A Cold and Bright January Night
What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Jan. 16th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 7:30AM - Golden Young Professionals Monthly Membership Meeting
- 8:30-9:30AM - Golden Women in Business Book Club*
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
- 4-11PM - Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch!
- 5-7PM - Dinner @ The American Legion
- 5:30PM - CSM Women's Basketball vs. CSU Pueblo
- 5:30-6:30PM - Clear Creek Community Meeting @ The Community Center
- 6PM - Run Club
- 6-10PM - Wax N' Suds
- 6PM - Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
- 7:30PM - CSM Men's Basketball vs. CSU Pueblo
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
5-7PM Dinner @ The American Legion
Join us for chicken strips and salad for $8. The public is welcome!
American Legion Post 21
500 9th Street (map)
5:30-6:30PM Clear Creek Community Meeting @ The Community Center
Last year's redesign of the beach area - Photo by Frank Hanou
The City will host a Public Meeting on Thursday, January 16, at the Golden Community Center to discuss management strategies for the 2025 summer season along Clear Creek. Learn more.
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (map)
6PM Parks Board Meeting @ City Hall
Parfet Park
- Meeting Agenda & Packet
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Provide in-person comment during the meeting, at 6PM.
- Send email comments to rrogers@cityofgolden.net.
The board will meet a new Deputy Director of Recreation & Golf (Jesse Badder). I think that's a new title, so I'm not sure whether we'll still be getting a Director for that department. The long-term Parks Director, Rod Tarullo, left in March of 2023. His replacement, Tammy Tucker, left after a year, so the job has been vacant since June of last year.
Now that the plan to build a new city hall has been approved by City Council, the City is ready to start redesigning the rest of the area along the Creek, and much of that work will fall within this board's purview. The retired Planning Director, Steve Glueck, will appear at the meeting to discuss the future development projects along the Creek. They plan to issue a request for proposals for design work spanning the area from Parfet Park on the west to the new City Hall on the east.
There will be a public meeting on January 21st to gather public input.
The City commissioned a survey to see what residents liked and disliked, wanted and did not want for Parks & Open Space. There were approximately 433 participants. The survey results appear beginning on p. 5 of the meeting packet.
A brief update regarding the various art installations going into Golden parks begins on p. 128 of the meeting packet.
Live Music for Thursday, Jan. 16th
- More Live Music
6PM The High Road Home @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: The Transcript Archive
95 Years Ago
The January 16, 1930 Colorado Transcript announced that the publishers would donate their archive of 1867-1897 Colorado Transcripts to the State Historical Society. Vera West Parsons, the Transcript’s publisher and daughter-in-law of Transcript founders George and Eliza West, planned to present them to Governor William H. Adams.
The presentation has been characterized as one of the most valuable ever given to the society. Data of much historical value is contained in the files, and they will prove of great value for research work in the early history of Colorado.
As one who derives endless enjoyment from those old Transcripts, I agree with that assessment of their value. The original newspapers, printed on aging newsprint, were fragile. They were first scanned for microfilm in the mid-20th Century. More recently they were scanned again and posted online.
You too can experience this delight!
- Colorado Transcript (December 19, 1866 - March 16, 1969)
- Golden Transcript (March 17, 1969 - April 25, 1995)
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. West southwest wind around 7 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. High near 60, with temperatures falling to around 52 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 33, with temperatures rising to around 36 overnight. West wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 33°F
Friday: Snow, 47°F
Friday Night: Snow, 9°F
Saturday: Light Snow Likely, 14°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Cloudy, -2°F
Sunday: Partly Sunny then Chance Light Snow, 13°F
Sunday Night: Chance Light Snow, -4°F
M.L. King Jr. Day: Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Sunny, 5°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, -10°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 29°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 11°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 34°F
News About Golden - January 16, 2025
City of Golden Weekly Digest
In this issue... Download PDF below.
Avenue Flashes: Saddle up and mosey on over to the Colorado Cowboy Gathering
By John Akal
Golden Transcript
The Old West. Have you ever really thought about where that actually is? I mean, we have all seen loads of movies about it and heard stories and know names like Dodge City Kansas, Tombstone Arizona, Cheyenne Wyoming, Deadwood South Dakota, El Paso Texas, Virginia City Nevada and Calico California. That’s just a few of them. But if you look at a map and check out where all those places are, you’ll quickly figure out that our town, Golden, as well as several other Colorado towns that were around and thriving back in those days, sit right smack in the middle of any map of the Old West that you dig up... Read more...
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