Off-Piste Park City: The Ripple Effect of Community Builders
If you’ve been here long enough, you know Park City isn’t static. It’s shaped not just by seasons and snowfall, but by the people who choose to invest their energy here. Not only in businesses, but in relationships, ideas, and shared experiences.
In the next chapter of Off-Piste Park City, the conversations move deeper into how culture, wellness, and connection take root in a mountain town. These upcoming episodes explore a common theme: when one person takes intentional action, the ripple effects extend far beyond what’s expected of their industry or role.
One of those conversations is with Karen Stone, a real estate agent whose path to Park City came through a deliberate slowing down from New York City. Karen didn’t simply relocate. She embedded herself. Today, she leads the local Toastmasters chapter, performs stand-up comedy both locally and in New York, and proudly calls herself a connector.
Her episode explores what it takes to establish yourself in a new place and why skills like public speaking, humor, and presence matter far beyond the stage. Comedy and networking share an important lesson: learning how to read a room, take risks, recover quickly, and connect authentically. Those skills shape careers, friendships, and the confidence to fully participate in community life.
Another upcoming conversation features Stacey Millhorn, owner of Pure Sweat and Float in Kimball Junction. Stacey’s story weaves together entrepreneurship, health, and care for others. We’ll talk about what brought her to Park City, the evolution of her business, and the growing role of infrared sauna and float therapy in supporting athletes, busy professionals, and those navigating health issues and chronic stress.
Equally important is the community Stacey has helped cultivate through a collective of local wellness professionals who playfully call themselves the Wellness Mafia. Together, they’re collaborating on a May event designed to offer accessible support, education, and connection for the broader community.
The podcast also explores how culture is being intentionally built across the Wasatch Back. An upcoming interview with Madeleine and Jonathan Cheever, founders of Team Cheever Plumbing + Heating, highlights what happens when craftmanship, creativity, and leadership intersect. Jonathan, a former Olympic snowboarder, shares the story behind the iconic snowboarding palm/ hand plant image that moves across the Wasatch Back on the company’s recognizable black and yellow vans.
Together, the Cheevers also host The Business Table, a monthly gathering that brings together business owners, producers, artists, executives and so many more who now call this place home. It’s a simple idea with powerful impact: create space for people to sit down, share stories, and build relationships that cross backgrounds, industries and neighborhoods.
Another forthcoming episode takes us further into the Wasatch Back to Heber Valley, where the owners of Heber Valley Entertainment have restored the Ideal Playhouse and the Avon Movie Theater. By breathing new life into historic venues, they’ve created cultural anchors that bring theater, film, and live entertainment back to the heart of Heber Main Street.
In each of these conversations, you’ll see a pattern emerging. These are not just business owners. They are community builders. Like the butterfly effect, one thoughtful action – a gathering, a performance, a wellness space, a restored theater – creates ripples that influence belonging, culture, and identity across ages and walks of life.
Off-Piste Park City continues to explore the stories that don’t always make the postcard but define the place we call home.
