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Village of Nobleford ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PROFILE

1Village of Nobleford: Economic Development Community Profile

Welcome to the Village of Nobleford

Nobleford is a modern vibrant growing community near the Canadian Rockies. Nobleford maintains quality city‐like infrastructure such as paved streets and concrete sidewalks complimented by a 2 km long paved walking path that wanders through its parks, recreation facilities, natural environments and numerous interpretive sites. In 2003, The Village of Nobleford was recognized as a pleasant, comfortable Village to live in but was facing sustainability issues. Property taxes were on the rise and there was a stagnant population of 615, and generally negative growth issues. The Village, economy and business growth, along with jobs in Nobleford were on the decline. Since 2003, Nobleford has doubled its population, geographic size, and has successfully self‐developed and sold over 200 new residential properties. With two manufacturers, one of which has expanded for the oil industry ‐ building large tanks, and many other businesses locating in Nobleford, the employed workforce is 300. Nobleford owns and operates a high quality water treatment facility and also provides water to regional pipelines. Nobleford property taxes have been consistently reduced annually to nearly half of 2005 levels, while maintaining healthy financial reserves, infrastructure and service. In a 2014 municipal spending report, the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses rated Nobleford as the second most sustainable municipality in Alberta.

Road Travel Distances

Distance Nobleford To: Kilometers Miles

Fort Macleod 40 25

Lethbridge 34 21

US border at Coutts 140 87

Taber 85 53

Medicine Hat 202 126

Calgary 185 115

Edmonton 475 295

Climate

Nobleford has a moderate climate with warm summers. Winters are cool but are moderated by warm Chinook winds blowing from the west coast.

Average: J F M A M J J A S O N D

Temperature oC -6.0 -4.2 -0.1 6.0 11.1 15.2 18.2 17.7 12.6 6.6 -1.2 -5.4

High temperature 0.1 2.3 6.4 13.1 18.3 22.0 26.1 26.0 20.2 13.7 4.8 0.6

Low temperature -12.1 -10.6 -6.5 -1.1 3.9 8.3 10.3 9.5 4.9 -0.6 -7.2 -11.4

Precipitation (mm) 13.5 12.0 22.8 28.0 49.9 82.0 42.6 37.3 41.4 20.1 17.8 12.9

Throughsuccessfulinvestmentandbusinessattraction,Noblefordisnowamodernsustainablecommunity.


Key Demographics

Population Demographics (2011) Village of Nobleford

SouthGrow Region

Population 1,000 158,282

Annual population growth rate (2001-11 trend) 6.4% 2.0%

Median age 28.5 38.3

Workforce population (age 15-64) 590 93,380

School population (age 5-17) 235 26,290

Senior Population (age 65+) 105 26,440

Average employment income $44,707 $52,819

Average family income $73,595 $87,602

Number of dwellings 375 61,566

Economic Indicators

A major employer in Nobleford from the 1930s to 1998 was a cultivator factory established by Charles Noble, manufacturing variations of the Noble blade. With this history rooted in agricultural implement manufacturing, Nobleford has built on this to attract and sustain new agricultural manufacturing and service related businesses in the immediate region. The newest investment in the works for Nobleford is the King Street Retail Complex shown below:

Recent Investments and Projects

Project Description

Manufacturing In 2010 Ag Growth International invested $5.4 million addition to their facility.

Agriculture In 2011 Richardson Pioneer built a new $2.4 million fertilizer blending plant and office. Related Commercial development along adjacent Highway 519 continues to grow.

Other $1.7 million expansion on the Christian Reformed Church. $8 million modernization of Noble Central (K-12) School.

Retail Plans are being developed for a new retail and commercial centre on King Street consisting of a grocery store, restaurant, other retail and office space.

Residential Developments

Since 2006 Nobleford has developed 5 residential subdivisions comprising of 220 lots. Since 2011 Nobleford has self-developed an industrial subdivision with 24 lots in 1 to 3 acre sizes. Private development adjacent to Nobleford has seen strong growth in the past 5 years. Outlook Acres, just outside of Nobleford offers country living with urban services.

