Heila Ershadi

  • Moab Proud, Moab Made

    Moab Proud, Moab Made

    Moab Made describes itself as “a shop dedicated to the local artisan community.” I would add that the Main Street store is hand-crafted for the individual who appreciates singular items. …

  • Moab’s Desert Sun Ceramics

    Moab’s Desert Sun Ceramics

    Desert Sun Ceramics is open to novices and experts alike. The mission is “to provide a creative, inspirational learning environment where everyone can explore the wonderful nature of clay.”

  • Moab Root Cellar Project: History is ‘Preserved’ For the Future

    Moab Root Cellar Project: History is ‘Preserved’ For the Future

    “We don’t really think of ourselves and our lives as history,” said Christy Williams Dunton, the Development Director for the Museum of Moab. “But we are. We are living histories.”

  • Moab Road Trip

    Moab Road Trip

    Local Moab resident, Heila Ershadi, gives the insider take on where to go and what to see in Moab.

  • CommuniTea Garden: Moab Man Embraces the Grace of Open Space

    CommuniTea Garden: Moab Man Embraces the Grace of Open Space

    One afternoon in early spring, I met Jay Nethercott on a lot in downtown Moab that he estimates could have made him hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • Guest Workers in Utah

    Guest Workers in Utah

    They come to Moab from all over the world. Tourists, yes, but also guest workers. Service industry employers say these workers, brought in on temporary visas, are necessary for the…

  • Moab: Affordable Housing Meets Sweat Equity

    Moab: Affordable Housing Meets Sweat Equity

    one solution to mitigating Moab’s housing woes: the Mutual Self-help Housing program, which, to date, has constructed more than 150 homes for low-income families. Under the guidance of a licensed…

  • Combining Economic and Environmental Sustainability

    Combining Economic and Environmental Sustainability

    Currently, the biggest issue Moab faces is a crisis-level shortage of housing that is affordable to the people whose work powers the local economic engine. The unprecedented level of visitation…