A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

Copyright

2018

Published By

National Public Radio

This podcast and article features the North Fork valley in rural Colorado. In 2014 to 2016, 800 coal miners were suddenly unemployed after two of the county's three coal mines shut down. The valley's tight knit towns faced the prospect of shuttered businesses and consolidating schools. However, Teresa Neal and her husband saw an opportunity and solution that their company, Lightworks, could offer.