The Courthouse at Night
Photo by Linda Cobb
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Dec. 2nd
ll day - Letters to Santa
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- All day - Golden Sports
- 9AM - Golden Seniors - KaffeeKlatsch
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 9:30AM - Community Marketing Board Meeting
- 10AM-5PM - Foothills Art Center - Holiday Art Market
- 10AM-12PM - Show and Tell: Share Your RMQM Class Projects!
- 10-10:45AM - Storybook Tour
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 12-3PM - Hexie Ladies - English Paper Piecing Enthusiasts
- 12-1PM - Lunch 'n Learn - Slow Down and Simplify Your Life this Holiday (Virtual)
- 5:30-7:30PM - Textile Society
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Tuesdays
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night
- 7PM - Pub Trivia
- 7PM - Mines Little Theater - Improv Show
- 7:30PM - It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9AM Golden Seniors - KaffeeKlatsch @ Golden Welcome Center
Hey, Golden Seniors! Join your friends at the Welcome Center for coffee and conversation! We meet on the Creekside Patio or the Heritage Community Boardroom. Sponsored by the Golden Welcome Center, Golden Pond Retirement Community and the Rotary Club of Golden.
Location:
Golden Welcome Center
1010 Washington Avenue (Map)
9:30AM Community Marketing Board Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda & Packet
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 10AM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send email comments to visitgolden@cityofgolden.net.
The newly reconstituted Community Marketing Board is making some dramatic changes in staffing. The Golden Greeters have traditionally been assigned to interacting with visitors--particularly at the Coors tour. This job is apparently becoming more web and social media-focused...updating website and writing blog posts. These positions have always been funded by the city out of the General Fund. Staff proposes that funding for these positions now be deducted from the Community Marketing Fund. This will cost about $85K in 2026. (pp 2-4 of the meeting packet)
Meadows Consulting has been supporting the program for about 15 years, and filled in during the year that the City was without a Marketing Manager. If I'm interpreting the memo correctly (pp. 5-7 of the meeting packet), her role will be phased out after six months. During that time, she will be paid $3K/month.
The memo describes "a contract" with the Golden Welcome Center, which has one employee and a number of volunteers. The memo assigns various tasks to the Center as a whole, and includes plans to use the facility for various meetings and open houses. The memo proposes paying $2,000/month for these services and facilities. (pp. 8 and 9)
Blakely & Company has supported the program for several years. The agenda includes an item titled "AdPro vs. Blakely & Company." Later (pp. 10-13) it includes a memo titled "AdPro Results" describing advertising campaign strategies.
Page 14 details the budget for the Goldens in Golden promotion. The budget was $14,753.81 in 2025 and is protected to be $47,750 in 2026; however, they anticipate generated sponsorship and booth rental revenue totaling $73,200.
The Fall Advertising Report (pp. 15-26) details where $71,500 was spent on advertising during the period 9/24-11/15.
Pages. 27-62 provide an economic impact study showing the value off tourism to the Golden economy. The City is still struggling to recover from the 2020 pandemic (p. 32).
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
10AM-12PM Show and Tell: Share Your RMQM Class Projects! @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Time to celebrate your progress! If you attended an RMQM class this year, join us for Show and Tell to share your work!
Show off: Bring the class project to show the progress you’ve made or the finished masterpiece!
Get Inspired: Need a little push to get back to work? Come and be motivated by the fantastic projects and creativity of fellow class goers.
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
When:
10AM-12PM on Tuesday, Dec. 2nd
Letters to Santa @ Golden Welcome Center
Drop off your letter to Santa Claus at the Golden Welcome Center! Be sure to include a return address because any letters "mailed" before December 15th will receive a response from the man in red himself!
Location:
Golden Welcome Center
1010 Washington Avenue (Map)
5:30-7:30PM Exploring the Elements of Art @ Foothills Art Center
Meeting on Tuesday evenings 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., our group of artists takes on advanced explorations in the elements of art, with an emphasis on refining skills, building on strengths, and supporting areas for improvement. Experienced artists working in any medium, including drawing mediums, are welcome as we meet and support one another in a spirit of fellowship with the intent of finding and/or enhancing our own personal voice. Explorer & Creator Members $40 / Catalyst Members $80 / Non Members $110. Register
Location:
Foothills Art Center
809 15th Street (Map)
Golden History: Wartime Thrift
Wartime advertisements – December 2, 1943
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82 Years Ago
The advertisements in the December 2, 1943 Colorado Transcript showed Golden on a wartime footing.
The Safeway ad included a series of tips on handling food thriftily: come to the market with meal plans, and be prepared to make substitutions if your first choice isn’t available; serve fresh produce instead of canned, to save ration coupons; reuse your leftovers by making hash.
The Golden Mercantile urged husbands not to growl at their wives about the quality and quantity of food available. Uncle Sam himself explained, “It’s not your wife’s fault—it’s the war.”
Golden Service Station offered tire retreading services. New tires were tightly rationed and were almost impossible to get.
The Colorado Central Power Company offered one ray of sunshine amidst the wartime privations: “No points, no coupons, no rationing of electricity.” The ad went on to remind us that the government needed electricity for the war effort, so we should never waste it. “…be as careful with electricity as with coupons. Use all you need—but need all you use.”
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 25, with temperatures rising to around 31 overnight. West southwest wind around 9 mph.
Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow after 4pm. Partly sunny. High near 48, with temperatures falling to around 41 in the afternoon. West wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night: Snow. Mostly cloudy. Low around 26, with temperatures rising to around 30 overnight. West southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
Tuesday Night: Heavy Snow, 26°F
Wednesday: Heavy Snow, 29°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Cloudy, 16°F
Thursday: Sunny, 38°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 24°F
Friday: Partly Sunny, 44°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Snow, 30°F
Saturday: Chance Rain And Snow, 48°F
Saturday Night: Chance Rain And Snow, 31°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 46°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 32°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 48°F
News About Golden - December 2, 2025
News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies'
National Laboratory of the Rockies
The U.S. Department of Energy today renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the National Laboratory of the Rockies. The renaming is effective immediately and will be reflected in all public communications and official correspondence... Read more...
Former Colorado Summit frisbee team announces new team name
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Move aside, Apex Park, because there’s a new Apex in Golden.
After months of consideration, the former Colorado Summit has announced its new name as the Colorado Apex... Read more...
Telegrapher
Colorado Railroad Museum
In this issue... Download PDF below.
Driver fled on foot after head-on crash on US 6: CSP
By Spencer Kristensen
Fox 31
DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Highway 6 was closed following a head-on crash on Sunday evening, according to a social media post from Golden Fire-Rescue... Read more...
There’s a new webpage to help motorists on the I-70 mountain corridor
By Dan Boyce
Colorado Public Radio
Interstate 70 is the only major east-to-west highway in Colorado. That’s apparent for anyone who’s ever driven its steep and curving mountain passes... Read more...
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