Whispering Pines
By Mike Diemer
Let's face it, Alberta snowbirds cherish their winters spent down south; the sun, the fun, the golf and multitude of other outdoor activities make Arizona the only way to truly enjoy an Alberta winter. Eventually however the US and your insurance policy makes you put away the clubs, give up all that fun, pack up the RV and drive back home. A sad day for most snowbirds. The good news is there's nothing that says you can't return home to live in a place that let’s you have as much fun as you did when they were down south.
Introducing Whispering Pines ~ the perfect Alberta snowbird community. Centrally located, Whispering Pines is Alberta’s only “active-living” residential community to be designed like a Snowbird Resort. Whispering Pines is quickly becoming the favorite summer address for snowbirds, boomers and retirees looking for active living lifestyle options in Alberta.
As Alberta empty nesters look at retirement options, they are becoming increasingly wary of the multi-family condominium developments that have been their only downsize option for the last 20 years. Congested urban living and limited amenities, combined with a multitude of cash call horror stories, have made Alberta empty-nesters very wary of condo living.
Whispering Pines offers a refreshing new alternative, a lifestyle option that until now that hasn’t been available in Alberta. An “Active Living” resort styled residential community, where owners live a gated, maintenance free lifestyle in a resort styled community filled with tons of active living amenities, built around an 18-hole championship golf course, on a 9km lake
Roughly half way between Edmonton & Calgary, a mere 20-minute drive east of Red Deer, Whispering Pines is centrally located in the province, situated on 200 “un-prairie like” acres and offers leisure living at its best so you can be close to the kids and grandkids ~ just not TOO close.
The property also offers Albertan’s dwelling options they won’t find at other RV resorts or in other residential communities. Your lot is zoned residential and you can build a home immediately if you wish, but you don’t have to. You can also decide what your initial dwelling will be - an RV, park model, or a home (with full basement) built on site. And you decide the development schedule of your lot (there’s no building commitment). In this way, your property can evolve from a seasonal, recreational snowbird RV site to a year round residence, when and if you see fit. This offers you development options; flexibility and choices you won’t find offered anywhere else.
There are other major advantages; there are more amenities than you’ll find in any RV resort in the province and the resort is open 52 weeks a year verses seasonal resorts that are open less than 20 weeks a year. While other resorts are closed for the “off season”, Whispering Pines offers winter amenities, like the 5km ice skating rink, 10km cross-country ski trail, NHL replica hockey rink and curling rink - built right on the lake. This way your kids and grandkids will have something to do while you’re soaking up the sun in Arizona
Like any true destination resort, Whispering Pines has amenities in place now that you can enjoy every day of the year - unlike resorts that merely promise future amenities at some undisclosed future date or tie amenities to future phases or sales.
A one-of-a-kind Resort Styled Community, Whispering Pines offer owners “affordable resort style living”, and a gated, secure, maintenance free lifestyle. Promoting a year-round active lifestyle they offer development options, flexibility and choices you won’t find available anywhere.
Whispering Pines even offers a free 2-night RV & Golf holiday to interested Albertan’s looking to check out the resort. You can book this free golf and lake vacation online at their website www.StayandPlay4Free.com. If you’ve never been to the place where ‘Alberta Snowbirds Nest in the Summer’, I strongly suggest you put this on your “to do immediately” list, before all the nests are gone.