Month: June 2018

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.

Ryan Murray came to Castle Country because of his work. He had grown up in the northern part of Utah along the Wasatch Front. He had gone to school at Westminster College in Salt Lake City where he got is BA and his MBA. Soon he found himself as the Director of the of the Business Resource Center/Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for USU Tooele.

“When the position of Regional Director for the Price SBDC I jumped on the opportunity and relocated to Price in January of 2014,” he says.

He had checked out the area and his reasons for coming to Castle Country wasn’t only about work.

‘We came to Castle Country for two reasons,” he states. “First, there was the job opportunity that helped further my career. Second, we were looking for a better quality of life. I had several opportunities for higher paying positions along the Wasatch Front, but I was more interested in a great place to live. My family and I enjoyed our move from the beginning. It did take a little time to adjust, as it always does for a new area, but we were welcomed into the community and quickly made friends and had many opportunities to get involved.”

He said there is so much to enjoy and love about Castle Country.

“I love the sense of community here,” he explains. “I love the recreational opportunities. I love the small town feel. I love that it isn’t over crowded, polluted, and I don’t feel stuck in the rat race. I walk to work and get to be home for lunch, whereas before I had a commute of anywhere between 45 minutes to upwards of an hour and a half, depending on traffic. Our intention is to stay and raise our family here. We’ve lived in several areas in Utah and many of these areas are nationally ranked as top places to raise a family. But I can definitely say that we’ve never lived in a better area than Price. My kids play here more than they did any other place, and that to me is worth so much.”

As they say in the Castle Country area, “Many come for a day, but stay for a lifetime.”

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.

Tom and Cindy Lund are people who just stopped by the area one day and fell in love.

“We just pulled off the road one day here and liked it,” says Tom. “And then we started coming back. We came down for the Helper Arts Festival and then the Helper Christmas Light Parade. As we came here we saw this little town with so much potential. We started meeting people and we just kind of clicked with them. It is just so easy to get along with people here.”

Tom was a successful businessman in Salt Lake City where he owned rental properties, an auto repair business and a thriving vehicle tire operation. When he saw the lifestyle in Castle Country he knew he had to be part of it.

So in 2015 he began by buying a building and remodeling it into a business center called the Helper Hub. Just before that he bought some property on the outskirts of the town and looked to develop that into something that area needed. Consequently just recently the construction of a new and modern RV park began there.

Originally from Minnesota, and a transplant to Salt Lake City, Tom says he is happy with his recent decision to get out of the busy Wasatch Front.

As they say in the Castle Country area, “Many come for a day, but stay for a lifetime.”