Recreation Spray park, Walking paths, Skateboard Park

Noblefordhasproactivelyself‐developednewresidential

neighbourhoodstofosterthestrongpopulationgrowththatisoccurringalongwithits

industrialgrowth.


Local Businesses and Major Employers

Sector Businesses

Manufacturing Ag Growth Industries Agri-Tech Manufacturing Jobe Sand and Gravel

Agriculture/ Mechanical Services

Richardson Pioneer AY Core Supply Nieboer Farm Supplies Ltd. Vandenberg Hay Farm Noble Equipment Ltd. GFL – Green for Life Nobleford Truck Wash Ltd. Galimax Trading Inc. Water Sense Irrigation

Financial Services and Real Estate ATB Financial

Education and Public Sector

Palliser School Division/ Noble Central School

Village of Nobleford

Retail

Nobleford Food Market R-Kids Fashion Hair Expressions Eddie’s Pizza & Donairs Jen’s Restaurant

Construction/ Contracting

Vercon Construction Verrduyn Homes Charlton & Hill Ashcroft Master Builder

Available Land

20 fully serviced residential lots in the new Centennial Subdivision are currently for sale at prices that range in price from approximately $23‐$55,000 per lot.

Nobleford’seconomyisprimarilybasedonagriculturalimplement

manufacturing.


With a vibrant housing market, there are also a few new and pre‐owned houses for sale in Nobleford. Local realty companies that will have listings include:

www.point2homes.com/CA/Real‐Estate‐Listings/AB/Nobleford.html

www.royallepage.ca/en/ab/nobleford/properties

www.remax.ca/ab/nobleford‐real‐estate

www.lethbridgerealestate.com/search_map_results.php?form_LOC_SUBAREA%5B%5D=Nobleford Houses are relatively affordable in Nobleford. For 2013 and 2014 combined, the average selling price of a home in Nobleford was $220,000. The Nobleford Industrial Park has 5 industrial lots for sale. The lots are as follows.

Project Size Price

Lot 3 1.4 Acre $42,000

Lot 4 1.2 Acre $36,000

Lot 9 1.2 Acre $36,000

Lot 10 1.4 Acre $42,000

Lot 11 1.6 Acre $48,000

Development Statistics

Year Number of New

Houses Value of New

Houses Other Residential

Permit Value

Industrial/ Commercial/ Public/ Institutional

Permit Value

Total Permit Value

2014 5 $1,475,000 $29,550 $474,000 $1,978,550

2013 3 $635,000 $76,000 $1,450,750 $2,161,750

2012 16 $3,455,000 $51,800 $858,000 $4,364,800

2011 12 $2,549,000 $6,500 $2,965,000 $5,520,500

2010 32 $5,978,500 $106,500 $5,430,000 $11,515,000


Workforce Statistics

Statistic (2011) Village of Nobleford SouthGrow Region

Workforce population (age 15-64) 590 93,380

Workforce participation rate 65% 70%

% of Workforce with no diploma or post-secondary 38% 25%

% of Workforce with high school diploma or equivalent 31% 29%

% of Workforce with post-secondary diploma, certificate, or degree

32% 46%

Employment by Industry

Statistic (2011) Village of Nobleford SouthGrow Region

Agriculture 20% 12%

Oil & Gas <1% 5%

Manufacturing 24% 8%

Utilities, Transportation, Construction, Warehousing

29% 15%

Retail & Wholesale Trade 4% 14%

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate <1% 4%

Professional, Scientific, Management, waste remediation

<1% 7%

Education & Healthcare 14% 18%

Arts, Recreation, Accommodation <1% 6%

Public Administration, Other 9% 11%

24%ofNobleford’sworkforceworksinmanufacturing–threetimestheregionalaverage.Noblefordalsohas

doubletheconcentrationintransportationandconstructionrelatedjobscomparedto

theregion.


