The Friends of the Plex, a local committee of volunteers, has been hard at work for the past year developing plans for a year-round indoor sports multiplex and new arena to be built in the Town of Niverville. Working alongside Town Council, they are currently in the fundraising stages.

A beautiful stretch of highway takes you from Winnipeg to The Highlands, winding 
south alongside the Red River to Niverville, Manitoba. Though only 20 minutes from Winnipeg, this endless stretch of fields and wooded riverbanks lets you know that you’ve entered a quieter, more relaxed way of living.

Numerous articles and studies have remarked on the incredible residential growth Niverville and the surrounding area has experienced over the past decade. The most recent census data indicates that the town grew an astonishing 43.7 percent between surveys. The growth is especially evident when looking at the expansion of local schools, recreation programs, and the number of new homes being built on an annual basis.

After the release of the census in 2011, Niverville was awarded the title of fastest growing comm-unity in Manitoba with a population of 3,540 people. That number may not seem like a lot, but when you consider that the town saw 43.7 percent growth in five years, it’s pretty impressive. Town officials estimate that the current population is just shy of 5,000. So why are people seeking out this small town just south of Winnipeg?

The Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair, one of the largest fairs of its kind in the province, will take over Main Street for its annual weekend-long street festival on June 10–11. In 2015, the fair celebrated its twentieth anniversary.

When you enter the Prairie Crossings condominium development in Niv-erville, you get the feeling that it’s a community within a community. Indeed, its developers, Prairie Sky Properties, describe it as a place designed to offer the comfort and security of a “pocket community.”