Penhold: The Home of Future Generations

Centrally located on Highway 2A between Red Deer and Innisfail, Penhold is a vibrant family orientated community with a country living feeling. Penhold offers the perfect place to raise a family.

A vibrant, family-oriented community, Penhold is located a short drive from both the larger centres of Red Deer and Innisfail, making it the perfect place to live for those looking for big-city conveniences and a small-town lifestyle. Its steady growth over the past decade hasn’t diminished its reputation as a close-knit community: almost 2,500 residents enjoy country living in Penhold, and it’s easy to see why. Read on to find out why you might like to call Penhold home too.

Recreation

The brand-new Penhold Regional Multiplex is the place to go for all your recreation needs in the Penhold area. With an arena, dance studio, gymnasium, and fitness centre, the Multiplex offers activities that will get your heart pounding in a state-of-the-art facility. For those looking for a more sedate pastime, the Multiplex also houses a library that plays host to a variety of programs.

Penhold also actively promotes and supports a sense of community involvement and pride, through regular events like hay rides, markets, and community breakfasts and luncheons.

Shopping

Penhold residents can shop for the necessities right in town, but one of the unique benefits of living in Penhold is its location midway between both Innisfail and Red Deer. If you don’t want to battle the big-city crowds to do some shopping, Innisfail offers many of the shops and restaurants you’re likely to find in Red Deer, but without the hassle. Gasoline Alley, with its ever-expanding list of stores and eateries, is also just down the highway from Penhold.

Schools

Students from kindergarten to grade 9 will enjoy the public school system opportunities they have close to home in Penhold. For older students, or for those looking for other schooling options, schools in both Innisfail and in Red Deer welcome Penhold learners. And for adult students, the commute to Red Deer College is a short one.

Penhold is presently on schedule to recieve a new High School opening its doors, fall of 2014, an located next door to the multiplex.

Work

Surrounded by fertile farmland, the agriculture industry is an important part of Penhold’s economy – but employment opportunities abound in nearby Red Deer and Innisfail, especially in the oilfield, manufacturing, and construction industries. Retail work can always be found in nearby Gasoline Alley or Red Deer’s south-end shopping common.

Worship

Penhold itself is home to three places of worship: a community church, a Presbyterian church, and a Seventh Day Adventist church. But living in Penhold, you’ll have only a short distance to drive to reach the variety of religious institutions located in Red Deer and Innisfail, including Catholic, Baptist, and Anglican churches.

Truly, Penhold is home to future generations – but don’t take our word for it. Come for a visit and discover for yourself why Penhold is the perfect place to live, work, and play.