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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Jul. 13th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden Sports
- 7-9AM - Clear Creek Corridor Cleanup
- 8AM - Municipal Court Arraignments
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 10:15-10:45AM - Let's Dance - Registration Required
- 12-12:30PM - Mondays with the Mayor
- 12-1PM - Jeffco Open Space Pop Up: DinoSOAR Into Stories
- 2-3PM - Virtual: Active Minds Monday
- 5:30PM - GURA Board Meeting @ City Hall
- 5:30-7:30PM - The Fundamental Principles of Art
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
- 6:30PM - Movement Monday Running Club
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
12-1PM Jeffco Open Space Pop Up: DinoSOAR Into Stories @ Golden Library
From fossils to fascinating rocks, stop by and explore our planet's natural history with the assistance of Jefferson County Open Space Park Rangers and Volunteers. More information
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
2-3PM Virtual / Call In: Active Minds Mondays — Dinosaurs
Change your thinking about dinosaurs as Active Minds explores new discoveries of these fascinating creatures. Examine the beginnings of the dinosaur era to their mass extinctions. Observe the different types of dinosaurs, their habits and history. Understand how new technologies have altered previous assumptions about the existence and the demise of these prehistoric giants. Link: Meeting Registration - Zoom
5:30PM GURA Board Meeting @ 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.
The meeting will be recorded and available to watch at your convenience on the Agendas and Meetings page on the City of Golden website.
Increasing the Size of the GURA Board
Under the terms of a new state law, urban renewal authorities are required to get approvals from all affected taxing authorities before creating a new tax increment sharing agreement. Since GURA is about to create two new urban renewal areas, they are expanding the board to include representatives from three of the taxing entities. In addition, the board is being expanded to include three additional Golden residents.
Central Neighborhood, before and after GURA - enlarge
Apply to Join the GURA Board
Applications are now open for the three new Golden resident positions. Please consider applying—especially if you live in or near one of the urban renewal areas. In recent years, decisions about GURA neighborhoods—particularly the Central Neighborhood—have been made by people entirely unaffected by the changes.
Tonight's Topics:
The board will review the tax increment revenue sharing agreements with the following:
a. Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners (Reso 172)
b. Jefferson County Public School Board (Reso 173)
c. Jefferson County Public Library Board (Reso 174)
d. Mile High Flood District (Reso 175)
e. City of Golden (City Council) (Reso 176)
They will also review the 2026 budget, new potential plan areas, an update on "grid resiliency" (tolerance for power outages), possible $70K replacement of the fence around the Golden Community Garden, various infrastructure and development projects, and pending land use cases in urban renewal areas. Learn more.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
The Golden Word - 07/13/26
Golden History: Busy Week for the Fire Department
87 Years Ago
Stewart's store building would now be an unsightly wreck of crumbling brick walls and distorted corrugated iron flapping in the wind, a skeleton on a prominent corner of Washington avenue, were it not for the quick and prompt action of Golden's Volunteer Fire department Thursday morning at 5 o'clock.
Colorado Transcript - July 13, 1939
Golden's night watchman had gone past the store 5 minutes previously without noticing smoke, so the fire, of unknown origins, came up quickly. The Volunteer Fire Department responded quickly and doused the fire. Damages to the store amounted to about $650. A laundry had recently moved into the center part of the building. Their equipment incurred about $25 in damage, and they also lost "a considerable amount of unwashed laundry which had just been received at the plant was destroyed."
The Fire Department was also called to the Golden Waffle Inn that week to extinguish a brush fire. The Waffle Inn was located across the road from the Rock Rest Lodge.
On the same afternoon, the fire department boys responded to a call at the Steve Rogers farm place just east of Golden on 44th avenue, when a hay stack and a part of their cow barns were burned..... Residents are urged to use every caution with matches, cigarettes, camp fires, and when burning weeds, due to the unusual and continued dry spell.
Weather
Overnight: Clear. Low around 70, with temperatures rising to around 72 overnight. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 98. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 69, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 69°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 95°F
Tuesday Night: Mostly Clear, 67°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 93°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 67°F
Thursday: Sunny, 93°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 68°F
Friday: Sunny, 92°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 68°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 92°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 69°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 92°F
Supporters
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Sponsors:
($100/month or $1,175/year)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Battery, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Earth Sweet Boutique, and Colorado Railroad Museum
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $575/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, Unite Fitness, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $285/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, in memory of Marjorie Sloan, Chris and Joyce Davell, Rick Flint, Forrest Jones, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Kurt & Janet Siegfried, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Centennial State Wealth Advisors, Steve & M.L. Richardson, Jeremy & Stephanie Keller, AC Development, Golden PT & Pilates, and Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $115/yr)
Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, Marge Frueh. Nannette Johnson, Edgar Walker, Bivy Beer Bar, Nancy Cooper, Jane & Mike Templeton, Vicki Greivel, Kim McDonough, Carie Chimbel, Peggy Brochtrup, and Cindy & Matt Finley
Followers:
($5-9.99/month or $55/year)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way, Chris Toney, Alicia Zimmerman, Tamara Feucht, GoldenBrokers, and Elizabeth Coil
