Virtual Events
6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15-10:45AM Virtual: Cuentacuentos
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
2-3PM Virtual/Call In: Active Minds Mondays – Whiskey
4-4:30PM Virtual: Kids Martial Arts Class
Real World Events
4PM Russian River @ Golden Mill
Tapping of Pliny the Younger keg at 4 PM–first come, first serve. There will be other Russian River Beer: Pliny the Elder, Blind Pig, and other special tappings.
5:30-8PM Rock Wall Climb @ The Mountaineering Center
6-9PM Golden Game Guild Meet-Up Mondays @ Golden Game Guild
6-9PM Backstage Party @ Avalanche Harley
6:30PM Downtown Development Authority Meeting @ City Hall
The DDA will consider a $3300 grant request from the Golden Bike Cruise and discuss their work plan for 2022.
Golden History Moment
Heart and Soul of Golden
Since Goldentoday is a member of the Golden Cultural Alliance, I’ll use this final day of Heart and Soul of Golden month to mention that this is our 15th Anniversary! Thank you to Tracy Evanko, who’s been maintaining the calendar and business pages for more than a decade. Thanks to the talented photographers who supply the delightful Golden Eye Candy. And a BIG thank you to the sponsors and contributors who make it all possible.
I began the website and email with the desire to help Golden’s cultural organizations. In 2007, there was no single, reliable place to help spread the word about their events, so I created this one. At that time, Golden business was still struggling a bit, so I began promoting businesses as well.
Eventually I began paying more attention to city government. It seemed that citizens never learned about changes until it was too late to provide input. For that reason, I began writing detailed previews of the agenda for upcoming meetings.
In an effort to keep people entertained during the pandemic shutdown, I wrote articles about Golden History every day,
Such obsessively-local news isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it seems to appeal to many. I currently have more than 1200 subscribers, almost all of them Golden residents, and about 65% of them read it on any given day.
Time & Money & My Monthly Appeal
If you’ve ever wondered why I ask for money every month, here’s some background information.
There are many improvements I want to make to the Goldentoday email and website. I want to restructure the emails & website so search engines can find my articles. I want to provide more background information on some of the large issues facing the community. I’d like to hire someone to write articles about plays, concerts, and museum exhibits. I want to spend more time doing in-depth research on some history topics. I’d like to spend less time writing new articles every day, so I could start working on some history books.
I would like to plan some events where I could meet my readers!
I want to research different forms of business organization: should Goldentoday be a non-profit organization? Should it be a public benefit corporation? I want to hire someone to write some of the daily emails, so I could spend some time working on structural issues.
Many thanks to the people who sponsored this email for the month of February! If you enjoy the Eye Candy, the events, the descriptions of upcoming city meetings, and the Golden History, please consider sponsoring us for March–or contributing a small amount on a monthly basis. Click here to find out how.
Thanks,
Barb Warden
goldentoday.com
303-278-2701
