Holiday Viewing: Eye Candy!
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Holiday Lights on the Bridge
Photo by Patrick Vitry
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, Dec. 25th
- All day - Christmas Day Dining Specials
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
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2PM Christmas Day Potluck @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
Join us on Christmas Day here at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse for a Christmas potluck. We will provide the Ham, Turkey, Potatoes, and Rolls. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share! Learn more.
DIRTY DOGS ROADHOUSE
17999 W. Colfax Avenue
303-384-3644
Holiday Playing: Puzzles!
See the entire collection of jigsaw puzzles
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Golden History: Holiday Reading: Golden History!
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Golden History: It's a Wonderful Life (in Golden)
Arcane History
As part of my annual complement of Christmas movies, I recently watched It’s A Wonderful Life. This 1947 classic featured James Stewart, fighting to keep his “Building and Loan” afloat. I wondered what Building and Loans were, and why we never hear about them anymore. I remembered seeing ads for the Golden Building and Loan in old Transcripts. What happened to it?
I searched Google for “Building and Loan” and found a good article explaining what they were: Building and loan associations were mutually held financial institutions that greatly increased the accessibility of home loans from the 1830s to the 1930s. Guided by a spirit of “mutual self-help,” participants pooled their money—generally within small, regional B&Ls—and in turn became eligible to receive dividends and take out a mortgage. From the mid-1930s onward, B&Ls began morphing into federal savings and loan institutions, which had a charter from the U.S. government and relied on federal deposit insurance. Source: Investopedia.com
The Golden Building and Loan opened in 1910. It was apparently well-managed, helped a lot of Golden people finance homes, and paid remarkably high interest (8% in 1930!)
In 1933, there were bank runs all over the country, and in response, President Roosevelt closed every banking institution in the nation for a “bank holiday.” The Federal Reserve gradually permitted banks that they deemed to be solvent to reopen. Golden’s bank at that time, the Rubey National, never reopened, but the Golden Building and Loan opened after a 10-day “holiday.”
In 1940, the Golden Building and Loan became the Golden Savings and Loan. In later years it became First Federal Savings and it’s now BMO.
(How did my Christmas column turn into the genealogy of a bank?)
Merry Christmas, Golden!
Weather
Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 38, with temperatures rising to around 41 overnight. West northwest wind around 2 mph.
Christmas Day: A chance of rain after 11am. Mostly cloudy. High near 49, with temperatures falling to around 45 in the afternoon. North northwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 7pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy. Low around 32, with temperatures rising to around 34 overnight. North northeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: Chance Rain And Snow then Mostly Cloudy, 32°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny then Chance Light Rain, 51°F
Thursday Night: Chance Rain And Snow, 35°F
Friday: Partly Sunny, 48°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 34°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain, 53°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Partly Cloudy, 39°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 59°F
Sunday Night: Slight Chance Light Rain then Chance Rain And Snow, 39°F
Monday: Chance Rain And Snow, 47°F
Monday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow then Partly Cloudy, 24°F
Tuesday: Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Snow, 34°F
News About Golden - December 25, 2024
Golden is home to the largest gluten-free brewery in the nation
9News
Mines winter teams look to maintain momentum into the new year
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Despite the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025, more than 100 Orediggers are in the middle of their season.
Some that were on a hot streak in late December will no doubt want to keep it going into the new year, while others may want to turn the proverbial page and start their season afresh... Read more...
City of Golden Weekly Digest
In this issue... Download PDF below.
NEW HOME CO. EXPANDS COLORADO FOOTPRINT WITH OVER 1,000 HOMESITES
By Leah Draffen
Builder
Stretching across the Denver market, New Home Co.—No. 85 on the 2024 Builder 100—has acquired land to develop 1,087 homesites in the coming months. New Home Co. entered the market in 2021 with the acquisition of Epic Homes.
The new homesites are across six communities—three in Aurora, one in Golden, one in Thornton, and another in Mead... Read more...
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