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Events for Wednesday, Jan. 28th
- Golden History Tours
- 9-10:30AM - Golden Walks
- 9:30-10:30AM - Fit and Energize Exercise Class
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 3PM - Weekly Jam Session
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 4:30-6PM - Rescheduled: REDI Task Force Meeting
- 5-6PM - Colorado Cowboy Gathering presents “Music and Ballads of the Old West”
- 5:30-7PM - North Ford Complete Street Preferred Alternative Open House
- 6-9PM - Rab Feathers Film Night - Benefiting CAIC
- 6PM - Bingo Night
- 6-8:30PM - Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting
- 6-7PM - The 10th Mountain Division and Mountain Warfare
- 6:30PM - Wednesday Night Trivia
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Night @ Golden Mill
- 7:30PM - Preview Performance: The Odd Couple (Female Version)
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
Big Laughs - Small Price
Miners Alley is opening The Odd Couple (Female Version) this Friday. You can see it for only $25 by attending one of the preview performances, tonight or tomorrow night. Buy tickets here!
Location:
Miners Alley Performing Arts Center
1100 Miners Alley (Map)
4:30-6PM Rescheduled: REDI Task Force Meeting @ City of Golden Planning and Public Works
The REDI (Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Task Force is composed of community members and city staff who have a key role in implementing aspects of the REDI Action Plan, finalized by the City in November of 2022.
The Task Force focuses on promoting accountability for implementing the REDI Action Plan and coordinating community-wide efforts to advance equity.
The task force meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.
Location:
City of Golden Planning and Public Works
1445 10th St (Map)
When:
4:30-6PM on Wednesday, Jan. 28th
5-6PM Colorado Cowboy Gathering presents “Music and Ballads of the Old West” @ The Library
Put on your Stetson hats, grab your boots and get a wiggle on! Get ready to settle ‘round the proverbial campfire as award-winning musicians and historians Mark Lee Gardner and Rex Rideout share music and stories about the Wild West. Courtesy of the Colorado Cowboys Gathering, this will be an event you’ll remember forever. Learn more.
Location:
Golden Library
1019 10th Street (Map)
5:30-7PM North Ford Complete Street Preferred Alternative Open House
Join City staff and your neighbors to review the draft preferred design for the North Ford Complete Street project. Learn how the proposed improvements aim to enhance walking, biking, and traffic safety along North Ford Street, and share whether the design reflects community priorities. Learn more at guidinggolden.com/north-ford-complete-street.
Questions? Contact Principal Planner Matt Wempe at mwempe@cityofgolden.net or (303) 215-8884.
Location:
Golden Community Center
1470 10th Street (Map)
6-7PM The 10th Mountain Division and Mountain Warfare @ Golden History Museum
Lance R. Blyth will discuss his book, Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare, tracing the long-standing but largely unexamined relationship between the civilian outdoor recreation industry and the military—a relationship that figures in almost every aspect of military operations in mountainous terrain. Intertwining the history of the World War II 10th Mountain Division and U.S. mountain warfare with the history of American skiing and mountaineering, Ski, Climb, Fight is at once an unprecedented, in-depth account of one of the most celebrated military units of World War II and a fresh look at U.S. mountain warfare from its inception eighty years ago.
Location:
Golden History Museum
923 10th Street (Map)
When:
6-7PM on Wednesday, Jan. 28th
6-8:30PM Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 6PM
- Attend the meeting @ the Public Works Building - 1445 10th Street - (map)
- Provide public comment during the meeting, starting at 6PM.
Tonight's Toics:
- Review grants that they received in 2025.
- Discuss their work plan for 2026.
- Discuss the energy rebates that they plan to offer during 2026.
- Review the proposed Water Efficiency Plan.
- Prepare for a February 3rd open house that will cover methods for surviving power outages.
- Discuss the draft greenhouse gas inventory.
- Discuss a planned commercial energy benchmarking project.
- Delay plans to build a community solar garden.
- Review the City's plans to buy electric vehicles for the City fleet.
- Discuss plan to hire a new Energy Manager.
- Discuss net zero energy codes as applied to building additions and changes.
- Hire a consultant to work with the geothermal elements of the new City Hall.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
The Golden Word - 01/27/26
Live Music for Wednesday, Jan. 28th
- 6-9PM Derek Hall @ 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: Turn On Your Porch Light to Fight Polio
Colorado Transcript – January 28, 1954
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72 Years Ago Tonight, Golden mothers went door to door, collecting money to fight polio.
Porchlights to Aid Polio Collections
Turn on your porch light tonight! Mothers of Golden will make their march on polio tonight when the Mother’s March for the March of Dimes will be held from 7 to 8 o’clock. The march will be heralded by the sounding of fire sirens on Golden’s Fire Department trucks which will patrol the streets. If you want to give to the March of Dimes which is a most worthy organization, turn on your porch light so your canvasser will know she may contact you.
Colorado Transcript – January 28, 1954
There was an epidemic of polio beginning in the late 19th century, and thousands of people–mostly children and young adults–were paralyzed. Those anxious mothers, collecting dimes in 1954, could not have known how close they were to ending the scourge.
The first highly effective and widely distributed vaccine came out in 1955, and the incidence of the disease soon plummeted.
According to polioeradication.org: "Wild poliovirus cases have decreased by over 99% since 1988, from an estimated 350 000 cases in more than 125 endemic countries to 12 reported cases in 2023."
Weather
Overnight: Mostly clear. Low around 29, with temperatures rising to around 31 overnight. West wind around 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High near 53, with temperatures falling to around 47 in the afternoon. West southwest wind 7 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy. Low around 30, with temperatures rising to around 33 overnight. West northwest wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 30°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 47°F
Thursday Night: Mostly Clear, 29°F
Friday: Sunny, 49°F
Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 29°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 54°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 32°F
Sunday: Sunny, 58°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 36°F
Monday: Partly Sunny, 58°F
Monday Night: Chance Rain And Snow, 33°F
Tuesday: Chance Rain And Snow, 45°F
Supporters
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Sponsors:
($100/month and up)
Buffalo Rose, Buglet Solar, Foothills Art Center, 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, Clothilde Elingbow, Michael Mason, Goosetown Station, and Earth Sweet Boutique
Friends:
($50-99.99/month or $550/yr)
Tall Pines Painting, Baby Doe’s Clothing, Goozell Yogurt & Coffee Paul Haseman, Donna Anderson, Carol & Doug Harwood, Stephanie Painter, Greg Poulos, Ann Norton & Jonathan Storer, Mary & Don Parker, Saré Merrigan, The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Vic DeMaria, and Joy Brandt
Supporters:
($25-49.99/month or $250/yr)
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, Cynthia Merrill Tamny, Stephen Pero, Meg Van Ness & Steve Kalasz, Steve & Karla Schaefer, Bud Rockhill, Steve Enger, Kristie Brice & Mike Schwartz, The Golden Hotel, Kurt & Janet Siegfried, Ella Lyons & Jeanne Fritch, Robert Thresher, Tonie Mattox, Centennial State Wealth Advisors, Steve & M.L. Richardson, and Jeremy & Stephanie Keller
Members:
($10-24.99/month or $110/yr)
Brad Miller & Julie Bartos, Holly Thomas, Jim and LouAnne Dale, Ann Pattison, Thomas Hoffman, Carol Abel, Brian Quarnstrom, Sandra Curran, Bobby German and Alison McNally, Kathy Smith, Karen Smith, Carlos & Nancy Bernal, Robert Storrs, Michele Sannes, Elaine Marolla, Dixie Termin & Ron Miller, E Tom Hughes, Crystal M Culbert, Patrick A. Madison, Alice Madison & Jim Kalivas, Deb Goeldner, Christopher Ball, 6th Chair Home Services, Dot & Eric Brownson, Rosemary Coffman, Emeline Paulson, Sandy Schneider, Mark and Cathy Pattridge, Cheryl G Leidich, Jen Rutter, Frani R Bickart, Jennings and Litz, Bill Sedgeley, Nancy Hughes, Justin L Wade, Kathi Eggers, Traci Case, Donna Owen, Leslie D Lutz, Karen Oxman, Catherine Skokan, Ross Fraser & KC Gilliland, Lynne Haigh, Elizabeth Hilliard, Frank Young & Terre Deegan-Young, Kathy Hirons & Jack Markin, Jess & Anthony Monasterio, Heather Duncan, Lee Ann & Pete Horneck, Carol Cameron, Cheryl Williamson, San Daugherty, Jim Garner, John and Carol McEncroe, the Golden Welcome Center, the Golden Transcript, Koshare Eagle, Ken and Colleen Krantz, Traci Neuman Lacey, Jo Barber, Jamie Cookinham, Kermit Shields, Meridee Cecil, Vicki Olson, Colleen & Michael Ramey, Nancy & Pete Torpey, Jax Baker, Simon Maybury, Rose McLaughlin, Cameron Chambers, Joyce Gravina, Patrick Klein, Barb Robie, Richard Caldwell, Janice Waring, Sam & Marilyn Baron, Carmen Johnson, Mary Eiberger, Kevin Nichols, Ed & Carol Freza, Laura and Curtis Moore, Ruth Hund, Shelley & Jerry Devitt, Eileen Masterson, Kate Olivier, Amy Korengut, Pam Logan, Clare Shier, Wendy Weiman, and Marge Frueh
Followers:
($5-9.99/month)
Golden Community Garden, Lora Haimes, Mariane Erickson, J.J. Fraser, Mel Perkins, Bob Hamilton, Steve Stevens, Vicki Olson, Emily Kurzinski, Nanette Johnson, Peyton Gibson, Sally Berger, Kristen Morgan, Joyce Sutton, Mary Rains, Craig Champlin, Stan Swisher, Bill Way
