Forbes Ranks Heber City, Utah As The Fifth “Fastest Growing Small Towns” in America

Forbes recently ranked the “Fastest Growing Small Towns” in America and Heber City, Utah was number five, with population growth almost 15 percent from 2007 through 2010.  The population is approximately 23,530 and an unemployment rate of 6.6%.  Heber City is located in a beautiful mountain valley just a short drive from Park City, Utah and about 45 minutes from Salt Lake International Airport. The area features outstanding year-round outdoor recreation including golf, fly fishing, boating and water sports, plus skiing and other winter sports.  Summer temperatures a usually cool and pleasant, and Winter offers abundant snowfall for winter recreational.  The top 10 Things around Heber are; 

1. Wasatch Mountain- Golf
2. Soldier Hollow – Golf/Cross Country skiing
3. Skiing – Deer Valley, Park City, Canyons
4. Uinta Mountains
5. Strawberry Reservoir
6. Jordanelle State Park
7. Spas and Resorts
8. Heber Valley Railroad
9. Scenic Byways – Mirror Lake Highway
10. Provo River –  Fly Fishing 

Also in Heber City is the exclusive golf and tennis community of Red Ledges.  Red Ledges offers a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, Jim Mclean Golf Academy and a Cliff Drysdale Tennis Academy.  For an overview of Red Ledges see this Youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOQlaxdzedU . 

For real estate information on Heber City and Park City, Utah contact Jim and Billie Harsch with Mountain Town Realty Group at http://www.unlockparkcity.com