Take Me Home, Country Road
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Thursday, Oct. 24th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 10-10:30AM - Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
- 12-4PM - Clam Up Bag
- 3-4:30PM - Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic
- 5-7PM - American Mountaineering Center Farewell Event
- 5:45-7:30PM - Golden Women in Business Table Talks*
- 6PM - Run Club
- 6PM - Mines Community Meeting
- 6PM - Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board Meeting
- 6-8PM - Denver West Quilt Artists Group Meeting
- 6:30-7:45PM - Skills to Unite as Community
- 6:30PM - Planning Commission Meeting
- 7PM - Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl Tour
- 7:30PM - Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear
- 7:30PM - Golden Ghosts & Spirits Haunted Pub Crawl Tour
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
6:30PM Planning Commission @ City Hall
Single story 919 5th Street with its 3 story neighbor
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6:30PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send comments on any of the following topics to planning@cityofgolden.net
- Provide in-person comment during the meeting, at 6:30PM.
The owner of 919 5th St (map) is requesting approval to build an extra-tall fence. The one-story home was built in 1950. A three-story duplex was built next door in 2021 and the HVAC unit for the new structure is located next to the older home. Current zoning code restricts fence height to 6 feet. The owner of 919 5th wants to build a 6 foot fence with an additional 2 feet of lattice at the top. This would provide some privacy and some noise abatement from the HVAC unit. Learn more beginning on p. 5 of the meeting packet.
The owner of 1121 6th St. (map), a single story home built in 1938, is requesting approval to build 5 additional dwelling units (two duplexes and one single) in the side and back yards, for a total of 6 dwelling units. Each dwelling unit will have four bedrooms and one parking space. Learn more beginning on p. 19 of the meeting packet.
Staff is requesting Planning Commission approval for several changes to our zoning code. They propose to eliminate newspaper notices for special use permits, vacation of streets, alleys, or other public ways, and community landmark designation. (Begins on p. 97 of the meeting packet.)
The Commission will also be asked to review and approve the new procedures to expedite development of Affordable Housing projects in Golden. (Begins on p. 114 of the meeting packet--search for "123 Affordable" to find applicable references.)
6PM Mines Community Meeting (Virtual)
Future residence hall at 19th & Illinois - Photo by Patrick Klein
- Updates on Campus Operations
- Updates on Current Capital Projects
- Review Projects in Planning
- Q&A
Please use this Zoom link to join the meeting: https://mines.zoom.us/j/91517013986
Note that you will be placed in a virtual ‘waiting room’ until the Mines host admits you to the room at 6:00 PM sharp. We look forward to meeting with you!
Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board @ Public Works Building
MTAB will meet in the Public Works building, 1445 10th Street (map).
Staff will update the group on "Arapahoe Street, 10th and Maple, Ford Jackson, and Noise Walls." No details are included in the meeting packet.
Some information on their plans is available on Guiding Golden:
Live Music for Thursday, Oct. 24th
- 5-8PM Josh Blackburn @ Golden Mill
- More Live Music
5-9PM Live Music @ Wrigley’s
5:30PM Chris Koza @ Goosetown Station
6PM Bear Hat @ New Terrain Brewing
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Jimmy and SERI
Golden Transcript – October 24, 1977
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47 Years Ago
The October 24, 1977 Golden Transcript covered a visit by President Jimmy Carter. The President was in town to attend a Western Water Conference, but the Transcript focused on the topic of most importance to Golden: SERI.
Congress had considered 19 locations before choosing South Table Mountain as the site for the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). Rep. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts was reportedly trying to undermine that choice, meeting with Department of Energy people to engineer ways to decentralize the work.
Rep. Tim Wirth rode with Carter from Stapleton Airport to the conference in downtown Denver. Carter told Wirth he was “pleased” that the Institute would be located in Golden.
“That’s all I wanted to hear from him,” Wirth told the Transcript Monday. “I feel good about SERI staying in Golden,” he said.
At that time, SERI had offices in Denver West and about 50 employees. “Plans call for eventual use of 345 acres on top of South Table Mountain.”
SERI was established during the Gerald Ford administration, located in Golden during Jimmy Carter’s time in office, and was designated a national laboratory by George Bush (the first) on September 16, 1991. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) website, they now employ “3,675 employees, postdoctoral researchers, interns, visiting professionals, and subcontractors”
Learn more about NREL’s’ history….
Many thanks to an anonymous donor for sponsoring Golden History Moments for the month of October.
News About Golden - October 24, 2024
News Release: NREL Breaks Ground on New Facility To Accelerate Lab-Scale Innovations for Scale-Up and Industry Adoption
NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) broke ground today on its new Energy Materials and Processing at Scale (EMAPS) facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado. The 127,000-square-foot laboratory will be a signature facility that will enable collaboration with industry partners, universities, and other DOE laboratories to accelerate laboratory-scale innovations in energy materials to market-ready products and processes... Read more...
City of Golden Weekly Digest
In this issue... Download PDF below.
Golden boys soccer remains hot with 9-game winning streak
By Dennis Pleuss
Golden Transcript
On Tuesday night at Lakewood Memorial Field, golden boys soccer prevented rival Wheat Ridge from the Class 4A Jeffco League title... Read more...
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