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The Estes Valley Voice is a locally owned, journalist led, and independent newsroom covering news that is important to the people of the Estes Valley. We are organized as a public benefit corporation. A public benefit corporation is a for-profit corporation “that is intended to produce a public benefit or public benefits and to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner.”

In other words, a public benefit corporation is a company that cares as much or more about serving its community as it does about making money.

Unlike a 501c3, we do not receive any tax breaks, but we are mission driven as much as we are profit driven. The first rule of business is to stay in business. The aim of a public benefit corporation is to do the right thing.

As a news firm, we will strive to be ethical and transparent with the members of our community. If you are interested, we will send you a PDF of our mission, values, and purpose document. And according to state law, the Estes Valley Voice is required to produce an annual report detailing the value we have brought to the community and to conduct an assessment of how we are doing against an independent standard. Our editorial board will play a role in this function as too will public surveys we will conduct over the course of the year to solicit your feedback.

The Estes Valley Voice does not have a paywall. Our news can be read without a subscription; however, the news is expensive to produce. We have three revenue models — paid subscriptions, paid advertisements, and supporters who are readers like you who believe that journalism is a public good and that a community needs to support local journalism beyond the individual paid subscription.

Subscribers will receive an email newsletter three times a week with links to our latest headlines. They will also receive information about the community events we are promoting and sponsoring.

Civic engagement is an important piece of the democratic process. A strong, robust press is correlated with an active and engaged body politic. Sadly, only 43% of registered voters in Estes Park participated in the municipal election in April. Statewide, fewer than one-third of registered voters participated in the primaries in June. What does that mean? Many political observers and pollsters are predicting that the voter turnout in the General Election in November could be low. This is not good for the democratic process. We can and we must do better.

The Estes Valley Voice provides thoughtfully researched articles for a more informed and connected community. Please support us by becoming a subscriber, an advertiser (email us at news@estesvalleyvoice.com), and a supporter.