Moab Area Real Estate Magazine / April–May2025

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Magazine front cover: Local fifth- and sixth-graders in front of KZMU’s solar panels during a field trip to the station in 2024. The station’s long-running “Word of the day” program gives local youth the opportunity to have hands-on experience in radio broadcasting, public speaking, and vocabulary and language arts. Some participating students have gone on to positions as journalists, musicians, and public speakers. [Courtesy photo]

Top: Pictured outside the KZMU offices are, left to right, News Director Emily Arntsen, Station Manager Jenna Whetzel and Music Director and Volunteer Coordinator Crystal Bunch. [Photo by Rachel Fixsen]

Bottom: A clean, well-lit, clutter-free kitchen. Our local experts weigh in this month with their top tips for beautifying your home and increasing its value when it comes time to sell. [Photo by istock.com/Chefmd]

SERVING MOAB

After getting its start as an early agricultural and mining area, Moab is now well known as a gateway to iconic adventure. This visually striking desert region is the place we call home. At Summit Sotheby's International Realty, we don't just sell real estate; we're your neighbors, your fellow adventurers exploring the trails, marveling at sunsets and cherishing every unique quirk that makes Moab enchanting. Our dedication to this town runs deep – whether lending a hand at local events, supporting neighborhood causes, or simply sharing our love for this place, we're here to give back and keep our community thriving.

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‘WE WANT TO HEAR EVERYBODY’S VOICE’

Moab’s scrappy and creative community radio station is in top form heading into its 33rd year

Emily Cox and Josie Kovash of the local Moab band The Butch Cassidies played a live set at the KZMU radio station to kick off this year’s spring fundraising Radiothon on March 28. Early on they covered Tracy Chapman’s song “Talkin ’bout a Revolution.”

“I have this crazy bootleg tape,” Cox told the live studio audience and broadcast listeners after the song. A friend of hers had gone to college in a town where Tracy Chapman busked and played in small cafes early in her career. That friend had made an informal cassette of Chapman playing and given it to Cox.

“I have what might be the original

recording of that song you just heard,” Cox said.

“We should play that on the radio!” said Station Manager Jenna Whetzel.

Moab’s nonprofit community radio station, KZMU, breeds moments like this – where local people share their talents and stories over the airwaves, cultivating creativity and community.

year.

The station has pared down its staff in recent years to two full-time and one part-time staffer, and one on-call engineer. Whetzel took the helm less than a year ago, and she and Music Director and Volunteer Coordinator Crystal Bunch and News Director Emily Arntsen are keeping the station relevant, fresh and functional.

Opposite page: The creative KZMU float at the Green River Melon Days last
The station makes a concerted effort to get out into the community and connect with current and prospective listeners This page: Working in the KZMU studio are, left to right, News Director Emily Arntsen, Station Manager Jenna Whetzel and Music Director and Volunteer Coordinator Crystal Bunch. [Courtesy photos]

NEW STATION MANAGER

Whetzel has a background working in nonprofits and a master’s degree in public administration, specializing in arts and cultural management.

“It’s a dream job,” she says. “Because of — honestly, I can’t overstate this — how well it fits in with everything I want in a job.”

She says she likes budgeting, planning and organizing. She’s also outgoing and enjoys connecting with people, and she’s creative and artistic. And between her abilities and those of her staff and volunteers, the possibilities for the station, she says, are pretty much limitless.

“Truly we can do whatever we want, as long as it fits in with our mission,” she says. (And of course, it must comply with

regulations under the Federal Communications Commission, she adds.)

The station’s mission is to “inform, educate, engage, entertain and connect the communities of southeastern Utah.” KZMU achieves that primarily through giving community members a voice on the airwaves. Those volunteers play songs they’ve chosen themselves, or host talk shows with local relevance.

KZMU also partners with many local nonprofits, and Whetzel hopes to expand this aspect of the station, promoting the local organizations that provide community resources, and strengthening them all through collaboration.

