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Ok, so this one is a bit on the belated side – I visited these folks while I was still mayor last July – but it’s still very cool. I won’t pretend to really understand what they do, but here’s my take: MV Systems builds machines for manufacturing cutting-edge thin film products (“thin film deposition [...]
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Today we launched Radio Golden, an every-other-week-or-so podcast on news and politics here in Golden and Jeffco. For now, you can download the mp3 files from the RadioGolden.net website, or you can listen to them directly on the site. We are setting up the podcast through iTunes, as well, so you’ll be able to subscribe [...]
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Among the many problems with privately financed toll roads is the frequent inclusion of congestion guarantees. The investors often insist that local governments take steps to increase congestion on local roads in order to push traffic onto the tolled roads in order to boost toll revenues. It’s a great deal for the investors but often [...]
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The Golden City Council held its biannual retreat earlier in February, focusing on their work plan for the next two years. They identified nine general areas they want to focus on: (1) supporting Golden’s schools and libraries; (2) improving public space; (3) promoting a healthy community; (4) moving the ball forward on key transportation issues; [...]
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March 1, City Council Business Meeting & Study Session The meeting begins at 7pm at City Hall, and the agenda includes a preview of the Fire Department Recruitment video, appointments to the Sustainability Advisory Board, and interviews for the Blue Ribbon Panel. March 2, Foothills Art Center opening reception, “Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibition” If [...]
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Last fall, Jeffco Open Space conducted a countywide “citizen survey” to assess current attitudes and to gather feedback about the open space system. The results are available online on the Jeffco Open Space website. A few of the findings I thought were interesting: Roughly four out of every five use Jeffco Open Space facilities. Crown [...]
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A little side project: tracking Golden’s economic history. Google has a very cool tool called Gapminder (which they bought from the remarkable Hans Rosling) that’s ideal for displaying complex data over time. Based on a simple dataset (sales and use tax generated by commercial district in Golden, total sales and use tax, and total general [...]
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On the evening of January 12, at Golden City Hall, I participated in one of the most remarkable of ceremonies: the peaceful transfer of power from one group of democratically-elected community members to another. My deepest congratulations to the new mayor and the new city councilors, and my best wishes to the group in their [...]
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Jefferson County is distributing draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan maps, and you’ve got until January 31 to comment. The Denver Post ran an article about the draft maps, and you’ll find some additional information on the Bike Jeffco website.
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The mayor-elect and I visited yesterday with the Student Council at Shelton … they had great questions and Marjorie and I both had a terrific time. It’s extremely cool of these kids to be elected by their peers to serve on their council and to commit their time and energy to it. I look forward [...]
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