Coalville • Coalville is the kind of small town where most residents can tell who’s downtown just by looking at the parked cars.
A mercantile on Main Street has been selling hardware and clothes out of the same building for more than a century. The biggest event of the year is the county fair — and people don’t just love the demolition derby, they love being people who love the demolition derby.
But developers have turned their eyes toward this passionately rural town of 1,500 people. For years, Summit County has exploded around Coalville, which has barely grown.