COVID
No updates from Jeffco Public Health this week. Their website says the next update will be July 14th.
Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
9-9:55AM Strength and Cardio
11AM-12PM Kimodo for Balance
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga
1-1:55PM Chair Yoga
Real World Events
9AM-12PM ARTSWEEK – Plein Air Painting @ Golden History Park Pavilion
10-11:30AM NREL – Virtual Public Campus Experience
10AM Wild West Walking Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
1-2PM The Friday Tour – The Railroad Kitchen @ Colorado Railroad Museum
2-5PM ARTSWEEK – Happy Hour and Plein Air Painting @ Golden City Brewery
2PM Wild West Short Tour
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
7PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour
8:30PM Outdoor Movie Night: The Black Stallion @ Horse Protection League (map)
Live Music
5-8PM Earl Nelson & the Company @ Goosetown Station
5PM Cool Shade @ Over Yonder
6PM Sugar Ridge @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Jewel & the Rough @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Lionel Young Trio @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
8PM Paizley Park @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
85 Years Ago
The July 8, 1937 Colorado Transcript included an editorial that was so familiar, it could have been written lat week. The editors were questioning the necessity of growth and change. This conversation has been going on for more than 150 years. What made this iteration unusual was that the Transcript was asking the question. Usually, the Transcript was all in favor of growth and regarded growth resisters as crackpots.
America’s fetish for mere size is an amazing thing which many of us are apt to take as something to be desired. “The biggest dam in the world–; the longest bridge–; the highest building–; the greatest increase in population–.” What do these things mean in the life of the average citizen? The answer is obvious.
We hear much, right here in Golden, at meetings of various civic organizations, of the possibility of attracting more people to Golden, of making it bigger, but not necessarily better. What would be gained for the average Golden citizen if the city were twice as large as it is today? Possibly five per cent of the present population would benefit financially by the expansion. And ninety-five per cent would find that the change made no difference in their mode of living or brought actual discomfort….
…We like Golden as it is, as it has been for the past half dozen decades as as it probably will be for years to come–a grand, good place in which to really enjoy living. And if that be smugness, make the most of it.
Colorado Transcript, July 8, 1937
Golden spent much of the 19th century trying to attracting industry–any industry, no matter how dirty or disruptive. Each new mine, mill, dredge, smelter, or gunpowder factory was a cause for celebration.
The 20th century was one long, plaintive howl for more housing and more residents. Even during the Depression, our leaders longed for more housing. After World War II they campaigned fiercely to get rid of the Industrial School so that space could be filled with new subdivisions.
So far, the 21st century is focused on ways to expand our fastest-growing industry–tourism. It’s not enough to have a trail along Clear Creek; we must have more parkland, less parking, another amphitheater, and a newer, bigger city hall!
Are those additions needed by our residents, or are they intended to attract more visitors? As the Transcript editors wrote back in 1937,
Possibly five per cent of the present population would benefit financially by the expansion. And ninety-five per cent would find that the change made no difference in their mode of living or brought actual discomfort….
And so, the conversation continues.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!