Transportation Infrastructure Facility Details

Highways and Traffic Counts

2014 Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) measured at the junction of highways 23 and 519

Highway 23 North bound: 1,770 Highway 23 South bound: 3,250 Highway 519 East bound: 1,010 Highway 519 West bound: 1,510

2014 Average Annual Daily Traffic measured 4.7 km north of the junction of highway 3 and 23 (Monarch)

Highway 23 North bound: 3,325 Highway 23 South bound: 3,259

Rail Served by the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline

Regional Airport Lethbridge Airport International Airport

Calgary International Airport

Agriculture20%

Oil & Gas0%

Manufacturing24%Utilities, Transport,

Construction, Warehousing

29%

Retail & Wholesale4%

Finance, Insurance, Real Estate

0%

Professional, Scientific,

Management, 0%

Education & Healthcare

14%

Arts, Recreation, Accommodation

0%Other9%

Employment by Industry

NoblefordislocatedneartheCANAMEX TradeCorridor.TheCorridorincludesapproximately1,150kmofAlberta’sprovincialhighwaynetwork,includingpartsofHighways4,3,2,216,16,and43,linkingtheAlberta/MontanabordercrossingtotheAlberta‐BritishColumbiaborderon

Highway43.


Municipal Tax and Utility Rates

Service Rate Property Tax: Residential 3.0591 (2014 Mill rate) Property Tax: Non-Residential

5.9861 (2014 Mill rate)

Residential/ water and waste water

$40.00 bi-monthly plus $0.60/ m3 up to 100 m3, $1.17 per m3 over 100 m3

Non-residential water and waste water

$40.00 bi-monthly plus $1.17 per m3

Residential and non-residential garbage and recycling

$26.00 bi-monthly

Utility Providers

Service Provider Gas Atco Gas

Electricity Fortis

Telephone/ Internet Telus/ Platinum Communications, Figment

Education

Facility Details

Elementary School Noble Central School (Kindergarten to Grades 12)

Secondary (Middle/ High) School

Noble Central School (Kindergarten to Grades 12)

Post-Secondary

University of Lethbridge Lethbridge College University of Calgary Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (Calgary)

Further Education County of Lethbridge Community Learning Council

Nobleford’smillratesarethelowestofany

southernAlbertamunicipality.Infact,Nobleford’smillratesarelessthanhalfofthenextlowest

municipality’smillrates!

OnegoaloftheNobleCentralSchoolmodernizationprojectistoimprovetheaccessibilityof

thebuilding.Therewillbeanewofficearea,asecond‐floorlibrary,andanelevator.


Health Care and Emergency Services

Nobleford has a volunteer fire and emergency services brigade consisting of 20 dedicated volunteers from all walks of life. Services mostly include fire, motor vehicle collision, medical, and other types of rescue responses. Our volunteer firefighters train to equivalent standards as paid career firefighters. Doctors, hospitals and other health services are available in nearby Picture Butte or Lethbridge. Picture Butte, Alberta Health Services, Green Acres Foundation and Alberta Seniors have a unique agreement to provide health care in Nobleford. A wing of the Piyami Lodge is being renovated to house Urgent Care, Laboratory and X‐ray services, Community Health and doctors’ offices. A new Supportive Housing annex is being added to the Piyami Lodge to replace 15 beds of the former hospital.

Facility Details

Doctors, Clinics Picture Butte Family Medical Centre Dr. R. Mohamed Medical Clinic Lethbridge

Acute care, emergency, laboratory, X-ray Piyami Health Centre in Picture Butte Lethbridge Hospital

Police (911) RCMP Fire (911) Nobleford and District Emergency Services

Ambulance (911) Nobleford and District Emergency Services

Seniors Housing Piyami Place in Picture Butte/ Green Acres Foundation Rosebutte Apartments

Family & Community Support Services Barons Eureka Warner Family & Community Support Services

Picture Butte also has a dental clinic, chiropractor, massage therapists, and pharmacy.

