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Join city staff on Thursday, March 30 in Golden City Council Chambers (911 10th St.) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to hear about strategies that the City of Golden deployed in the past few summers to ensure a safe experience and to manage high visitation along Clear Creek during the summer season.

Staff will share potential strategies for the 2023 summer season, so please bring along your suggestions and questions. Learn more about the process on Guiding Golden.

Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors the first Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center Bear Creek South room (1470 10th St.) unless otherwise noted on the calendar. Or if you prefer, join us online from the comfort of your own home (bring your own coffee!).

Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!

The annual E-Days events are put on by the Colorado School of Mines. While most of the events are for students only, there are a few visible to the public, including trebuchet contests, Cardboard Boat Races in Clear Creek and a fireworks display on Saturday night, April 15 at 9:15 p.m.

For more information, visit www.minesactivitiescouncil.com/edays.

The annual E-Days events are put on by the Colorado School of Mines. While most of the events are for students only, there are a few visible to the public, including trebuchet contests, Cardboard Boat Races in Clear Creek and a fireworks display on Saturday night, April 15 at 9:15 p.m. (weather permitting).

For more information, visit www.minesactivitiescouncil.com/edays.

The City of Golden has engaged Keen Independent to create an Arts and Culture Strategic Master Plan, which will serve as a framework for cultivating art, culture, and creativity in Golden. Keen Independent is a national research firm that combines expertise in equity and economics with lived arts and cultural leadership. The study team will conduct extensive stakeholder and community engagement, visit and document Golden’s cultural assets, and assess the City’s needs to complete the plan by August 2023.

Residents of Golden are cordially invited to participate in a discovery meeting on Tuesday, April 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Community Center (1470 10th St.) to learn more about the study and provide input through different family-friendly brainstorming activities. Food and beverages will be provided.

The City of Golden has engaged Keen Independent to create an Arts and Culture Strategic Master Plan, which will serve as a framework for cultivating art, culture, and creativity in Golden. Keen Independent is a national research firm that combines expertise in equity and economics with lived arts and cultural leadership. The study team will conduct extensive stakeholder and community engagement, visit and document Golden’s cultural assets, and assess the City’s needs to complete the plan by August 2023. Learn more on Guiding Golden.

Residents of Golden are cordially invited to participate in a Discovery Meeting on Tuesday, April 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Community Center (1470 10th St.) to learn more about the study and provide input through different family-friendly brainstorming activities. Food and beverages will be provided.

Join us at the Golden History Museum on April 19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to learn about the adventures and life of Lavinia Morgan Anderson as told by storyteller, Linda Batlin. Lavinia is a fictional character, but her story is drawn from the snippets of diaries kept by many real pioneer women who immigrated west in the 1800s and created a new life in Colorado. is a composite character of a pioneer woman living on a ranch in Colorado in the late 1880s. Come and hear about the adventures of Lavinia Morgan Anderson and gain a better understanding of the challenges, privations, fears and triumphs of pioneer women.

Visit GoldenHistory.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

$5 for museum members, $10 non-members

The Mobility & Transportation Advisory Board offers a venue to evaluate the relationship between mobility of all types and the economy, sustainability, safety, land use, neighborhood integrity, and emergency response times; and study the importance of transportation access to health care, employment, education, housing, business, and recreational facilities.

MTAB meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

The May 6, 2023 Coffee with Councilors is canceled. We invite you to join us instead at the Golden State of the City 2023 address at the Golden Community Center.

The City of Golden invites the public to attend the 2023 State of the City address. Join Mayor Laura Weinberg for this important community address which will include presentations from City Council and city leadership celebrating the City of Golden’s successes in 2022 and goals for 2023.

PROGRAM

10:00 a.m.      Light Refreshments and Mingling

10:20 a.m.      Welcome Opening Address from Mayor Laura Weinberg

10:30 a.m.      Remarks from Members of Golden City Council

10:45 a.m.       City Manager and city leadership:  2022 Accomplishments and 2023 Significant Projects

11:15 a.m.       Questions & Answers

Questions for the Q&A session can be submitted ahead of time on the State of the City Guiding Golden page.

This event is free to the public and refreshments will be served.  All members of the Golden community are invited to attend.