Live events are another way the station connects with the community. This past winter, for example, KZMU co-hosted the annual Trashion Show, a beloved Moab event where attendees

Top: Jenna Whetzel became KZMU’s Station Manager in 2024, bringing a background working in nonprofits and a master’s degree in public administration to the role. Bottom: This past winter KZMU co-hosted the annual Trashion Show, a popular Moab event where attendees create fashion statements from discarded materials. Opposite page, top left: Music Director and Volunteer Coordinator Crystal Bunch. Top right: The station enhanced its capacity to simulcast in the past couple of years and has been able to bring live events to the airwaves. Last year KZMU broadcast the Free Concert Series, the Moab Music Festival, the Moab Folk Festival, and - pictured here - the Red Rock Arts Festival. [Courtesy photos]

create fashion statements from discarded materials. And on April 19, KZMU is celebrating its 33rd birthday with a party at the Moab Arts Center, with food, drinks and music. The station developed the capacity to simulcast in the past couple of years, and has been able to bring live concerts to the airwaves. Last year, KZMU broadcast the Free Concert Series, the Moab Music Festival, the Moab Folk Festival, and the Red Rock Arts Festival.

“We want to be out in the community as much as possible, both on the airwaves and not on the air,” Whetzel says. “We are your community radio station!”

MUSIC AND PROGRAMMING

Crystal Bunch started at KZMU as a volunteer DJ in 2019, and then became the music and program director in 2020. After a break, during which she focused on her own businesses, she returned part-time to again serve as the station’s music and program director and volunteer coordinator.

Part of her time is spent listening to new music and programming the Jukebox, which airs her curated playlist

when there’s no live programming (usually at night).

“At the end of the day, what I’m putting in there is what everybody hears when there’s not a live DJ,” she says. “It’s a lot of pressure, but also a lot of fun.”

Bunch works about 15 hours a week at the station, and she can only devote so much time to curating music—she says she listens to about 10 new albums a week—because she also manages the live programming and the volunteers who host shows.

“Our DJs bring a lot of energy, and that’s where I spend the majority of my time,” she says.

Anyone can become a volunteer DJ, no experience required.

“Everybody deserves a chance to be on the radio,” Bunch says. She’ll work with new DJs to try to find a slot that makes sense for the show they want to do. She onboards new DJs by familiarizing them with KZMU culture, history, and “dos and don’ts,” before training them on the sound boards. They shadow experienced DJs until they feel comfortable going on the air on their own.

Bunch hopes to keep expanding the rich mixture of voices on the station. For example, a recent addition to public affairs programming is the Juniper Hour, a talk show devoted to Indigenous perspectives. The station also has talk shows covering books, food, art, history, the outdoors and weekly happenings in Moab

Bunch also looks for fresh ideas for what to broadcast. One upcoming monthly show will feature an episode all about trash—where it goes once we throw it away or recycle it. It was a concept Bunch had never thought of, but she was impressed with the host’s pitch.

“She was talking to me about it… and I’m like, ‘these are the greatest trash facts I’ve ever heard,’” Bunch says.

Bunch says she aims to bring to the station “voices that have good ideas, or voices that we don’t hear, and get them on the air—that’s my goal.”

KZMU promotes local music artists and lesser-known musicians on the show The Artist Speaks, hosted by Bunch, on which she interviews the musicians, and plays some of their tracks.

Live tiny station concerts are another way the station can amplify local musicians, and Whetzel hopes to host them more frequently. Currently, they’re usually part of the twice-yearly Radiothons. After The Butch Cassidies played on March 28, local band Toni and the Enablers performed. Local musician Rachel Toupes played the following night.

Radiothons at KZMU are abuzz with joy, humor and sincere effort.

“Our stoke level goes up to 100,” Bunch says of the Radiothons. “We are community funded—we all know that.”

So all the staff and DJs are energized and motivated, and they get creative, centering their shows around one-off themes, bringing in special guests, and collaborating with each other. The vibes coming over the airwaves have the enthusiastic boosterism of a high school spirit week, but with a more eclectic aesthetic.

Besides the tiny station concerts, the Radiothon have included a spoof on the NPR news quiz show “Wait, Wait,

Don’t Tell Me!” called “No, No, Don’t Say It!”; a music duel; and an interview with the station’s founder, Carl Rappe, and other longtime KZMU contributors.

Some of Bunch’s fondest, funniest memories of the station have happened during Radiothons. Some of her proudest moments at KZMU, she says, have been how it brought the community together during times of crisis, like the pandemic and the Pack Creek wildfire that burned in the area in 2021.

“Being in media at that time really showed how strong our community is,” Bunch says. “Watching our team pull together in moments of crisis has been one of the most special things I’ve been a part of.”

