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.”