Blue and Gold Winter Afternoon
Photo by Carol Freza
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, Jan. 15th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 8AM-3PM - Passport-palooza @ The Jeffco Courthouse
- 9-11AM - Golden Walks
- 9:30AM-12:30PM - Free Motion Quilting @ the Quilt Museum
- 10AM - Beginning Quilting Course
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 4-6PM - Golden Comprehensive Plan Meeting @ The Spot Climbing Gym
- 5-8PM - Apres Wednesday @ The Golden Mill
- 5-9PM - Ski X Board Tune Night
- 5-6PM - Cowboy Stories, Poetry & Music @ The Library
- 6-8PM - Sew an Origami Tote Bag
- 6:30PM - Trivia Night
- 6:30PM - Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
- 6:30-8PM - Wine, Women, and Wealth (WWW) in Golden
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9:30AM-12:30PM Free Motion Quilting @ the Quilt Museum
Learn the basics of free-motion quilting and walking foot grid work, including choosing thread, batting, and needles. Learn designs and the basics of stitching on your quilt top using free-motion quilting as well as how to adapt stencils as quilting motifs. Class is held on three consecutive Wednesdays.
Cost: $115
Register
*Note: This is a three-week class and will meet on Jan 15th, 22nd, and 29th
4-6PM Golden Comprehensive Plan Meeting @ The Spot Bouldering Gym
A Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that guides long-term decisions for the City, covering land-use decisions like rezoning, infrastructure investments, and programming choices. It lays the foundation for future zoning codes, which then turn the plan into reality.
This is another opportunity for public feedback.
Learn more about the Comprehensive Plan on the Guiding Golden page.
The Spot Bouldering Gym
1391 Brickyard Rd (map)
5-6PM Cowboy Stories, Poetry & Music @ The Library
Calling all cowpokes and buckaroos! Put on your Stetsons, grab your boots and get a wiggle on! We’re fixin’ to settle ‘round the proverbial campfire to hear the amazing Patty Clayton, a multi-award-winning singer/songwriter with a voice “as pure as the prairie wind,” and Rex Rideout, an award-winning musician and historian. They’ll be sharing stories, poems and historic music about the Wild West. It’ll be an event you won’t forget!
6:30-8PM Wine, Women, and Wealth (WWW) @ The Golden Welcome Center
Welcome, friends! Wine, Women and Wealth is a community of women supporting each other in business and in their relationship with money. Amazing things happen when women get together in community. And empowered, educated women make great decisions with their money!
Relax, enjoy a glass of wine and light appetizers, meet other amazing women, and learn about money! It's free. Now that's smart money.
There's time for networking and sharing about yourself, so bring business cards if you have them!
RSVP is required.
6:30PM Planning Commission @ City Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6:30PM
- Send comments on either of tonight's topics to planning@cityofgolden.net
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
Planning Commission will review the proposed site plan for a multi-household project to be constructed at 1211 Avery Street (map). This will include 43 apartments in three buildings. The location is directly across Highway 93 from Golden Pond Retirement Community. The company is getting points toward their sustainability requirements by agreeing to keep the rents affordable for low (zero percent to 50 percent AMI), moderate (51 percent to 80 percent AMI) or middle (81 percent to 120 percent AMI) income tenants for 20 years. Learn more.
Their second case concerned 1615 Ford Street (map). Here, a developer plans to keep the existing house, demolish the garage that faces the alley, and build two new housing units (a duplex) in the back yard.
There will be one parking space for each of the three homes on the property. Learn more.
They will conclude with a study session introducing Phase 4 of the zoning code rewrite. This section will revisit our rules regarding ADUs (and whether HOAs can prohibit them), minimum parking requirements (particularly downtown), home occupancy limits, and transit oriented communities. Learn more here and here.
Live Music for Wednesday, Jan. 15th
- 6-9PM Jordan Yewey @ Miners Saloon
- More Live Music
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
6PM Live Music @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Spitting Hazard
Astor House, with and without the balcony
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49 Years Ago
The January 15, 1976 Golden Transcript reported that the Golden Landmarks Association had received a $1500 grant to replace the Astor House balcony, which had been removed many years earlier. The money was coming from the State Historical Commission through federal funding from the National Park Service.
Several decades back, the balcony had to be removed due to a city ordinance which outlawed such structures, which were considered a hazard, not the least being tobacco-chewing and spitting gentlemen who let fly without proper regard for foot traffic under them. It is hoped that spittoons can be provided by any future balcony loungers who have a yen for chewing.
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 18, with temperatures rising to around 20 overnight. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny. High near 48, with temperatures falling to around 41 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 30, with temperatures rising to around 32 overnight. West southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 30°F
Thursday: Sunny, 58°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 33°F
Friday: Snow Likely, 45°F
Friday Night: Snow, 15°F
Saturday: Snow Likely, 16°F
Saturday Night: Chance Light Snow, -3°F
Sunday: Chance Light Snow, 8°F
Sunday Night: Chance Light Snow, -9°F
M.L. King Jr. Day: Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny, 13°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, -2°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 34°F
News About Golden - January 15, 2024
Golden redeveloping Ulysses Park, adding grass multiuse sports fields
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Those who enjoy walking, skating, exercising their dogs or playing ball at Ulysses Park will have to find new places to recreate this winter, as the park is closed for a redevelopment project... Read more...
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