News and public affairs

Local news and analysis of local issues are another way KZMU serves the community. Emily Arntsen started at KZMU in 2022, working with then-News Director Molly Marcello to produce local news segments that aired twice every week-

day. Marcello has moved on and the station has slimmed down its operating costs, so Arntsen is now both the news director and station reporter.

“I’m a newsroom of one now,” Arntsen says.

KZMU news airs at noon and 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Arntsen says she usually has one segment focused on the hot topic of the week—whatever everyone in town is talking about. And then she’ll cover something else she’s been developing on a longer timeline. She usually airs some pieces from other regional stations, which is possible through KZMUs membership in the Rocky Mountain Community Radio Coalition.

“I’m really grateful that we have such an amazing cohort of partner radio stations,” Arntsen says.

Other stations, including NPR member station KUER in Salt Lake City, also sometimes air Arntsen’s segments.

Top: A Tiny Station Concert with Toni and the Enablers outside the KZMU offices in March. The Tiny Station Concerts happen quarterly and feature local musicians that come to the station to perform with a small, intimate audience, much like the popular Tiny Desk NPR series. Bottom: KZMU News Director Emily Arntsen conducting a live interview out in the Moab community in 2024. Opposite page: A DJ appreciation party at the station in August. The station boasts Utah’s only all volunteer DJ crew. [Courtesy photos]

“There’s a spirit of sharing in community radio,” she says, fostered by the fact that many stations are operating with limited staff and budget.

Arntsen worked as a science writer for a university in Boston before moving to Moab in 2020, drawn, she said, by the novelty and spontaneity of it. She worked remotely for her job in Boston for a short time, then pieced together freelance work and odd jobs before finding KZMU. Now that she’s here, she says she’s made some of the best friends of her life here, and she’s also fallen in love with the community through her work at the station.

“My job is to talk to people in the community, ask them about what’s going on—what are your problems, what are your hopes, dreams and desires?” she says. Sometimes she bumps into people in the grocery store who say they heard her on the radio—a few times she has even had people recognize her voice from KZMU the first time they meet her.

“Because it’s such a small town, there’s such a direct line between me and the community,” she says.

Arntsen also develops special audio projects for KZMU. One thing she’s working on, along with a freelance reporter who once lived in Moab but now lives in Mexico, is a set of radio portraits of immigrant families who live in the region – “three vignettes of three families.”

She’s also working on a series about traditional Southwestern arts, crafts, and practices.

“I hope these stories can be a glimpse of some of these traditions that might be falling away,” she says.

Another project she’s working on is rebranding KZMU news. She wants to design a logo and update the theme music that segues into the news segment on air. She welcomes local sound artists to help.

“My dream is that it’s music using gathered sounds from the landscape here,” she says. “Recognizable sounds—like a soundscape, rather than just instruments.” She mused on the sounds of a canyon wren, falling water, or rushing wind as possible components. (If you have an idea, you can reach her at emily.kzmu.org)

Community radio nationwide

While KZMU has its own blend of style and content, it’s one of hundreds of independent community stations across the country that provide entertainment and information to their local areas.

Serah Mead is a previous KZMU station manager; now she’s the director of member services at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, which has over 200 member stations, including KZMU. Membership in the NFCB provides discounts on streaming royalties and other services, as well as training, mentorship and support.

As KZMU station manager, when Mead needed to work out a problem or encountered a scenario she didn’t know

how to handle, she could call the NFCB.

“It was always amazing, because a human being would answer the phone,” she says.

Mead is now that experienced person on the other end of the phone when staff from member stations, including KZMU, call for support.

Community radio isn’t unique to Moab – across the country, you can tune in to radiowaves carrying non-commercial, locally produced content, reflecting the character of the communities where it’s made.

In its 33rd year, KZMU is dedicated to embodying and serving southeastern Utah’s unique, quirky personality, Bunch says.

“KZMU is wild and wacky and loud and scrappy,” she says.

The more local voices participate at the station, the better job it does of serving the community.

Whetzel encourages people to show up and get involved with KZMU. “I’m not kidding, come on up to the station!” she says. “We want to hear everybody’s voice.” n

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Springtime

spruce up

Whether you’re selling your home or not, boost curb appeal and value with these tips from local experts

First impressions matter, so if you’re looking to sell your house and want to boost curb appeal, or you simply want to add spark for your own enjoyment, there are a number of things you can do that will add value to your home without spending a ton of time and money.

