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Conditions at
Red Deer Regional Airport
Feature News Items
Community Meeting Recommends Smaller Community Centre
Red Deer - Kelowna Flights to Re-Launch
April 20
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The hamlet of
Red Deer County, Alberta |
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- hamlet established 1995
with the closure of CFB Penhold;
- population approximately 1,100, mostly young families
(Canada Census 2011 - 1,079);
- located 7 km. south of the city of Red Deer and 3 km. north of
the town of Penhold;
- adjacent to Highway 2A and CP railroad 2 km. west of Highway QE2 freeway;
- adjacent to Red Deer Airport
 Springbrook includes:
- the former Mynarski Park
(living quarters
of the former Penhold military base),
-
Harvard
Park and Malibu
new residential subdivisions,
- the Harvard Business Park
(including
former barracks where summer cadet and other
training occurs),
- the Red Deer Airport
(including Airport Industrial
Park, Circuit Cafe,
Buffalo Airways, Air Spray)
- Woosh short-flight golf course,
- Springbrook natural park
 Springbrook's unique
character:
- former military base established 1940, renewed 1953,
- focal point of regional transportation and military history,
- former base hosted BCATP, NATO, bunker, radar,
- air and band cadet training during summer,
- home of forest fire fighting aircraft,
- training facilities for flying,
oilfield, police, rescue and motorcycle
- future home of Harvard Historical Aviation museum
- lots of green space including sports fields
see
Overview with aerial photo
 The
Waskasoo Area
- Waskasoo Creek watershed between the city of
Red Deer and the town of Penhold from the Red
Deer River to Highway QE2,
- area includes
- Gasoline Alley west commercial zone,
- Red Deer County Centre,
- historic Fort Normandeau (the Crossing),
- the historic Calgary & Edmonton Trail,
- the Alberta Central Railway steel
river trestle,
- home of several country residential areas,
- the town of Penhold (pop. 2,375 May 2011),
- Penhold Regional Multiplex,
- Springbrook-Penhold Trail
(part of Trans Canada Trail)
Celebrating the Past and
Embracing The Future
 - former air training base
(now Springbrook,
Harvard Park barracks and
training zone and
Red Deer Regional
Airport),
- former site of 'Bunker' and radar base,
- Fort Normandeau Interpretive Centre
(celebrating the Calgary & Edmonton Trail and
the origins of the city
of Red Deer),
- historic Mintlaw steel railway trestle
(historic resource
celebrating the former
Alberta Central Railway)
 Future Plans
- Airport expansion
- Trans Canada Trail
- Springbrook elementary school
- multi-purpose community centre
- Harvard Historical Aviation Centre
- New road access to Red Deer
- rehabilitation of Mintlaw trestle
Future Possibilities
- regional sports field
- High speed rail
- Railway station heritage resort
Current and
Future
Residential Development
Springbrook Street Map
Springbrook Community
Association
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