NEDERLAND, Colo. — It’s been a tough week for the small mountain town of Nederland, but amid the ashes, hope is taking root.

The Caribou Village Shopping Center fire has destroyed more than 30% of the town’s businesses, but now, neighbors, local businesses, and volunteers are coming together to help turn heartbreak into action.

Nederland is the kind of place where neighbors feel more like family, said Dan Vollmer, a local realtor with Berkshire Hathaway who launched a GoFundMe campaign for the town.

“I’ve been up here a handful of years," Vollmer said. "You really start to call this place home after about two."

As the fire tore through the heart of Nederland last week, Vollmer captured the devastation in real time on his phone.

“I got woken up around 3:50-ish in the morning. I rea

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