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6 Almanac: a colorful sampling of Mooresville culture

22 Portfolio: people, places and events that defi ne Mooresville

35 Arts & Culture

37 Education

41 Health & Wellness

42 Sports & Recreation

43 Community Profi le: facts, stats and important numbers to know

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FEATURES

10 ACCELERATING INTO THE FUTUREAbundant educational options here include specialized opportunities in the arts, technology and NASCAR.

14 FULL THROTTLE TIPSDriver, broadcaster and businessman Rusty Wallace weighs in on Mooresville, home of his race shop, Rusty Wallace Inc.

16 ADVENTURES IN VINOShops, tasting rooms and a new vineyard serve the area’s elevated interest in wine.

18 GEARHEADS, UNITEThe Mooresville Cruise-In draws visitors to the area while showcasing residents’ burgeoning enthusiasm for classic cars.

20 REASON FOR PAWSAdvocacy groups, businesses and events ensure the best quality of life for four-legged residents.

MOORESVILLE BUSINESS 26 Expanding Global Reach

Mooresville has become a magnet for international businesses.

30 Biz Briefs

32 Chamber Report

33 Economic Profi le

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To Market We GoFrom asparagus to zucchini, the Mooresville

Rotary Club Farmers’ Market is a good place to

shop during the warm-weather months.

The market is open Wednesday and Saturday from

7 to 11 a.m., along the 100 block of South Main Street. It

operates from June through mid-November and features

locally grown, fresh seasonal produce.

Also for sale are items such as ornamental plants,

baked goods, meat, flowers, eggs, herbs, nuts and grains.

All Aboard for ArtworkThe Mooresville Artist Guild is still steaming along

inside a former train depot that now functions as a

visual arts center.

The guild was organized in November 1966

with 20 original members, and today there are 225

members and supporters. In 1978, the Mooresville

Town Board voted to allow the organization to use

the town-owned Southern Railway Depot, and it has

served as its home ever since.

The building has been completely remodeled over

the years, including a warehouse that is now utilized

for large exhibits.

Excitement in StoreShopping is hopping here, thanks to more

and more stores moving in.Mooresville is becoming an attractive place

for retailers thanks to an influx of new residents in recent years. The newcomers are a mix of retirees‚ workers related to the NASCAR industry and employees who have relocated to the Lowe’s headquarters. In addition, Lowe’s vendors have sparked the population growth.

Among the developments being planned or under development are Mooresville Town Square, as well as Legacy Village, which will be a mixed-use community with retail‚ residences and offices.

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Fast Facts Mooresville was

ranked in the Top 100 cities to live by Money magazine in 2007.

Mooresville-based Carolina Beer & Beverage is the creator and maker of a dozen, high-quality craft beers that are sold and distributed in five Mid-Atlantic States, under the Carolina Blonde and Cottonwood Ales brands.

Golf lovers will be more than pleased with the Mooresville area, thanks to several quality golf courses that include Fox Den Country Club, Mooresville Golf Course, Statesville Country Club and Verdict Ridge.

The Lake Norman Orchestra is a volunteer community group that celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2008.

Mooresville is the world headquarters for Lowe’s Home Improvement Company.

For more than a decade, Mooresville has been proud of its close ties with Hockenheim, Germany, its sister city.

All Hail, Queen LauraThere she is – Miss Race

City USA.

In May 2008, Laura Moses

ascended to this title in the

inaugural Miss Race City USA

beauty pageant. Moses was a

senior at Lake Norman High School

when she won the pageant that

was held in the school’s auditorium.

Her one-year reign includes

taking part in festivals, parades, local

charity events and community service

activities. Besides being a beauty contest

winner, Moses also competes in rodeos.

Still Breaking a LegThe show must go on – and it has since 1973.The Mooresville Community Theatre has staged nearly 60 different productions

through the years, including musicals, dramas and one-act plays. Its home is the Charles Mack Citizen Center, which has an auditorium that seats 234 for performances.

Clayton Miller, the theater group’s treasurer, is the only member who has been with the Mooresville Community Theatre since its inception. The troupe’s first-ever show at its current building was Pajama Game.


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WiFi access in the amenities

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Linen closets*

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Crown molding

Custom kitchen cabinets

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Delight FullFeeling hungry? Head to Mooresville Town Square.

The development currently is home to a diversity

of restaurants, including Cartucci’s Italian Restaurant,

Fusion Bowl (Asian, sushi), Indigo Joe’s (a sports bar)

and the Redeye Martini Bar. Future plans for the

Square are to increase the number of restaurant

options, plus add a retail village complete with

gardens and walking paths.

Town officials hope the Square will ultimately

become a 400,000-square-foot retail destination

for shopping, dining and entertainment.

