Most kids don't have a moose for a neighbor. Lace Ann Stanfield did, and she turned that into one of Park City's sweetest souvenirs.
"Didn't everyone grow up with a moose in their yard every winter?" laughs the Park City native, founder of Park City PU PU. For 17 consecutive winters, a wild moose named Roxii visited the family's home. "Now that she's gone and I'm more grown up, I see what a truly special experience I had and how lucky I was."
In 2022, at just 15, Lace launched the business as a school project on entrepreneurship. It started with a lighthearted observation: moose droppings look a lot like chocolate-covered almonds. Today the mother-and-daughter boutique crafts premium organic confections in elegant, eco-conscious packaging. The line runs from gourmet gifts and luxury hotel amenities to the signature Reserve Collection, finished with genuine 24K edible gold. Special orders, gift baskets and event orders are welcome too.
Lace treasures that Park City is one of the few places in America to spot a wild moose. She loves sharing it with visitors in a "tasteful" way. When visitors "smile and laugh," she says, "it does not get any better!"
Away from the business, life revolves around horses. Lace rides her horse Skye and trains three others, a Friesian, a Welsh Cob and a Peruvian Paso, using natural horsemanship. Her surprising passion? Mounted archery, which she now introduces to the public. "Park City is such a unique place, why not offer another unique experience?"
That equine devotion inspired Pony PU, dark chocolate-covered cherries whose sales help support Barb Phillips' Saving Gracie Equine Healing Foundation in Wanship, where the family volunteers.
Her hope for the future is simple: that Park City keeps its quaint, mining-town charm. She also wishes to remind residents and visitors that they're truly in the wild, and to treat our wildlife with respect. Roxii would approve.