January 1st Polar Plunge
Photo by Chris Davell
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Jan. 2nd
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 9AM - Public Art Commission Meeting
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10AM-1PM - Community Blood Drive
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
- 4-11PM - Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch!
- 5-7:30PM - Teen Night
- 6PM - Run Club
- 6-7PM - Ukulele Thursdays
- 6-10PM - Wax N' Suds
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
2024 Retrospective: July - September
July 2024 Events
JULY
- After a tumultuous but relatively brief high water period, Clear Creek was opened for tubing and kayaking.
- The M had some electrical problems, but when it came back online, it included a 150 subscript in honor of the School's sesquicentennial.
- The Lions Club held their annual 4th of July Festival. A brass band playing patriotic music was substituted for fireworks.
- The Quilt Museum held summer camps to teach kids to quilt.
- Leadership Golden held a meet-up for past and potential members at Golden City Brewery.
- Golden Beer Talks hosted Dr. Dendy Sloan, who discussed the late Marv Kay (subject of Dendy's most recent book) and three other Golden Heroes—Glenn Porzak, Nils Christiansen and Terre Deegan-Young
- There was a grass fire in New Loveland Mine Park.
- After a multi-year construction process, the house at 19th and Ford street was finished.
- School of Rock opened at Miners Alley Performing Arts Center.
- The Quilt Museum opened their Photos, Pixels, & Pizzazz exhibit.
- Buffalo Bill Days took place, the last weekend of July.
- The City showed Shrek at Movies & Music in the Park.
AUGUST
- Several wildfires along the front range brought hundreds of animals to the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Volunteers kept them safe, fed, and watered.
- The Chamber of Commerce hosted the Golden Fine Arts Festival.
- Golden Rotary Club held their annual peach sale.
- The Railroad Museum hosted Gold Rush Days.
- The Downtown Development Authority began talking to property owners at Washington Avenue and Hwy 58 about constructing some kind of signature gateway at that spot.
- Dr. Tanja Rauch-Williams talked about wastewater at the August Golden Beer Talk. She was joined by Brian Tracy from the City of Golden and Mark Koch from Coors.
- The kids went back to school.
- New students at the School of Mines contributed rocks from their home towns and put a new coat of whitewash on the M.
SEPTEMBER
- Residents near the New Loveland Mine Park asked the Art Commission to install the new art where they couldn't see it from their houses.
- Planning Staff recommended that any Group Homes ("residents with behavioral or mental health disorders, substance disorders, and up to one sex offender") be situated along transit routes and that the Planning Director be able to approve them without a public hearing.
- Planning Staff suggested replacing all public parking along Washington Avenue with "dining corrals." They were also considering putting dining enclosures in the public parking lots.
- The Chamber hosted VIBE @ Five with Astro Coffee.
- The American Mountaineering Museum closed for "an indeterminate period of time."
- City Council discussed the proposed Arts & Culture Commission. There will be nine members and up to four of them need not live in Golden.
- Staff provided Council with their recommendation to remove 51 parking spaces in the Jackson Street corridor.
- The Marketing Stakeholder Committee (Visit Golden) voted to provide funding to the Golden Visitors Center.
Live Music for Thursday, Jan. 2nd
- More Live Music
6PM Music by the Mesa @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Cartoon-ish View of History
2003 Graphic Map of Golden – Golden History Museum Collection
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This map was drawn in 2003 to promote local businesses. Businesses paid to be featured, so the artist took some liberties with Golden geography: in some cases, entire blocks are missing, and in others, imaginary buildings fill in spaces (see 13th & Arapahoe). It’s interesting to see the differences in 21 years–what has changed and what remains.
It’s hard to read at this scale, so here’s an excerpt showing just the businesses in and near downtown.
Gone: Meyer Hardware, Foss Drug, Rocking Horse Antiques, Fleur-De-Lis Flowers, 13th Street Wine Bar, Clear Creek Company, Ticklepenny, Golden Tea Time, Williamsburg Inn, Chelsea of London, Mo's Family Portraits, Cookies by Design…
Moved: Century 21 Golden West, Rocky Mtn Quilt Museum…
Renamed: Thirteenth Street Bake Shop, Coburn's Steak & Spirits, Golden Pioneer Museum, Tony Rigatoni's…
What other differences do you spot?
Weather
Overnight: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy. Low around 28, with temperatures rising to around 30 overnight. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: A slight chance of snow before 11am. Mostly sunny. High near 48, with temperatures falling to around 42 in the afternoon. West northwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 32°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 55°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 33°F
Saturday: Chance Rain And Snow, 48°F
Saturday Night: Chance Light Snow, 27°F
Sunday: Slight Chance Light Snow, 39°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Cloudy, 26°F
Monday: Chance Light Snow, 41°F
Monday Night: Chance Light Snow, 23°F
Tuesday: Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Sunny, 33°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 20°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Snow, 44°F
News About Golden - January 2, 2024
City of Golden Weekly Digest
GOLDEN INFORMER - WINTER 2025
City of Golden
Customers, concessionaires bid farewell to Buffalo Bill Museum gift shop amid indefinite closure
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Over the decades, the gift shop and café at the Buffalo Bill Museum & Gravesite has been a haven for tourists and locals alike... Read more...
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Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, Golden City Brewery, 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, and Michael Mason
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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, Joy Brandt, and Vic DeMaria
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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, AC Development, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, and Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz
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Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser
