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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Wednesday, Mar. 19th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 7:30-9AM - Citizens Budget Advisory Committee Meeting
- 9-11AM - Golden Walks
- 9-10AM - The Connect Effect
- 9:30AM-2PM - Perfect your Binding with Rita Meyerhoff
- 10:15-10:45AM - Toddler Time - Registration Required
- 3-5PM - Virtual/Call In: Hard Times Writing Workshop
- 4:30-7PM - Opening Reception - This is Native Art
- 5-8PM - Apres Wednesday @ The Golden Mill
- 5:30PM - Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
- 5:30PM - Wednesday Night at the Museum with Kirk & Ray
- 6:30PM - Trivia Night
- 6:30-8PM - Waterwise Yard Seminar - Spring Maintenance: Prepping Your Space For Waterwise Planting (Virtual)
- 6:30-8PM - Reception & Book-Signing with Kirk Johnson & Ray Troll
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
7:30-9AM Citizens Budget Advisory Committee (CBAC) @ City Hall
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 7:30AM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
CBAC will hold their first meeting for the year. From now until the new budget is approved in December, this group will study the City’s budget in detail and make recommendations as necessary.
They will hear from Matthew Poston, the new Finance Director. Stephanie Novello, who led the Finance Department after Jeff Hanson's retirement and before Mr. Poston was hired, has left the City.
They will review our sales and use tax revenues (as they do every month).
They will hear from the Thriving Communities Department (which provides grants to social services and cultural organizations).
They will listen to a report about the Heart of Golden (new City Hall and redesigning the creek area)
They will discuss a list of city projects that could be affected by a sudden loss of Federal Funding, including the following: (see p. 38 of the meeting packet):
- Hwy 93
- Bachman/South Neighborhood
- Mines Master Plan
- Colfax Complete Street
- US6 & Heritage Early out
- North Ford Complete Street
- P2P Downtown Golden Alt Analysis and Concept Design
- Golden Transit Project
- Sustainability Projects
- SAFER (funding firefighters)
They will spend 20 minutes discussing Community Conversations (not sure what this is).
Please consider joining CBAC this year. Unlike the other boards & commissions, you don't need City Council's permission to join this one--you just show up. You can join the conversation immediately, and after five meetings you become a full voting member.
Word on the street is that at least two and possibly as many as four City Council positions will be open in this fall's elections. CBAC is a good way to get up to speed on City operations.
If you can't make it this month, plan to go to the next meeting, on April 16th. The full schedule for the year is included on p. 40 of the meeting packet.
9:30AM-2PM Perfect your Binding with Rita Meyerhoff @ Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Love it or hate it - your binding has to live up to the beauty of your quilt. This 4 hour class will give you the opportunity to learn, then actually apply perfect binding to a placemat sized project that you provide to class. Then you get to ask all those burning questions you still have - like how to bind scallops and other specially shaped edges.
Location:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
200 Violet Street (Map)
When:
9:30AM-2PM on Wednesday, Mar. 19th
5-8PM Apres Wednesday @ The Golden Mill
Looking for the ultimate midweek escape? Join us every Wednesday through the end of March at The Golden Mill for Après Wednesdays!What’s in store?
- Live music to keep the vibes high
- Delicious food and drink specials
- Swag and Loveland lift ticket giveaways
- Ski and snowboard tuning to get you slope-ready
Gather your friends, enjoy the cozy atmosphere, and make it a Wednesday tradition. Don’t miss out on the fun – see you at The Golden Mill!
Location:
Golden Mill
1012 Ford Street (Map)
When:
5-8PM on Wednesday, Mar. 19th
5:30PM Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
- 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 214 Cheyenne Street (map), a small ranch-style house built in 1956, wants to build an addition. The plan is to add a second story over the existing house and build an attached garage where there is currently a carport. The garage would have a second-story Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).
This area is zoned R2, which means that both single-family homes and duplexes are allowed. This older home doesn't completely match the form types defined in our newish zoning code, but the Planning Department determined that the Suburban Home form was close. As such, it would require three Major Adjustments to the form to allow the owner to make the proposed changes. Those Adjustments would be exceptions to these standards:
- Garage door shall be recessed at least 6 feet from the principal building wall.
- Garage doors facing a primary street shall be set back at least 20 feet from the lot line coterminous with that street.
- Rear lot line setback of 10 feet.
The Planning Commission will evaluate the site and the plans and decide whether the exceptions are warranted. Learn more.
Their second case concerns 408 18th Street (map). The owners of this house want to expand the house to the side, to make both the garage and the room above it wider, and to extend the front of the house out 2 feet. In this case, the requested exception regards a requirement that a garage door facing the street must be recessed 6 feet from the principal structure (the house).
The proposed addition to the house would only create a 2 foot 3 inch recess. There is enough room to extend the front of the house out six feet, but that would result in a bigger addition than they want.
The Planning Commission will decide whether the exception to the 6 foot recess for a garage door is warranted. Learn more.
The third case regards 2200 Ford Street (map)--the former Mountain Muffler site. An applicant plans to construct an office building on this site. The lot is approximately 14,000 sq. ft. and the proposed office building would be 11,765 sq. ft. The meeting packet says the building would be "multiple stories" (but does not specify how many). It adds that, if the building were reduced to two stories, it would not need a loading zone.
According to our zoning code, "new commercial buildings over 10,000 sq. ft. are required to provide one (1) off-street loading space that is 500 square feet with no one dimension less than ten feet." Instead, the owner proposes to provide a loading space of 317 square feet with one dimension being 9.5 feet. Planning Staff believes that the 500 square foot requirement was based on the expectation of deliveries by semi-trucks. They believe that only smaller trucks will deliver to this building; therefore, a smaller loading zone should be fine.
The applicant proposes to provide the loading space by using one of the required parking spaces. The Planning Director can approve a parking shortfall without Planning Commission permission.
The cited hardship used to justify this request is that most of the property is within the floodplain.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
When:
5:30PM on Wednesday, Mar. 19th
5:30PM Reception & Book-Signing with Kirk Johnson & Ray Troll @ Mines Museum
5:30 p.m. Special Presentation ($100 includes a book) and Reception
6:30 p.m. Reception and Book-Signing includes small bites & drinks. Merchandise will be available for purchase.
Ray Troll is a legendary artist from Alaska who created a beloved style of illustrated storytelling featured in numerous books including the newly published second edition of "Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway" (2024) a collaboration with his scientist pal Dr. Kirk Johnson, former lead paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
The pair are in town and kindly agreed to share some of the wonderfully entertaining stories and artwork from their fossil hunting adventures in the Western U.S. Proceeds benefit Friends of Dinosaur Ridge and Mines Museum of Earth Science.
Location:
Mines Museum
1310 Maple Street (Map)
When:
5:30PM on Wednesday, Mar. 19th
6:30-8PM Waterwise Yard Seminar - Spring Maintenance: Prepping Your Space For Waterwise Planting (Virtual)
Learn best management practices for spring cleanup and garden bed preparation for the new season. This seminar will provide a spring to-do list for those entering their first season with a waterwise garden or those who are looking to add waterwise garden space to their yard for the first time. Great for beginner gardeners.
Register
When:
6:30-8PM on Wednesday, Mar. 19th
Live Music for Wednesday, Mar. 19th
- 6-9PM Chance Gallagher @ Miners Saloon
Miners Saloon - 5-8PM Taylor Scott Duo @ Golden Mill
Golden Mill - More Live Music
4-8PM Chrispy @ Mountain Toad
6PM Live Music @ Rock Rest Lodge
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Mobilizing for War
Jefferson County draftees on their way to Fort Logan
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83 Years Ago
In March of 1942, we were four months into World War II and the country was rapidly mobilizing. The March 19, 1942 Colorado Transcript announced that 2,218 Jefferson County men had been required to register with the draft board. The 65 men shown above had been inducted into the U.S. Army and had left for Fort Logan the previous Friday. Six Golden boys were included in that group.
Other articles in that issue reported that the Defense Council and Rationing Board would be occupying the former Post Office space in the Armory building. One of the Mines profs had left to join the Naval Research Laboratories Radio Division in Washington D.C. Several representatives from the School of Mines attended a meeting with the federal government to discuss how they could “hasten mining of strategic metals.” The war had interrupted imports from our regular trading partners.
Jefferson County agriculturalists were organizing to raise more food to support the troops and our allies overseas. The Golden Mill’s weekly advertisement encouraged people to raise more chickens, adding that “eggs from pullets help our bullets.”
The Red Cross was raising funds to help the troops and the United States had multiple ads in the paper, urging people to buy defense bonds.
Weather
Overnight: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy. Low around 27, with temperatures rising to around 29 overnight. North northwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
Wednesday: A slight chance of snow after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. North northwest wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 27, with temperatures rising to around 29 overnight. West wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly Clear, 27°F
Thursday: Partly Sunny, 56°F
Thursday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 31°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 54°F
Friday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 34°F
Saturday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain, 60°F
Saturday Night: Slight Chance Light Rain then Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 34°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 56°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 38°F
Monday: Partly Sunny, 64°F
Monday Night: Partly Cloudy, 42°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 68°F
News About Golden - March 19, 2025
Avenue Flashes: A play’s world premiere dives into Bohemian spirit
By John Akal
Golden Transcript
“(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico.” Do you have any idea what that means? Neither do I, but it sounds familiar, right? Like you should know it or remember it from somewhere, but out of context, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Where have I heard that before? Read more...
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