourage development and redevelopment of that part of town. This has been delayed by the Lena Gulch flood mitigation project and plans to build a park on the nearby (former) Bachman property. The City hopes that GURA will contribute to the cost of a retention pond and eventual "South Neighborhoods Park."
5-6:30PM Thought Bubble Guild
Traditional text isn’t the only way to read! Share your favorite graphic novels, comics and manga with fellow teen enthusiasts. Enjoy snacks and laid-back book discussions with related activities and games – even create your own visual story! Choose a graphic novel that fits the monthly theme or explore the suggested reading. Attend at least three events to earn a gift!
Today's Theme: In Real Life
This program is exclusively for 6th – 12th grade teens.
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (map)
Golden History: With Many Thanks to the Ladies of Golden
Golden Library - Photo by Richard Luckin
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In celebration of Heart and Soul of Golden month, this is the first in a series of articles describing the histories of Golden Cultural Alliance members.
A movement is on foot among the various ladies clubs of Golden to unite in the effort to have a club building erected with commodious rooms which can be used as meeting places for all the clubs. It is also their hope to get a library started here, and have one room of the proposed new building used as a reading room. Committees have been appointed and it is believed action will be taken in a short time.
Colorado Transcript – April 17, 1913
The ladies of Golden, feeling the great need of a library and reading room here, have decided to serve a lunch on the Fourth of July…. All profits will be placed in a fund for the establishment of a free reading room.
Colorado Transcript – June 26, 1913
The ladies of Golden and others interested in the library movement held a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Gem theater to formulate some plans for the organization of a library association.
Colorado Transcript – August 7, 1913
Now I want to ask each one of you who live in a comfortable home, who has books and magazines to read and so many things to enjoy, are you willing to give and to do all that you can and ought toward making one bright spot in Golden, one room which will be a help to all of us, no matter where we live or what our circumstances are?
Colorado Transcript – October 9, 1913
…nine hundred dollars [has] been subscribed [to purchase and improve a building] and as soon as that money [is] collected it [will be] possible to pay the purchase price for the property…. …it will be necessary for all to work together and to give generously for its establishment and support, and if all will enter into the matter heartily we shall soon have a library and rest room of which we may be justly proud.
On Friday evening, October 24, the ladies of the Baptist church will give a millinery social in the church parlor. Come and get you a winter hat which will be both cheap and artistic. Proceeds of the evening will be given for repairs upon the library.
Colorado Transcript – October 16, 1913
The time has now come when the Golden Library association is ready to receive all books which are suitable for a first class public library. Many persons have promised to donate books and all others who wish to give books or magazines, so that others may have the benefit of good reading matter, are requested to send them to the store of J. H. Brown. It is requested that the name of the person who presents a book will be written on the inside back cover…. All first class magazines, whether new or old are desired.
Colorado Transcript – November 6, 1913
Mt. Lookout Circle will give a benefit in the near future for the library fund. The “Old Maid’s Convention,” a short play, with a rather humorous streak in it, will be presented at the Woodmen hall.
Colorado Transcript – November 13, 1913
Many books and magazines are being sent for the reading room and library and many more will be needed…. With the cost of buying the building and putting it in repair it will be impossible at the present time for the Library association to buy books, but if each person will give as generously as some have already we will soon have a library of which we will be proud.
Colorado Transcript – November 20, 1913
The Library was incorporated on February 7, 1914. The ladies raised funds and bought a former paint store at 713 13th Street. That building served as our library for the next 49 years.
BUILDING IS PURCHASED FOR GOLDEN LIBRARY
Among the things that will be needed are lumber for floors, door casings and shelving, doors, large window glass and large shades, cement, brick, easy chairs and strong wooden chairs, good books and good magazines.
Colorado Transcript – February 19, 1914
All persons who have paid one dollar for a library card are entitled to membership after signing the constitution.
Colorado Transcript – February 26, 1914
Next Wednesday afternoon, the 18th, the girls of the Bow Knot club will hold a tea at the home of Mrs. Haldane, on Fifteenth street. They will have a musicale and a candy sale, and a silver offering will be taken. The proceeds are to go toward installing electric lights at the new library.
Colorado Transcript – March 12, 1914
The request of the library association for free water for the library was granted [by City Council].
Colorado Transcript – April 9, 1914
The ladies of the Golden library association have been working hard the past two weeks getting the new library ready for the reception tomorrow. The rooms are tastily fitted up, and the shelves are well filled with reading matter.
Colorado Transcript – May 14, 1914
About 400 people attended the opening reception at the Golden library last Friday, and nearly all of them expressed great surprise at what has been accomplished by the hard working members of the library association. Already the shelves are well filled with excellent books and magazines and the visit of so many people who heretofore have taken little or no interest in the library will bring many more books in.
Colorado Transcript – March 21, 1914
The City built its new municipal center on 10th Street in 1961 and set aside rooms for use by the Library. The Library moved into City hall, and at the same time merged with the Jefferson County Public Library.
In 1970, the Library built its own building next to City Hall, at 923 10th Street. By 1996, they had outgrown that space and moved into a larger building next door. That “larger building” had been the Golden Recreation Center, no longer needed when we built the new Golden Community Center at the west end of 10th Street. The Golden Pioneer Museum moved out of its space in City Hall and into the former Library. In 2008, the Golden Library remodeled to include self-checkout units, a large children’s play area, and a reading room.
The City hopes that the Library will agree to relocate near the soon-to-be-built new City Hall, at the east end of 10th Street.
Many thanks to Librarian Jo Barber for her contributions to this history of the Golden Library! As always, thanks to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 2 mph.
Monday: A chance of snow after 5pm. Mostly sunny. High near 36, with temperatures falling to around 31 in the afternoon. North wind 2 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Monday Night: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Monday Night: Light Snow Likely, 13°F
Tuesday: Light Snow, 22°F
Tuesday Night: Snow, 10°F
Wednesday: Light Snow Likely, 14°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Cloudy, 5°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 37°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain And Snow, 24°F
Friday: Chance Rain And Snow, 49°F
Friday Night: Rain And Snow Likely, 23°F
Saturday: Chance Light Snow, 38°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Cloudy, 23°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 48°F
News About Golden - February 10, 2025
PHOTOS: Golden Retrievers, and their humans, attend annual Goldens in Golden
By Andy Cross
Denver Post
Hundreds of golden retrievers and their humans attended the annual Goldens in Golden event in downtown Golden, Colorado, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025... Read more...
Keeler: Why is Bob Stitt back with Mines football? To bring an NCAA championship home to Golden
By Sean Keeler
Denver Post
Meet the new Bob. Same as the old Bob?
“I’d just like to have 2.0 be a career that takes it to an even higher level,” Bob Stitt, the once and future Colorado School of Mines football coach, told me Friday. “There’s something out there that we’ve got to chase. And that’s a national championship.” Read more...
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