Golden Morning
Photo by Karen Oxman
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Monday, Oct. 21st
- 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
- 4:30-7:30PM - Cat Takeover III - A Travel Cat Meowlloween
- 5:30-7PM - Downtown Development Authority Meeting
- 5:30-7:30PM - The Fundamental Principles of Art
- 6-9PM - Teach Me to Play! Mondays
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
2-3PM Virtual/Call In: Active Minds Mondays - The U.S. Internment of Japanese-Americans
At Jefferson County Public Library, we foster continuous learning and connections. Keep your minds engaged every Monday! Be sure to explore our website for additional weekly event options, including call-ins and livestreams.
Today’s theme: The U.S. Internment of Japanese-Americans
Months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the internment of over 100,000 Japanese-Americans. Seek to understand this dark chapter in American history and what we learned as a nation from this experience with Active Minds.
Save your spot for this Zoom program. Log-in instructions will be emailed out approximately 30 minutes before the start of the program. For your security, please do not include your last name or only use your last initial when you register. If you are 13 years old or younger, please be sure you have a guardian’s permission to participate in this online program.
Call 1-669-254-5252 or 646-828-7666 to join by phone.
Meeting ID: 160 283 9630
Password: 268826
5:30PM Downtown Development Authority Meeting @ City Hall
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 9AM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send comments on any of the following topics to dda@cityofgolden.net
- Provide in-person comment during the meeting, at 5:30PM.
DDA recently paid to have the areas under the Ford and Washington Avenue bridges power washed. They also funded repainting the Welcome Arch.
Tonight, the board will discuss funding several possible projects. Options include making Washington Avenue and Hwy 58 a "Gateway" to downtown. This could include:
- Building a wall to screen the private residence on the northwest corner of that intersection (up to $25K).
- Building a wall to screen the gas station at the northeast corner of the intersection (up to $75K).
- Move the mini arch from 13th and Ford to the westbound exit ramp from Hwy 58 (up to $75K).
- Cleaning up the City owned property on the southwest corner and building a welcome feature there (from $30K-300K).
They might also help fund converting the parking lot at 12th & Miners Alley into a "cultural plaza." Conceptual design work would cost $10-15K.
The City plans to redesign Jackson Street. The DDA is interested in building a sidewalk on the south side of 11th, between Washington & Jackson. This might require changes to the new ADA ramp at 11th and Washington. The City wants to solicit bids for both 11th St. (where DDA hopes to build a sidewalk) and Jackson Street (where the City plans to remove 51 parking spots). They anticipate that design work would cost between $175K and $230K, and construction of the new sidewalk would cost $500-600K.
The 2025 budget has been increased to pay for miscellaneous design work and rodent mitigation (particularly along Miners Alley).
Staff proposes increasing DDA's contribution to city projects from $700K to $900K.
Golden History: Policing the Beavers
I used an old map and a Google satellite view to trace the course of the mill race.
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Parfet Park was bisected by a mill ditch until the mid-1950s. The water running through the ditch powered the grinding operations at the Golden Mill.
98 Years Ago
In the October 21, 1926 Colorado Transcript, Mayor Bert Jones expressed concern about beaver depredations in Parfet Park.
The beautiful trees growing along the Golden mill ditch where it runs through the Parfet Memorial park are being badly damaged by beavers. The marshals, city clerk and police judge have borrowed all the bear and coyote traps they can find and are doing their best to get Messrs Beaver. I hope by the time these lines are on their way to the linotype the editor can add a line stating the police gang has won out.
By the time the paper went to press, the editor was able to add the following note:
The mayor has his wish. Marshal Tom Rowe made the first catch last week, a big papa beaver, and now the men are after the rest of the family.
Weather
Overnight: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. Low around 45, with temperatures rising to around 48 overnight. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday: A chance of rain showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. West northwest wind 12 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. West wind 12 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 48°F
Tuesday: Sunny, 71°F
Tuesday Night: Clear, 48°F
Wednesday: Sunny, 70°F
Wednesday Night: Clear, 49°F
Thursday: Sunny, 75°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 49°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 75°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 50°F
Saturday: Sunny, 70°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 45°F
Sunday: Sunny, 70°F
News About Golden - October 21, 204
Colorado Mines football routs Adams State for second straight RMAC win
By Matt Schubert
Denver Post
The Colorado School of Mines football team is done playing nip-and-tuck games away from Golden — at least for now... Read more...
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