“Where You Belong” has become more than just a motto for the rapidly expanding and diverse Town of Niverville. Community visionaries, town council, businesses, and residents have built this community on dreams and hard work. Niverville has become a model community for many others struggling for survival.
Early visionaries knew that in order to build a thriving community, there needed to be a strong aggregate of residents from newborns and youth to families and seniors in order to create balanced and flourishing neighbourhoods.
In the last 15 years, Niverville has seen massive growth and made major strides. Progress is evident around every corner.
The Heritage Centre is only one example of it. Sitting at the heart of the community on nine acres of land, the campus is a hub for community life. With a daycare, licensed restaurant, banquet and event centre, full-time doctors, and a dental clinic, the centre provides services for every age. Connecting all of these amenities is an aging-in-place philosophy, allowing residents to move as needed through independent living, assisted living, supportive living, and the personal care home. Interaction takes place here from birth to the end of life, all under one roof.
The Niverville Chamber of Commerce is a forward-thinking group of local business owners who work hard to help existing businesses grow and also draw new, innovative business into the town’s dynamic corporate landscape. The town also has a business park that’s primed for industrial growth.
Residential and commercial developers are numerous here, building condos, starter homes, and dream homes in beautiful developments that offer safe, quiet, and family-friendly living. Tradespeople are abundant as well, calling Niverville home and working with small town pride.
Recreation opportunities abound. Hespeler Park is home to regulation soccer fields and baseball diamonds, playground equipment, and a splash park scheduled for the summer of 2016. The Centennial Arena and curling rink offers team hockey, recreational skating, and curling at all skill levels. A variety of outdoor rinks are scattered throughout town. The construction of an innovative dog park is underway and will be ready for the summer of 2016.
Friends of the Plex is a steering committee comprised of residents and council members working towards the building of a multi-use indoor recreational facility and upgraded arena. This complex has the potential to add sports courts, a running track, an indoor playground, and many common use spaces.
Old Drovers Run is a links-style golf course on the edge of town, surrounded by an upscale residential development called The Highlands, hemmed by a walking path that also winds through Hespeler Park and continues along the Crow Wing Trail.
The Niverville Recreation Committee works hard at developing programming for all ages, year-round. The Prairie Soul Dance Company, bursting with vibrant energy, caters to children ages three and up. The Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair hits Main Street every year for a weekend of high-end entertainment, a midway, and nonstop food and fun.
Education is a backbone of the community. Two schools cover all educational needs from preschool to Grade 12. A third school is on the table, as well as a potential French immersion option in the future. The elementary school is currently undergoing an expansion that will address the provincial plan to limit class sizes to 20 children in the early years.
Niverville had its beginnings as a small prairie town, and many of those rustic qualities remain in spite of nearby Winnipeg’s big-city influence. The railway still runs through town, announcing its coming and going with a friendly tug of its horn. Children still congregate at outdoor rinks or on streets for good, old-fashioned games of street hockey. Families connect with their neighbours at block parties and around backyard fire pits.
“Niverville is truly an intergenerational community with a people who live with purpose and passion,” says Mayor Myron Dyck. “From our various amenities and parks to our great schools and businesses, and our great community groups and organizations, [this] is a community where our residents would love to show you why Niverville is where you belong.”
