35 Years Ago
The January 8, 1991 Golden Transcript reported that two sites were finalists for locating Golden’s planned new Community Center.
They had considered re-building on the site of the then-current Community Center. The chief disadvantage to that site was that it stood in the flood plain. That Golden Library later moved into that building.
They had also looked at some property adjacent to the High School, on 24th Street. These two had been eliminated by January.
One of the two semi-finalists was the city-owned vacant land on the south side of the Creek. This later became the Golden History Park.
The other was the former running track and football field for Golden Junior High. The Junior High had closed in 1988 (the students moving to Bell Middle School), so the School District no longer needed that property. That was the winning site, and the location for the current Golden Community Center.