“The first thing a buyer will see is the front of your home, so you want it to be in tip-top shape; you want it to be a point of interest,” says Christina Brinegar, a real estate agent at Arches Realty. If your home’s exterior seems a bit “blah” you can “zhuzh it up,” she says, by adding colorful vases filled with flowers, or other plants. Also, don’t forget to pull weeds, and consider replacing your doormat, she adds.

Before putting a house on the market, “spring cleaning is a must”– starting with the windows, Brinegar says. When showing a house, Realtors like to turn on lights (be sure all the bulbs are working) and open blinds and curtains to allow sunlight into the room. Clean, sparkling windows allow more light to enter.

As a pet owner, Brinegar also recommends installing a fence

or some other type of enclosure around the property. A lot of Moab homebuyers have kids and/or pets and typically want a fence, she says.

While prospective buyers look closely at kitchens and bathrooms when shopping for a house, many will come with their own vision and style. So, whether or not it’s worth investing in a major remodeling project depends on the particular situation, Brinegar says.

Aaron Davies, a Realtor with eXp Realty in Moab, also emphasizes the importance of cleaning and tidying up your home, which he notices some people find difficult to do. If that’s the case, he recommends hiring a professional housecleaner.

Check your carpet, flooring, drapes and blinds for dust, dirt and grime, he advises. And, it’s important to declutter. That means putting the laundry away,

“The first thing a buyer will see is the front of your home, so you want it to be in tip-top shape; you want it to be a point of interest.”
Christina, Brinegar Arches Real Estate Group
“Painting interior walls (a neutral color) is almost always worth it.”

making sure there are no dirty dishes in the sink, and removing knick-knacks and family photos. All those things can be hard to do when you’re living there, and don’t know how long your home will be on the market. However, keeping your home tidy and with a simple, clean feel will help prospective buyers imagine themselves living there, Davies says.

While washing your home’s interior walls can be helpful, a fresh coat of paint might be warranted –especially if you’ve been living in the house for a while, he says.

“Painting interior walls (a neutral color) is almost always worth it,” Davies notes. Painting the exterior of the house, however, is more expensive, and might not be worth the investment. The exception to that, he says, is the front door. Many Realtors and home improvement experts suggest painting your front door a bright, but complementary color to add interest and enhance the front of your property.

While simplifying is often an important step, on the other hand, if you live a minimalist lifestyle and are looking to sell your home, you might consider temporarily adding furniture and some décor to make the house cozier, Davies says.

If you have houseplants, make sure they’re healthy. Potted plants add color and life to a room and improve indoor air quality by converting carbon dioxide to oxygen. Now’s not the time to nurse along a struggling, wilted plant – move it on. You want your home to convey a healthy, positive environment, Davies says.

Odors are huge turn-offs. The lingering smell of cigarette smoke is “bad news,” Davies notes.

Pets produce odors, too, although pet owners often become

accustomed to the smell and don’t always notice it. “But we smell it as agents,” Davies says, even those who are pet owners themselves. Davies recommends that animal owners invite a trusted non-petowning friend to your house to give an honest appraisal of the smell of your home. A common problem are carpets where dogs and cats have marked their territory. If that’s the case, you might need to remove the offending carpet or flooring, he advises.

Even cooking smells can be unpleasant. So, if you’re planning on showing your home on a particular day, be sure not to cook something that creates a strong, lingering smell. Consider baking cookies or a pie, instead.

Springtime is one of the best times to sell or buy a home, says Nikole Anderson, branch broker at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Utah Properties. She sends out a newsletter each month to a database of her clients where she gives seasonal real estate tips to make the most of the season.

In her newsletter, Anderson also mentions the importance of first impressions. She recommends freshening up landscaping by trimming hedges and planting

Aaron Davies eXp Realty

colorful flowers. Others in the Real Estate business advise tidying up walkways, and replacing stones or pavers if needed. You might want to add small shrubs, or interesting boulders where there are gaps in your landscaping. Apply fresh mulch to landscaped areas, if needed. Decluttering applies to the outside as well as the inside. Get rid

of junk. Anderson suggests powerwashing your home’s exterior. Pressure washers can also be used to clean driveways, walkways, fences, gutters, roofs, and patio furniture. Always start with the least powerful nozzle before increasing its strength, to avoid damaging whatever it is you’re cleaning.

