Located a short distance from Canada's second busiest highway, Olds is a young, progressive town with considerable residential and commercial growth in the last few years.

In 2007, there were $97,854,013 in development permits issued including $44,000,000 in commercial and $51,000,000 in residential.

Olds is a bustling town of 7,500, located along Highway 2, just 45 minutes from the Calgary International Airport and 35 minutes from Red Deer. It is the hub of Mountain View County which is home to 40,000.
Agriculture and oil are the main economic drivers. Started in 1993, nearly 15,000 readers open up the pages of the Olds Albertan every week. That translates to 87 per cent readership (Combase 2007).