Peaks to Plains Trail in July
Photo by Joyce Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Jul. 14th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 7-9AM - Clear Creek Corridor Cleanup
- 8AM - Municipal Court Criminal Arraignments
- 10:15-10:45AM - Let's Dance - Registration Required
- 12-12:30PM - Mondays with the Mayor
- 3-5PM - Amazing Race for Teens
- 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
- 6:30-7:30PM - The Connection Between Weight Loss and Mental Health
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
More Construction Updates by Pat Klein
Mines Residence Hall at 19th & Illinois - Photo By Patrick Klein
The cliff house between Washington Ave & Goldco Circle - Photo by Patrick Klein - enlarge
3-5PM Amazing Race for Teens @ Golden Library
Get ready for an adventure! Tweens and their caregivers are invited to turn historic downtown Golden into a fast-paced scavenger hunt. Race through the city solving clues, completing challenges, and competing for first place in a gameshow-style showdown!
Sign up with friends or come ready to make new ones — and see Golden like never before!
This event is for tweens in 4th to 6th grade and their caregivers. Registration is required for every adventurer. Make sure to wear comfy clothes and shoes. Bottled water will be provided.
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
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. The Economic Development Manager is no longer with the City, so they are advertising for a replacement. In the meantime, Rick Muriby, the Community Development Director, is filling in.
8th to 10th Street Connectors
The project manager will provide a status report on the planned sidewalk/ramp/stairs that will connect 8th and 10th Streets on either end of the Community Center.
Affordable Housing on 16th Avenue
They will discuss a proposed affordable housing project on the site of Church of the Nazarene (map). The developers hope to have the area declared "blighted" so it can become an Urban Renewal Area. This would open the possibility of GURA-provided TIF (Tax Increment Financing) agreements, which would help finance the development. To start this process, a blight study will be conducted.
Editorial
Although the 2.405 acre parcel owned by the church appears to be a nice, tidy piece of land, "blight" seems to be an easy thing to prove. When the Central Neighborhood was studied, an intern took pictures of cracks in the sidewalks and declared the area to be blighted, and in need of redevelopment. Since then, several small houses, a one-story apartment building, and many large trees have been replaced by a 3-story affordable housing project. Another single-story apartment building in the neighborhood is due to meet the same fate. I suppose it's in the eye of the beholder, but I preferred big trees and small houses to small trees and a big apartment complex.
GURA Bus Tour
Last month, the GURA commissioners and staff took a bus tour to visit parcels that they could take on as additional Urban Renewal Areas. The first stop was the aforementioned Church of the Nazarene.
They also looked at a piece of vacant property between Petco and the Table Mountain Townhomes (17200 West Colfax Ave - map). This would also be intended for affordable housing.
The final stop was to view an undeveloped parcel of ranch land directly north of the city limits, 5079 Hwy 93 (map). This is a complicated project, dependent on agreements with many branches of government. The Colorado Department of Transportation would have to agree to changes to Hwy 93. The developers hope for a roundabout, to make it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the highway at that point. Jeffco Open Space favors this project, because it would allow people to get from North Table Mountain Park to Mt. Galbraith Park. If the developers can secure appropriate financing and government agreements, the City of Golden will annex this parcel into the city limits. A blight study would then be conducted to determine GURA's involvement. This area would be intended for light industrial and some commercial development.
Grant Requests
The group will consider two grant requests from businesses in the West Colfax Urban Renewal Area. Lil Ricci's Pizza and Pasta is requesting $2932 to pay half the cost of a new AC compressor. Launch Espresso is requesting $2595 to pay half the cost of new interior and exterior sound equipment.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
6:30-7:30PM The Connection Between Weight Loss and Mental Health @ Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
Photo by Jen Rutter
A teaching session open to the public designed to help you understand how weight problems can lead to mental wellness issues.
Laura Sapienza, who is a Functional Medicine and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and Certified Holistic Nutritionist. She has spent 11 years in obesity treatment as a Wellness/Exercise Specialist and the last 5 years in Personal Health Coaching. She is a behavior change expert who specializes in helping adults to lose weight, improve mood and energy, and prevent chronic illness by embracing an enjoyable and nutritious diet and building new healthy habits.
Description of talk/what you will learn:
- The relationship between weight loss and anxiety, depression, and mood: what the dieting industry does not want you to know
- Building your WHY and your HOW
- Physical activity and its effect on weight and mental health
- Eating and its effect on weight and mental health
- Taking charge of your life with no regrets
This free teaching session is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Golden, which periodically offers mental wellness classes and workshops for the local community.
Location:
Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
1103 Arapahoe Street (Map)
Golden History: A Brief Glimpse
Coors Classic bike race – July 14, 1983
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42 Years Ago
The July 14, 1983 Colorado Transcript showed the Coors International Bicycle Classic leaving Golden, en route to Vail. According to Wikipedia, this race was repeated in the years from 1980-1988.
The event inspired a 1985 movie, starring Kevin Costner, about a bicycle race set in Colorado. This clip from American Flyers shows Coors and a bit of downtown as the riders zip through Golden. The Library has a copy of the movie on DVD. Aside from the brief glimpse of Golden, there's not much to recommend it.
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 65, with temperatures rising to around 67 overnight. West southwest wind around 6 mph.
Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny. High near 93, with temperatures falling to around 85 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 3 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. West southwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 64°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 93°F
Tuesday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 62°F
Wednesday: Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely, 87°F
Wednesday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 61°F
Thursday: Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 84°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 63°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 89°F
Friday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy, 64°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 88°F
Saturday Night: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy, 64°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 90°F
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Sponsors:
($100/month and up)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden Cultural Alliance, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, The Golden Mill, Golden Chamber of Commerce, Golden History Tours, Miners Saloon, Golden Hayride Outpost, Unite Fitness, Tom Reiley, Michael Mason, Colorado Railroad Museum, and Goosetown Station
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Beth Bidwell, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/yr)
Laura King and Scott Wilson, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Forrest Jones, Barry & Liz Bettis, Cheryl & Tom Schweich, 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, and Robert Thresher.
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $110/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, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, 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, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, and Mary Rains, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Cherryln Parker, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura Moore, Ruth Hund, Curtis Moore, Shelley & Jerry Devitt
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Kim Linton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, and Emily Kurzinski
