On September 6, Niverville’s town council heard the second and third reading of its borrowing by-law to extend $5 million to the Niverville multiplex. The motion was passed. As a result, the thermometer outside of the town office rose 30 percent of the way to the project’s $16.5 million goal.
In mid-August, the fundraising committee submitted its first ask to the federal and provincial governments under the Small Communities Fund. This fund was created as a federal-provincial cost-shared program to provide infrastructure improvements, including recreation facilities, to communities with less than 100,000 residents. The project is based on a one-third federal share, one-third provincial share, and one-third municipal share. The committee’s ask from this program was for $10 million to match the Town of Niverville’s $5 million donation.
The committee is now awaiting an answer from the government on how much the multiplex project qualifies for to move forward with the build.
The last fundraising barbecue was held on Wednesday, September 7 in the Son City parking lot. The committee would like to thank their volunteers, the businesses that allowed the use of their parking lots, Winkler Meats, and Bigway for their support this summer.
The next event will be the annual Niverville Winterfest & Market on Saturday, November 19. The fundraising committee will be at the south end of the Niverville Arena, serving supper with Santa. Also, the business fundraising team is getting ready to meet with local and regional businesses to ask for financial support. The residential fundraising team is hard at work planning events for the spring of 2017.
As always, Bigway Bucks are still available for purchase for your grocery needs at Niverville Bigway. They are sold in denominations of $20. Ten percent of the proceeds come back to the Niverville Multiplex.
