Well it seems the secret is out, but if you have ever driven up to Kamas you most likely already know that the donuts at the Mirror Lake Station are very popular and extremely tasty.  What looks like just a normal gas station from the outside is anything but once you get inside.  The Mirror Lake Station makes from scratch donuts, bagels, turnovers, and croissants, and have been making assorted pastries for 40 years!  

The owner decided to enter the Utah Dough Show, a convention for donut-lovers that took place in Salt Lake City this year.  She submitted their raspberry fritter and won the best donut in Utah!  Six judges from outside of Utah cast their vote and decided the winner.  So, next time you are headed up to Kamas or the Uintas stop in and see

Excerpts of this blog were taken from Park City Magazine's Celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Golden Spike article by Michaela Wagner

There will be a slew of Golden Spike 150 celebrations throughout the state this month, making the hearts of railroad and history fans happy!  The Golden Spike 150th anniversary is a celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, with many family-friendly events and exhibits through-out the state of Utah.  

If you don't want to travel too far here are several events happening close to Park City:

Whistle Stop in Echo, May 8

Big Boy No. 4014, one of Union Pacific’s historic steam locomotives, rolls into Echo (3525 S. Echo Rd,) as part of Spike 150 revelry. Summit County’s festivities begin at 8

As you can see from the graph below, Utah rated as the number one state for leading economic indicators!  Utah was the only state to rank in the 2-3% range, and shows that its economic activity is trending up.  

Utah is the 2nd best state to raise a family according to fatherly.com!  To compile the list, researchers created the Policygenius Family Friendly Index, which was made up of nine figures that were weighted equally: Percentage of families, percent of families living in poverty, cost of child care, cost of college, divorce rate, infant mortality rate, violent crime per capita, median household income, and housing costs as a percent of income. 

Utah offers so much when it come to raising a family, and Park City has the highest ranked public high school in Utah!  Even more of reason to live in Park City! Contact us today if you are interested in looking in Park City or the surrounding areas, we can confirm it really is a great place to live and bring up

It is the quiet time of the year in Park City and that means no traffic and great deals at many Park City restaurants! Grab the local Park Record newspaper and you will find many 2 for 1 coupons to places like Stein Eriksen Lodge's Glitretind, Riverhorse, Butchers, and many more.  Starting next week Bill White will begin his value nights at three of his popular restaurants.  On Tuesday April 30, Taco Tuesday begins at Windy Ridge Cafe, where you can get amazing deals on taco, beer, and margaritas.   Thursday May 2, Ghidotti's located in the Redstone area of Kimball Junction will begin their $5 Thursday's.   You can get many food items for $5 and glasses of wine for $5, you can't beat that!  Then on May 6, Grappa located at the top of Main Street will

Park City Institute on Wednesday announced its St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights Summer Concert Series! It will take place this summer in The Eccles Center for the Performing Arts on Kearns Blvd.  Last year the concert series used two temporary locations after Deer Valley Resort decided not to renew their contract and instead hold their own concert series.  They announced five concerts starting on July 7 and ending August 24.  

Here is the lineup for St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights Summer Concert Series 2019: 

The Brothers Osborne, The Punch Brothers, Taj Mahal Quartet, and Marc Cohn featuring special guest vocalists, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Gone West, and CAM.   Tickets go on sale to Park City Institute members Friday April 26 at 10am and

*As published by KPCW.org, article written by: David Boyle

Vail announced on Thursday morning that it has entered into an agreement with a Utah based commercial real estate investment group PEG companies to sell and develop parcels of land currently used as surface parking lots at the base of Park City Mountain. 

Vail says that the development plan for the 10 acre lot will feature a mixed-use project, including a full-service hotel and spa, residential units, commercial space for dining and retail, skier services, parking garages and community priorities such as improved access to public parking, traffic and transit improvements and on-site workforce housing. 

Cameron Gunter, founder and chief executive officer of PEG Companies said “We believe

The 2019 First Quarter Park City and Heber Valley Market Report is out and it provides a great overview of the Summit and Wasatch County real estate markets.  Prices did rise slightly in almost every area, including Park City Limits (this includes the Deer Valley area), Synderville Basin, Heber Valley, and East Summit County.  Please remember that these areas are highly segmented, even though just a few miles apart, Deer Valley and Thaynes Canyons area vary greatly in price and what is available.  Please reach out to us for a detailed look at any areas you are looking at or currently reside.  

In a recent article on Bloomberg.com, they list the best places to own a vacation home in the U.S. and Summit Park came in at #1 and Heber came in at #7!  Summit Park -- the term for the micropolitan area, is actually part of Park City but Bloomberg only used micropolitan statistical areas which include one main urban center with a population of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 people, at least one county and all designated hamlets, villages and townships.  Bloomberg used equally measured metrics of: vacation home stock, share of the workforce employed in real estate and recreation-related industries, home valuations and household income.

Heber and Summit Park were the only 2 in the top 20 located in Utah.  For information on either of these