You can accentuate the potential for outdoor living at your house by adding patio furniture, and colorful pots or potted plants, says Anderson.

Anderson also recommends that you ensure everything is working when showing your house. So, be aware of leaky faucets and any other minor repairs that are needed.

In addition to trimming back brush, planting flowers, and powerwashing your home’s exterior, Mikala Lawley, a Real Estate agent with Summit Sotheby’s International Realty, adds be aware of chipped paint in places, and do a touch-up if needed. She also recommends re-painting the trim around windows and doors. “You want the exterior to be visually appealing; you want it to make a statement right off the bat,” she says.

Lawley advises homeowners to add light to dark spaces. So, if you

have a dim living room she says to consider adding floor and table lamps to add more light.

And while it’s helpful, when showing a house, to remove personal items like photos, you also want the space to appear comfortable, which can be done by adding a throw blanket or fresh-cut flowers, she says.

Don’t forget to look closely at high-touch areas of your home – like doors, light switches, door knobs and the like – and clean them. Smudges and dirt always show up in photos, Lawley says.

You can find more tips for sprucing up a home online, including painting a contrasting wall to add visual interest to a room. Swapping out lighting –including floor or table lamps, and overhead lighting, can change

“You can accentuate the potential for outdoor living at your house by adding patio furniture, and colorful pots or potted plants.”
Nikole Anderson Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Utah Properties

the atmosphere in a room and improve the overall vibe. And consider adding artwork sparingly.

“scuzzy” bathroom. So, give yours a thorough cleaning. Remove hardwater stains from faucets, and check the bathroom for any signs of mold. Re-caulk around the tub if needed. Buy a new shower curtain, bath rugs, and matching towels.

Another simple way to dress up the front of your house is replacing old house numbers. For something different and creative, a wall planter can do double-duty by growing attractive plants, with a set of house numbers attached to the outside of the box.

If you have a mailbox next to the street, consider planting a mix of flowers around it – including annuals, perennials and vines for year-round interest. McGilvray also recommends planting a tree or two to boost property value, since trees add curb appeal, and can reduce overall water needs by providing shade to an otherwise hot landscape.

“Add light to dark spaces, and remember when selling your home to remove personal items like photos.”

Another form of clutter is too much furniture for a space, writes Jacquelyn McGilvray and Leah Hennen for hgtv.com. They say professional stagers will often remove half of a homeowner’s furniture to make a room appear larger. Repositioning sofas and chairs can create a cozy conversational grouping.

Additionally, you can make your kitchen appear larger by clearing countertops and packing away seldom-used appliances. Consider improving the kitchen by painting or refinishing the cabinets, and/ or changing out old hardware, like handles and knobs.

Experts agree, nothing will turn off a potential buyer more than a

You might also want to swap out a worn mailbox for a new one.

Whatever you do, don’t wait until you put your house on the market to make improvements that can increase your own enjoyment for years to come. Happy spring cleaning! n

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89% of mentored youth report greater confidence.

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“Mentoring is why I come to school.” –MOAB MENTEE

84% get along better with others

“From the first time I saw her, we have fun, even when we’re different. She’s 80 and I’m 6.” –MOAB MENTEE

“You’ve been helping me feel happy inside. If I need anything, I know I could ask you.” –MOAB MENTEE

“Grand Area Mentoring is one of Moab’s strongest and most valuable resources and systems of support.” –GCSD TEACHER

Supporters are invited to become volunteers or to make a monetary contribution so Grand Area Mentoring can support Moab’s promising youth.

Call or email to learn more: (435) 260-9646 • grandareamentoring@gmail.com 264 South 400 East | Moab, UT 84532 | Join us on FACEBOOK!

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

President: Jessiqua Zufelt

President Elect: Randy Day

Board Members: Reina Every, Valerie Brown, Kali Bisco

Chapter Manager: Gail Wells

Serving: Moab, Monticello, Blanding, Bluff, Castle Valley, La Sal, Green River, Thompson Springs

Welcome to Moab!

