What’s Happening in Golden Today?
6-6:55AM Virtual HIIT (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training (Virtual)
9-9:55AM Strength and Cardio (Virtual)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1-2PM The Friday Tour: Railroad Etiquette @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
5PM CSM Men’s Soccer – MSOC vs Adams State @ Stermole Soccer Stadium
6-9PM Colorado Mountain Fest Begins @ American Mountaineering Center
7:30PM CSM Women’s Soccer – WSOC vs Adams State @ Stermole Soccer Stadium
7PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream @ Golden High School
7:30-10PM Golden Ghosts & Spirits Tour
7:30PM HAIR @ Miners Alley Playhouse
Live Music
5-8PM Abby Brown @ Golden Mill
5-8PM Sapsucker @ Goosetown Station
5PM Alibi @ Over Yonder
6PM Whiskey Road @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Brian Hornbuckle Band @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Johnny O @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
Golden History Moment
45 Years Ago
The September 23, 1977 Golden Transcript announced that Council had delayed approval of a plan to rezone 6-1/2 acres at South Golden Road and Johnson Road. The Lunnonhaus apartments (now called Summit View) had opened in 1973. The same developers now proposed to build a shopping center on adjacent land. It took several more years for the zoning approval and the financing to come together. The Village shopping center opened in 1985.
The Golden Transcript highlighted South Golden Road in the July 28, 1981 issue:
Twenty years ago the area was predominantly rural with a few homes scattered about here and there. A decade or so ago a couple of businesses, a few more homes and an apartment complex moved into the area. In the early to mid-1970s, the area experienced rapid growth, due in large part to the opening of Lunnanhaus Village, which prompted the appearance of many new businesses.…
Art owen, general manager of the Golden Area Chamber of Commerce, recalled that in the late 1940s, the only development per se to be found on South Golden Road was Camp George West (which is still there).
Hal Stockment…concurred with Owen’s assessment: “It was a little bit like a cow pasture.”
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!
