The reasons people have come to Castle Country and continue to stay in the area vary a great deal. For some who have stayed there were job opportunities that brought them. For others it was family, or the allure of a more quiet setting than what city life offers.
Jamie Fox came to Castle Country almost accidentally, and just to stay for a short time.
“I was born and raised in Illinois then I moved to Savannah, Georgia for 20 years where I worked for large insurance company,” she says. “My sister came to Georgia and then she married a man in the military who was from here. She moved here and then about nine years later she needed me to come out and help her so I showed up here to.”
She said she left everything behind, and originally Castle Country was just going to be stop on the way to Las Vegas because she had job opportunities there.
“My two favorite places are the beach and the mountains,” she said. “Where I was in Georgia I was on the beach and when I got here I was right in the middle of the mountains. I traded one for the other and I loved it.”
Besides the gain in geography she also was tired of the corporate world.
“I found a few entry-level jobs here and did that for a while and then I found a job at Castleview Hospital,” she stated.
She is now the Workpoint coordinator for the hospital, a job where the medical center works with employers on important issues and medical procedures.
She said that her oldest son came with her when she moved and he went into kidney failure. Being where she is today, the best medical treatment for that kind of thing is only two hours away instead of across the country. She said she had made the right move.
“He never would have had that level of care where we were living before,” she explained.
She concluded by saying “Being here and staying here, was one of the best moves in my life.”
As they say in the Castle Country area, “Many come for a day, but stay for a lifetime.”