DIRECTORY OF OFTEN-REQUESTED INFORMATION

Area code 435 unless noted otherwise

MOAB CITY NUMBERS

All Emergencies: 9-1-1

Police: 259-8938

Fire Dept.: 259-5557

City Hall: 259-5121

Post Office: 259-7427

Library: 259-1111

Chamber of Commerce: 259-7814

City Planning Dept.: 259-5129

City Recreation Dept.: 259-2255

GRAND COUNTY NUMBERS

Sheriff: 259-8115

Grand County School District: 259-5317

County Clerk (Voter Reg.): 259-1321

County Assessor: 259-1327

County Administrator’s Office: 259-1346

County Recorder: 259-1332

County Treasurer: 259-1338

Building/Development Permits: 259-1343

Building Inspector: 259-1344

Economic Development: 259-1248

Travel Council: 259-1370

Recycling Center: 259-8640

UTILITY CONTACTS

City of Moab: 259-5121

Enbridge Gas: 719-2491 or 719-2490

Rocky Mountain Power: 888-221-7070

Grand Water & Sewer: 259-8121

Moab City Public Works: 259-7485

Monument Waste Services: 259-6314 / 7585 Frontier: 800-921-8101

Emery Telcom: 259-8521

Amerigas Propane: 259-6756

MEDICAL AND DENTAL CONTACTS

Moab Regional Hospital: 719-3500

Moab Dental Health Center: 259-5378

Merrill Hugentobler, DDS: 259-7418

Moab Regional Health Center: 719-5500

TRANSPORTATION

Canyonlands Regional Airport: 259-4849

Contour Airlines 888-332-6686

Redtail Air: 259-7421

Amtrak/Green River: 800-872-7245

Greyhound Bus/Green River: 564-3421

Canyonlands Car & Jeep Rental 259-4413

QUICK FACTS:

Elevation: 4,026 ft

Settled: 1878

Mayor: Joette Langianese

Population: Moab 5,268 (2019), Grand County 9,640 (2019)

Highest point in La Sal Mountains: Mount Peale, 12,721 ft

Climate: Midsummer average high/low: 99F/65F, Midwinter average high/low: 43F/20F

Average annual precipitation in Moab: 9 inches

Speed limit in town: 25MPH (15MPH for OHVs)

Driving distance in miles to Salt Lake City: 233, Denver: 354, Las Vegas: 458

Moab Toy Taxi: 260-7222

Enterprise Car Rental: 259-8505

Salt Lake Express 208-656 8824

UTAH STATE NUMBERS

Motor Vehicle Div: 259-3743

Drivers License Div: 259-3743

Hwy Patrol: 259-5441

Health Dept: 259-5602

Moab Employment Center: 719-2600

District Court: 259-1349

NAT’L & STATE PARKS & PUBLIC LANDS

Arches Nat’l Park: 719-2299

Canyonlands Nat’l Park: 719-2100

Dead Horse Point State Park: 259-2614

Bureau of Land Management: 259-2100

U.S Forest Service: 259-7155

To Report a Wildfire: 259-1850

Poaching Hotline: 800-662-3337

CITY INFO:

Moab City: 259-5121

www.moabcity.org

Monticello: 587-2271

www.monticelloutah.org

Blanding: 678-2791

www.blandingutah.org

GRAND COUNTY

Building Inspector: 259-1344

Economic Development: 259-1248

Water and Sewer: 259-8121

Sanitarian: 259-5602

Assessor: 259-1327

www.grandcountyutah.net

SAN JUAN COUNTY

Building Inspector: 587-3225

Economic Development: 587-3235 x5006

Water and Sewer: 587-3221

Sanitarian: 587-2021

Assessor: 587-3221

INSURANCE COMPANIES

Central Utah Insurance: 259-5981

Markle Insurance: 259-5241

State Farm Insurance: 259-5161

LENDERS

Fidelity Mortgage: 719-4100

www.fidelitymortgage.com

Primary Residential Mortgage: 259-0259

www.primaryresidentialmortgage.com

Eastern Utah Comm. Credit Union: 259-8200

www.euccu.com

Mountain America Credit Union: 259-1500

www.macu.com

Zion’s Bank: 259-5961

www.zionsbank.com

Wells Fargo Bank: 719-2700 www.wellsfargo.com

CONTRACTORS

Tekton, LLC 260-0871

Henderson 259-4111

Triple J 259-9988

Moab Construction 259-8529

Dave Sadoff 260-0975

Delray 259-0515

J2 Builders 220-0089

SA Construction 260-9674

TWS 200-5570

Jude Tuft 719-5082

EcoLogic 210-0241

Moab Area Real Estate Magazine does not guarantee the accuracy of information presented above.

To have information updated, removed or added, email andrewmirrington@gmail.com.

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