Racing During LunchLunchtime has become race time at

a Mooresville entertainment attraction.Many business people have been spending

their lunch hour at The Pit, which features indoor kart racing. The 70,000-square-foot track is inside a former warehouse that is constantly ventilated whenever the gas-powered karts are being driven.

Customers climb into the karts then drive an inch off the concrete surface, at speeds up to 40 mph. Besides racing, the building includes corporate meeting rooms, party rooms, a laser tag arena, arcade, billiards and a large banquet and reception room.

Mooresville | At A GlancePOPULATION (2007 ESTIMATE)

Mooresville: 26,689

Iredell County: 149,877

LOCATION

Mooresville is in the Piedmont region of

North Carolina, 30 miles north of Charlotte.

BEGINNINGS

Mooresville was named for John Franklin

Moore, who arrived on the scene in 1855

and persuaded the Atlantic, Tennessee

and Ohio Railroad to run tracks through

the center of town.

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AREA STUDENTS FIND AN EDUCATIONAL EDGE IN THE ARTS, TECHNOLOGY AND MOTORSPORTS

STORY BY LEANNE LIBBY

I nnovative and interactive edu-cation is the common thread throughout the variety of pro-grams in the Mooresville area.

For little ones, it starts in places like The Goddard School and extends to higher education at Mitchell Community College and Central Piedmont Commu-nity College, as well as the nearby, four-year programs at Davidson College, Catawba College, Pfeiffer University, UNC Charlotte and Appalachian State University.

At the School of Visual and Perform-ing Arts on the campus of Statesville High School, students take their interest in the arts to a new level.

“The thing we are able to do here is allow students to pursue their dreams,” says Lisa Miller, principal.

After opening in January 2008 with

just more than 100 students, Miller says upward of 300 had expressed interest in entering the school by the fall.

The grant-funded, early college program provides an accelerated curriculum for students wanting high-level performing arts experience.

Miller says it shows students that there are careers in the arts beyond the stage, enticing future electricians with backstage work and designers with set or costume experience, for example.

She credits the city with supporting the school through the $2.3 million restoration of Mac Gray Auditorium.

“The folks in the community have been so positive about the work that’s been done and how modern and state of the art it is,” she says.

The school holds recitals at least once every nine weeks, with several hundred

Into theFuture

NASCAR Technical Institute boasts a 92 percent graduate placement rate.


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residents turning out to watch.“The arts are key to drawing young

professionals to the area,” Miller says. High school graduates interested

in the automotive industry have a one-of-a-kind opportunity at Mooresville’s NASCAR Technical Institute.

“We provide the training necessary to excel in entry-level, automotive tech-nician jobs,” says John Dodson, the institute’s community and NASCAR team relations director.

Top-performing students have an opportunity to build engines used in NASCAR competition.

The institute has room for up to 1,900 students and offers 48-week and 78-week programs. Dodson says at least 80 percent of the graduates take jobs in the automotive industry, although some aim for coveted NASCAR jobs or use their knowledge to pursue Saturday night racing as a hobby. A number of graduates take jobs in one of the many supply industries supporting NASCAR.

Dodson says the institute is an active corporate citizen, donating money or volunteer hours to programs including Special Olympics and Relay for Life.

In addition, the program keeps the area supplied with a steady stream of students working part-time jobs and spending money locally on housing, groceries and entertainment.

“We are really an economic machine here,” Dodson says. “Every three weeks the hotels are filled for graduations and then filled again for families preparing students for the start of new classes.”

Families in Mooresville also have access to Mooresville Graded School District, a high-performing district with some of the top science scores in the state. The district serves about 5,400 students on seven campuses.

Technology is more than a tool in Mooresville classrooms. Every kinder-garten through third grade classroom uses a Smart Board, and the district is in the midst of one of the largest laptop distribution programs in the state, with the potential to become one of the most comprehensive technology pro grams in the country. Most of the fourth-through-twelfth-grade students have round-the-clock use of a laptop, with the remaining intermediate school students to receive one for the 2009 school year.

“From what we have seen in the first month of school, students see the program as relevant,” Superintendent

Mark Edwards says. “If you look in the classroom, the focus is phenomenal.”

Community support has been integral to the program’s success, Edwards says.

“Lowe’s provided $250,000 to sup-port the initiative,” he says. “We also have a $50 charge per laptop to cover insurance. The Mooresville Foundation is having a golf tournament to help pay that for families who cannot afford it. The town provided an additional $25,000 for infrastructure.”

The district is upgrading buildings, as well. Fall 2008 brought a new inter-mediate school. Fall 2009’s plans include opening a new elementary and middle school as well as renovating one of the older buildings to house a ninth-grade academy designed to help middle school students prepare for high school.

“When business and families look at the area, they want to know there’s a firm foundation in the community,” Edwards says. “Certainly, schools play a huge role in that. [The fact] that Lowe’s and other businesses here are excited bodes very well for economic development.”

