Heart of Golden: How We Got Here

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Heart of Golden 2020 logo - Creating a lasting legacy in our city

Background

The City of Golden purchased 7.27 acres of land east of Ford Street along the Clear Creek Corridor which now gives the Golden community the opportunity to address several longstanding community goals:

  • Enhancing civic and cultural community activities
  • Realizing the potential of the creek corridor
  • Consolidating and improving municipal facilities and service delivery

Heart of Golden Visioning Workshops

  • The City hosted two Heart of Golden Visioning Workshops and online engagement opportunities in January and February 2020. Each workshop began with a project update and had a feedback activity, which allowed direct community comments and suggestions.

Three key questions that were addressed at this workshop:

  1. What does your dream corridor look like?
  2. What uses would you like to see and where?
  3. What uses are most important to you?

Heart of Golden Refining Workshop

  • The City hosted one Heart of Golden Refining Workshop and online engagement opportunities before the pandemic began.

Three key questions will be addressed at this workshop:

  1. What key features do you like most ?
  2. What key features do you like least?
  3. What is missing?

Heart of Golden: Still Beating

  • The City is hosting online stakeholder meetings, focus group meetings, and more engagement opportunities to continue to clarify and address:
  1. What key features do you like most ?
  2. What key features do you like least?
  3. What is missing?

Visit our Heart of Golden page for updated information and new opportunities for public engagement.

Background

The City of Golden purchased 7.27 acres of land east of Ford Street along the Clear Creek Corridor which now gives the Golden community the opportunity to address several longstanding community goals:

  • Enhancing civic and cultural community activities
  • Realizing the potential of the creek corridor
  • Consolidating and improving municipal facilities and service delivery

Heart of Golden Visioning Workshops

  • The City hosted two Heart of Golden Visioning Workshops and online engagement opportunities in January and February 2020. Each workshop began with a project update and had a feedback activity, which allowed direct community comments and suggestions.

Three key questions that were addressed at this workshop:

  1. What does your dream corridor look like?
  2. What uses would you like to see and where?
  3. What uses are most important to you?

Heart of Golden Refining Workshop

  • The City hosted one Heart of Golden Refining Workshop and online engagement opportunities before the pandemic began.

Three key questions will be addressed at this workshop:

  1. What key features do you like most ?
  2. What key features do you like least?
  3. What is missing?

Heart of Golden: Still Beating

  • The City is hosting online stakeholder meetings, focus group meetings, and more engagement opportunities to continue to clarify and address:
  1. What key features do you like most ?
  2. What key features do you like least?
  3. What is missing?

Visit our Heart of Golden page for updated information and new opportunities for public engagement.

Consultation has concluded

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  • City of Golden and Coors Agree to Terms on Property Acquisition

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    The City has been in negotiations with Coors and has reached agreement on terms for the purchase that include:

    • A 160,000 square foot office building at 311 10th St.

    • 7.1 acres of land on multiple parcels

    • The sale price of $12.25 million

    • The agreement that Coors Employees will consolidate to one or two floors and can remain in building (without paying rent) until Jan. 30, 2020

    • A significant amount of office furniture included in purchase price

    The Golden City Council will vote on the purchase agreement at its regular meeting on April 11, 2019.

    With the purchase, the City of Golden intends to renovate the office building into a new Civic Center, which will include City of Golden administrative offices, the Golden Police Department, the Golden History Museum, and space for other community cultural entities. Under the plan, the proposed Civic Center would replace the existing City Hall building at 911 10th Street as the home to Golden city government.
    “We envision a vibrant gathering place for the community with consolidated City offices as well as room for some of our cultural entities to expand and thrive,” said City Manager Jason Slowinski. “This project will help address some of the community’s capital needs recently identified by the Golden Investment Task Force.”

    The Golden Investment Task Force is a City Council-appointed working group that met throughout 2018 to help identify and prioritize Golden’s future capital investment needs. The purchase also allows the City greater control over the future development of the Clear Creek corridor in downtown Golden. If the purchase is approved, the City will engage in a lengthy public input process to determine future land uses of the existing City Hall and History Museum sites as well as the additional acreage acquired in the purchase.
    More information regarding the work of the Golden Investment Task Force can be obtained at www.guidinggolden.com/golden-investment-forums.