Caren Ermel, 75, who is the former CEO of Sangre de Cristo Hospice and Palliative Care, grew up in the small valley hamlet of Beulah.
That’s an unincorporated community in Pueblo County with a population of roughly 700, about an hour south of Colorado Springs. Her family has owned the local general store there for more than 50 years.
Working in hospice, Ermel realized how easy it was — and often necessary — to find information on Facebook about immediate public safety issues like road closures during emergencies in the Wet Mountains.
So, addressing what she saw as a limited news-and-information scene in her part of the valley, she started a Facebook page called Beulah Colorado News and Events. After a small monthly newspaper that served the village disappeared about a year ago, the Facebook page, which counts 4,400 followers, is a place where locals look to see what’s going on.
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