Nineteen-year-old Mason T. Wigley graduated from NASCAR Technical Institute in October 2008.

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allow students to pursue their dreams.”


W ith 55 wins over the course of 25 years as a NASCAR driver, Rusty Wallace is not

only one of the most successful stars in the sport’s history, he’s also one of the top five money winners with over $50 million in earnings.

Though he’s retired from racing, Rusty Wallace shows no signs of slowing down and hasn’t strayed far from the racetrack. Wallace now relishes his roles as team owner of Rusty Wallace Inc. and lead auto racing analyst for ESPN and ABC Sports.

Born in Missouri, Wallace and his wife, Patti, live just south of Mooresville in Cornelius, but Wallace says he chose Mooresville as the location of the RWI complex because of the area’s growth.

“Mooresville is a good location and it’s very easy to get on and off the inter-state,” Wallace says. “We had a lot of friends that were building in the area, so we went with the idea.”

Wallace says that when he and his family spend time away from work in Mooresville, they take advantage of everything the community has to offer, including Soirée, Wallace’s pick for a nice dinner out on the town. In previous incarnations, the South Main Street space was a saloon; a dry goods shop in the late 1800s called the Rankin Store; and the Morrow Brothers Furniture Company before becoming a Mooresville favorite for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.

The historic spot has an eclectic menu that encompasses everything from Brunswick Street crab cakes and chilled peach soup to a duck breast entrée with North Carolina muscadine wine sauce and a decadent dessert called Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!

For breakfast, Wallace fuels up at hearty standbys Cracker Barrel or Bob Evans, and lunch often involves a pit stop at Jimmy John’s sandwich shop, which is located in the Mooresville

Rusty Wallace makes his debut as a SportsCenter analyst during ESPN’s coverage of the 2006 Daytona 500. Right: Wallace enjoys the casual, upscale atmosphere at Soirée when enjoying an evening meal in Mooresville, and lunch often involves a pit stop at Jimmy John’s at Town Square.

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Town Square lifestyle development. In close proximity to Cartucci’s Italian

Restaurant, Redeye Martini Bar and Lavendar and Sweet Grass boutiques, Jimmy John’s picked a prime location in one of the town’s many new devel-opments, which are another asset to the area, Wallace says.

“A lot of shops have been built in the area, so the convenience of everything is great,” Wallace says.

He says his own shopping tastes usually result in eyeballing the latest electronics at Best Buy in the Mooresville Crossing Shopping Center on Highway 150 and Williamson Road. The recently built 155,000-square-foot destination also includes a Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, Staples and Petco.

These days, Wallace doesn’t need a waving checkered flag to stay on the go. An avid pilot for many years, he’s accumulated more than 15,000 flight hours in the cockpits of everything from jets to his own helicopter. He’s also been enjoying a bit more schedule f lexibility to focus energies on another pastime, golf. Lucky for him, the Mooresville area has no shortage of places for him to play,

including Mooresville Golf Course and Mallard Head Country Club on the shores of Lake Norman.

Of course, golfing is just one of many things to do on Lake Norman, according to Wallace.

“There is a lot to do on the lake dur-ing the summer,” Wallace says. “The shore line goes on for miles.”

That’s 520 miles, to be exact, making Lake Norman the largest man-made lake in the Carolinas.

Professionally and personally, Wallace is making an impact on Mooresville, and is enjoying watching it expand.

“There is a lot of potential for the area because of the location,” he says. “It’s growing every day.”

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in VinoI t hasn’t replaced sweet tea – yet.

But an explosion of specialty shops and tasting events signals that fine wine has become the drink of

choice for many in the Mooresville region.“I have more than 80 wines on my

menu, and most are offered by the glass,” says Donna Gibson, owner of the Legends of Lake Norman wine bar near Interstate 77 at Exit 33, which also offers pastries, a full lunch and an evening tapas menu. “People often will come in after work, order two or three tapas dishes and a bottle of wine to share.”

Few things go better with wine than cheese, which inspired Maureen Roth to pair the two offerings at her store, Say Cheese! at the Grapevine.

“I sell cheese from all over the world,” Roth says. “It’s fresh cut off the wheel, so you can taste before you buy.”

Roth, a former pilot, sought help from family members as she prepared to enter her new profession.

“I’m third generation – I have aunts and a grandmother who had cheese shops, so growing up we always had great cheese platters,” Roth says.

“I help people with their pairings, so they get to see how English Stilton goes so great with port wine,” Roth says.

At Davesté Vineyards in Troutman, visitors can enjoy a taste of some locally

made wines in an artfully rustic setting. First wines were produced in 2006, and the tasting room opened in 2008.

The European-style wines include traditional favorites such as Merlot and Chardonnay, as well as some varieties less commonly seen in North Carolina, including Malbec and Rkatsiteli.

