Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Cycling
10AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation
10-10:55AM Awareness Through Movement
Real World Events
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting @ City Hall
The Public Arts Commission will discuss the small, temporary public art projects that will be unveiled during ArtsWeek in June. They will review the Public Art Framework Plan. In light of City Council’s recent discussion about dedicating some of the lodging tax to the city’s cultural organizations, the PAC will discuss expanding their scope to cover “culture” as well as “art.”
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
11AM-12:30PM Golden Community Table @ First United Methodist Church
5PM Cheese Night with Cheese Ranch @ Mountain Toad
6-7PM Ukulele Thursdays @ Golden Library
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6-9PM Mini Paint Night @ Golden Game Guild
7:30PM Blue Ridge @ Miners Alley Playhouse (beginning April 14)
6:30-8PM Golden Area 5th Grade Band Concert @ Bell Middle School
7PM Pops Concert – Band/Orchestra @ Golden High School
Live Music
5-8PM Human Kind @ Goosetown Station
5PM Josh Blackburn @ Wrigley’s
6-9PM Los Cheesies @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6-9PM Cool Shade @ New Terrain Brewing
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
6:30-8:30PM Live Music @ Tributary Food Hall
6:30-8PM Golden Area 5th Grade Band Concert @ Bell Middle School
7PM Pops Concert – Band/Orchestra @ Golden High School
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge
Cinco de Mayo Celebrations
THE BUFFALO ROSE – 1119 Washington Avenue – 303-278-6800
Cinco de Mayo celebration with Los Cheesies – drink & food specials!
GOLDEN MILL – 1012 Ford Street
Battle of the Mexican Lagers: The Golden Mill is the place to be this Cinco De Mayo! Join us as we host two of our most popular breweries, Ska Brewing, and 4 Noses in a battle for the top Mexican Lager. Reps from both breweries will be here offerings samples and swag. And of course, our famous Margaritas will be flowing on tap, and Tacos al Chile will be cranking out authentic street tacos.
More Cinco:
BARRELS & BOTTLES – 600 12th Street
NEW TERRAIN BREWING COMPANY – 16401 Table Mountain Pkwy
EL DORADO MEXICAN RESTAURANT – 720 Arapahoe Street
Golden History Moment:
The Use and Misuse of Clear Creek Water
Continuing my series of articles related to the Heart of Golden project, here’s a piece I wrote about Clear Creek water in July of 2019.
Golden exists because of Clear Creek. During the gold rush of 1859, the Creek provided the pathway into the mountains for those prospecting for gold. Golden’s founders decided to stay here in the flatlands and sell supplies to the flood of prospectors. The presence of water–for drinking, irrigation, and waterpower–made this an obvious location for a town.
Water Quality
During the 19th and early 20th century, mining and smelting polluted Clear Creek to the point where it was undrinkable and killed crops when it was used for irrigation. The Argo Tunnel, built in 1893, allowed water to drain out of the mines of Central City and Blackhawk into Clear Creek at Idaho Springs. Golden itself had several smelters, conveniently built along Clear Creek for ease of waste disposal.
The common practice of dumping raw sewage into the Creek didn’t help water quality. Rather than pumping water from Clear Creek, Golden piped its drinking water from a remote mountain stream.
In the 1950s, the Federal government began to take steps to prohibit dumping sewage into public waterways. In cooperation with Coors, Golden began treating its sewage in 1956.
In 1983, Central City, Clear Creek, and Idaho Springs were declared a Superfund site. Clean up began in 1987 and a water treatment plant for the Argo Tunnel went online in 1998.
In 2009, Trout Unlimited decided that the Creek had recovered sufficiently to support trout. They did a stream restoration project to improve trout habitat in a section called the Clear Creek Golden Mile.
Thanks to Superfund and clean water regulations, Golden now has a trout stream, kayak park, and tourist attraction instead of an industrial sewer running through town.
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!