Barons‐Eureka‐Warner Family & Community Support Services FCSS assists individuals, families and communities to reach their potential through counseling, teen, parenting, senior, volunteer and children’s programs


Recreation

For a community of its size, Nobleford has several high quality recreation amenities for its residents. Most of these amenities were financed with grants, community donations, and other innovative techniques rather than municipal tax dollars.

Facility Details

Nobleford Community Complex

A gym is available for rent with a 478 person capacity, a licensed kitchen equipped to serve 300. Athletic equipment such as basketball, and volleyball equipment is included in rental. The upstairs meeting room is equipped with fridge, microwave, sink, for gatherings up to 60.

Nobleford Curling Club.

Spray Park

Includes a spray park, change rooms, playground, basketball court, outside fitness equipment, and a skating rink in the winter.

Skateboard Park At the Community Complex.

Parks, playgrounds, walking paths

Kenex Park features agricultural displays, walking paths and a gazebo.

Rubie Park features a climbing wall, picnic areas and a playground.

Centennial Park recently upgraded with playground and picnic areas.

Golf Keho Park 9-hole Golf Club

and Campground located 5 km north of Nobleford.

Sports fields and walking paths

Soccer field. Walking paths in the parks and

throughout the community.

Cultural Attractions and Events


Facility / Event Details

Library Noble Central School

allows the public to use its library.

Summer Fun Program

This program, for age 5 to 11 year olds, is funded by the Village of Nobleford. Monday to Thursday, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, July 7th through August 21th.

Nobleford Museum

Displays featuring Nobleford’s history of farming and farm implement manufacturing.

Clubs, Community Groups and Organizations

Nobleford Area Museum Society

Nobleford Community Complex Society

Nobleford Heritage Society Nobleford Curling Club Nobleford Parks &

Recreation Society Nobleford Parent

Association Keho Lake Recreation

Society Nobleford Oldtimers’

Society Nobleford Firefighters

Society 2018 Centennial Committee

Churches Christian Reformed Church Monarch Reformed Church Zions Hope Chapel


Area Attractions

Attraction Details

The Galt Museum Located in Lethbridge, the renovated former Galt Hospital is the largest museum in Southern Alberta. www.galtmuseum.com

Fort Museum of NWMP and First Nations Interpretive Centre

A replica of the original North West Mounted Police outpost built in 1874 in Fort Macleod; view daily Musical Ride in July & August. Attracts about 20,000 visitors per year. www.nwmpmuseum.com

Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Take an unforgettable walk through an authentic Japanese garden in the city of Lethbridge. www.japanesegarden.ab.ca

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

In 1939, Canada’s Waterton National Park and Glacier National Park in the U.S. were joined to create the world’s first international peace park. Known as “The Crown of the Continent” the combined park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/waterton/natcul/inter.aspx

Writing on Stone Provincial Park One of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system. www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx

Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre

A UNESCO World Heritage Site which attracts about 60,000 visitors per year. www.head-smashed-in.com

Alberta Birds of Prey Centre Take a “hawk walk” and learn about Alberta’s first privately licensed raptor rescue and conservation organization at Coaldale, AB. www.burrowingowl.com

Remington Carriage Museum The largest collection of horse-drawn vehicles in North America is located in Cardston, AB. www.history.alberta.ca/remington

Bellevue Mine Put on an authentic miner’s helmet and lamp and tour the actual corridors taken by early coal miners. www.crowsnestpass.com/Tourism/historic/bellevuemine.html

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre Experience what it was like to be in the coal mining Village of Frank before, during and after the great rock avalanche. www.frankslide.com

Contact Information

Village of Nobleford SouthGrow Regional Initiative

Kirk Hofman, CAO Peter Lovering, Manager 906 Highway Avenue, PO Box 67 Nobleford, AB T0L 1S0

P.O. Box 27068, Lethbridge AB, T1K 6Z9

Ph: (403) 824-3555 Fax: (403) 824-3553

Phone: (403) 394-0615 Fax: (403) 485-3143

[email protected] www.nobleford.ca

[email protected] www.southgrow.com

June 2015

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