Update Sept. 23

Springbrook, Alberta is now 10 years old as a hamlet, and in spite of inclement weather, the community held a successful family celebration in the theatre of the Bear Training Centre on Sept. 10.

The final draft of the Springbrook Gasoline Alley Area Structure Plan was revealed to County residents at a Harvest Fair Sept. 17 in anticipation of a population increase of 8,000 over the next 10 years in the area between Red Deer and Penhold, the Red Deer River and Highway QE2. A town centre, new arterial roads, an elementary school, regional high school, sports fields, a possible police training academy and new access roads and trails are all provided for in the plan. There is even a possibility of high speed rail going through the area. Another 'town centre' is envisioned just west of Gasoline Alley near Waskasoo Creek as population increases in that area as well.