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 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.
The City of Golden strives to be a regional leader, bringing new innovations to government. This summer, the City is launching a 4-day workweek program trial for all Police Department employees who will move from a 40-hour work week to a 32-hour work week without a change to pay.
The City is partnering in the development and evaluation of the trial with the non-profit organization 4 Day Week Global (4DWG) who are leaders in promoting the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace.
Join the City of Golden for a Community Listening Session about this exciting new program on May 22, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers, 911 10th St.
Join your neighbors for Coffee with Councilors at 10 a.m. in the Golden Community Center Coal Creek room (1470 10th St.) for a special Coffee with Councilors. This month, Scott Vargo will join as a special guest to discuss the recent Fire Department Cooperative Services Study and Council’s direction to have GFD remain a standalone municipal fire department.
Participants unable to attend in person can also join us online (bring your own coffee!).
Bring your thoughts, ideas and questions and let’s have a conversation!
