National Dog Day 🐾

8/25 - Bike Cruise, Mines Students, & Concept Plans

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The Golden Goose
August 25, 2025

Good Morning, Golden! Mines students start back up today, tomorrow is National Dog Day, and Labor Day weekend is coming in hot! …or rather, rainy. Looks like rain every day through Friday, but that doesn’t change our attitude on the week! Lots to look forward to ahead of the three day weekend (did I mention Golden Bike Cruise is this week?!). So without further ado…here’s what’s going on in Golden.

In today’s issue:

  • 🔢 Mines Incoming Class Stats

  • ✨ City Survey Excitement

  •  📌 Bulletin Board

  • 📆 Events This Week & Upcoming

🔢 Mines Incoming Class Stats

In case you too enjoy a good stat, here are some numbers about the incoming Freshman class of Mines students.

New Mines students: By the numbers, 2025-26 edition

  • 1,769  new first-year and transfer students

  • 17 percent first-generation college students

  • 2 percent international students

  • 3.87 median high school GPA (on an unweighted 4.0 scale)

  • 1400 median SAT composite score

  • 32 median ACT score

  • 48 states represented

  • 27 countries represented

  • Top 3 U.S. states outside Colorado: Texas, California and Washington

Source: Mines

✨ City Survey Excitement

TLDR: Take the recent survey 👉 here 👈!

Ooooeeee! I don’t always get excited by a survey, but when I do, I dedicate an entire section to it! Let’s talk ✨ The East End Amenities Survey. ✨ 

It has fun amenities (see below). Beautiful visuals. And questions to get you excited about the future of Golden!

Let’s start with the WHAT…the city is moving its police and municipal building closer to Coors, and as part of the project, they’re reimagining what this section of Clear Creek could be—from Parfet Park to the new building. Survey questions range from individual amenities to the mobility of Water Street (cars or no cars? one way or two way?).

After collecting feedback from the community (see the Goose Post from April & this feedback map), the City presented THREE Concept Plans at last week’s community meeting.

Concept One:

Concept Two:

Concept Three:

So this is your call to action to give your feedback here!

📌 Bulletin Board

Transportation Demand Management Plan - Initial Survey - “The Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program will offer ideas and solutions to help reduce the number of car trips and encourage people to use other ways of getting around, including walking, biking, carpooling, and public transit.”

I Voted Sticker Design Contest - Artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to submit their original sticker designs from August 18 through November 30, 2025. There will be winners in each of three categories: Future Voter (under 13 years old), Youth (ages 13-19 ), and Adult (ages 19+).

Free Workout Week at Unite Fitness - Free classes all week. Be sure to sign up.

 Reminders:

The Garden Lab After School Club - “Join us for six weeks of After School Club as we explore our first -ever Teaching Garden at the Golden History Park. Your budding gardener or chef (ages 6 to 11) will observe how our garden changes, explore the fall harvest, and cook up some tasty treats in the Pearce Cabin.“ Begins 9/10.

📆 Events This Week & Upcoming

Highlighted in green = Kid Friendly

MONDAY (8/25)

  • 💃 Rooftop Tango at The Eddy Hotel (8/25 @ 6pm) - FREE Introduction to Argentine Tango — no partner or previous dance experience necessary. Drop-ins are welcome.

TUESDAY (8/26)

WEDNESDAY (8/27)

THURSDAY (8/28)

  • 🎭️ Assassins at Miners Alley (8/28-8/31 at varying times) - “The story explores the minds and motives of history’s most infamous figures who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents, blending dark humor and compelling narratives to examine the American Dream’s darker side.”

  • 🎵 Taylor Scott at New Terrain Brewing (8/29 @ 6-9pm)

FRIDAY (8/29)

SATURDAY (8/30)

SUNDAY (8/31)

UPCOMING EVENTS:

  • 🎥 Mountain Bike Film Festival at Colorado Mountain Club (9/4) - “We are stoked to host our first annual mountain bike film!!! This is more than just a film, it is celebrate our local community and the incredible biking the Golden area has to offer.” Get your tickets ➡️ here.

  • 🐶 Foothills Animal Shelter Fall Market (9/13 @ 10am-1pm) - “Kick off the autumn season wandering aisles of unique craft vendors, enjoying tasty bites from food trucks, and exploring booths from local businesses. Family-friendly activities and kids’ entertainment make this a perfect fall day out for everyone, including your pup!” Small entry donation fee, but kids are free!

  • ☕️ Golden Startup Coffee (9/10 @ 9-11am) - “A simple morning meetup for entrepreneurs, innovators, creatives, professionals, investors, and everyone to elevate the entrepreneurial community in Golden, Colorado.”

THANKS!

Please give a belly rub to all the goodest doggos from this goose! Enjoy the long weekend, and see you again next week!