Growth changing face of Utah County

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: December 20, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

PROVO -- No, they don't have a 3-year-old or a 10-year-old. Yes, they go to church, just not the one their neighbors go to. And they live in Utah County -- Eagle Mountain, to be specific.

To be sure, George and Sue Hillicker aren't part of the "old" Utah County demographic. The couple is retirement age, don't have young children, aren't university students or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

But when they learned George's company had transferred him to Utah, they picked Utah County, not Salt Lake, Davis or Weber counties, as their home.

The Hillickers are part of the ...

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