...according to Money magazine and me. In this month's issue of Money magazine they have ranked my little city here as number 100 on their annual "100 Best Places to Live" list. Cottonwood Heights has only been an actual "real" city for 2 years so it is kind of impressive that it has gotten this kind of notice so quickly. CH was the only Utah city on the list and only 1 of 4 in the whole intermountain region. Paul grew up in Sugarhouse and I grew up in Holladay and we bought our first house in Salt Lake City proper but about 31 years ago we moved out here closer to the canyons. Our first house was about 4 miles from where we live now. We lived there 17 years. When we decided to build a new home we knew we didn't want to leave this area and we were lucky enough to find a spot to build and our kids didn't even have to change schools. We have been in this new house for 14 years. Paul's office is also here in CH. Our daily commute to work is just 3 stop lights! I know, we are soooooooooooooooooo spoiled! CH has everything we need: Target, Walmart, TJ Maxx, Old Navy, Barnes and Noble, The Store (super local upscale grocery store), Wild Oats, World Mart, Cafe Rio (the original location) and most recently, Paradise Cafe! The Chipotle restaurant is opening soon! There are quite a few Corporate headquarters here too: Overstock.com, Jet Blue, Mrs. Fields, Kern River Gas and Sonic Innovations, and of course, Kasteler & Associates, CPA's!
One of the things I love the most about this location is how close we are to our beautiful mountains. We are honestly like 2 minutes from Big Cottonwood Canyon and maybe 10 minutes from Little Cottonwood Canyon (hence the city logo "City between the canyons"). We have some of the best snow skiing resorts just minutes away: Brighton, Solitude, Alta, Snowbird. I know, spoiled again. The canyons are wonderful for hiking, picnicing, biking and just scenic driving.... you should see them in the fall!
I hope you don't mind me bragging a little here but it is fun to see someone else recognize what I have known for a long time!
2 comments:
you made me feel homesick, all the way out here in the WJC!
it really is a great place... i love that my mom has a house there. we didn't even realize it was called cottonwood heights until last summer, suddenly we saw this sign... we wondered how long it had been a city. there are so many great places to shop and eat I'm getting excited to come up. never been to paradise cafe though, we will have to put it on the list!
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