“We are the first winery in Iredell County and the Lake Norman area,” says Stevie Frye, tasting room and mar-keting manager. “We feel with Charlotte being close by and Interstate 77 being a corridor from the south to the Yadkin Valley [wine region], we are in a prime location for people to stop by.”

The 1,500-square-foot tasting room,

designed by owners Dave and Ester DeFehr, doubles as an art gallery with works by Ester DeFehr and others.

Wine lovers in downtown Mooresville can find many choices in one location – 202 North Main Street Fine Wines.

“We’re in a circa-1900 hardware store that has been completely reconditioned,” says shop owner Graddie Lane. “We have unique, hard-to-find, small-production boutique and family winery products – in excess of 1,000 bottles.”

The shop transforms itself into a wine bar each Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening, specializing in flights of wines that help customers discern the nuances of f lavors.

SHOPS, TASTING ROOMS AND NEW VINEYARD SERVE ELEVATED INTEREST IN WINE

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R eaching the age of 30 is good news in Mooresville. The Mooresville Cruise-In is a classic vehicle exhibition

that rumbles into downtown Mooresville on the first Saturday of each month, from March through November. Car owners with vintage vehicles that are at least 30 years old are invited to participate in the festivities, which occur near the intersection of Main and Broad streets.

“The Cruise-In happens from 4 to 8 p.m., and the next get-together will be April 4, 2009,” says Allen Warlick, vice president of the Good Ole’ Boys Street Rodders, one of the event sponsors. “There are hundreds of classic cars along with food vendors, live enter-tainment and sidewalk sales. It’s a good time for the gearhead crowd.”

The event showcases vehicles that are classified as antiques, classics, street rods and muscle cars.

“Antique cars and street rods are from 1948 and older, while customs are 1949 models to the late 1970s,” Warlick says. “The muscle cars such as Chevelles,

Gearheads, STORY BY KEVIN LITWINPHOTOGRAPHY BY IAN CURCIOCRUISE-IN GROWS INTO A

CLASSIC MOORESVILLE EVENT

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Cars that appeared in movies

such as Talladega Nights

and Days of Thunder are on

display in Mooresville.

Alex Beam, owner of Memory

Lane Motorsports & Historical

Automotive Museum, often

rents his vehicles to film studios,

since the museum has more

than 150 vintage cars on display.

“We have more than 15

different categories of race cars

on exhibit, from soap box derby

contraptions to classic cars to

NASCAR stock cars,” Beam says.

The museum includes cars

driven by Dale Earnhardt,

Jeff Gordon, Bill Elliott, Junior

Johnson, Cale Yarborough and

Darrell Waltrip, to name a few.

“We also have the first car

that Richard Petty ever raced,”

Beam says. “It is a 1957

Oldsmobile that was eventually

retired and then buried in a scrap

yard behind the Petty race shop

in Randleman. The car was under

lots of dirt and brush, and the

Pettys contacted me about 10

years ago to see if I wanted it.

I rented a backhoe to dig it up,

and now it’s on display here.”

Memory Lane is a mile west

of Interstate 77 at Exit 36, and

Beam says the museum

welcomes a lot of bus tours.

“A man from the Netherlands

stopped here in 2008 and told

me it was the best attraction he

had seen so far in the United

States,” he says. “I showcase

authentic cars that look the

way they were raced.”

Memory Lane’s phone

number is (704) 662-FORD,

so does that mean that Beam’s

favorite cars are Fords?

“No, it’s just an incredible

coincidence that the phone

company happened to give me

that number,” he says. “I have

no favorite car brand. I like them

all if they’re vintage.”

– Kevin Litwin

Barracudas and Mustangs date from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, while classics are models such as ‘62 Impalas or ‘57 Thunderbirds.”

Warlick says his group works with the Mooresville chamber, city govern-ment and the police and fire departments to pull off the show.

“Mooresville has always had a car theme attached to the city – it even has the nickname of Race City USA,” he says. “The cruise-in just lets guys and girls meet downtown in order to talk cars. I enjoy it every month.”

Bob Amon, an avid car enthusiast and an independent insurance agent in Mooresville, says he has been an antique car collector since his high school days in the early 1960s. He attends the cruise-in whenever possible.

“The several hundred cars on display are often hauled or driven to Mooresville from good distances away,” Amon says. “As for me, the oldest car in my personal collection is a 1908 REO, and I have vehicles all the way up to my 1952 Bentley. Mooresville simply provides a great setting for antique, classic and street rods.”

So what makes Mooresville so popular with fans of classic cars?

“Mooresville was one of the cities where early bootleggers would run moon-shine during Prohibition days, and those guys were all about fast cars to outrun the police,” Amon says. “Those moon-shine runners eventually started racing their fast cars, which actually evolved into the start of NASCAR in the late 1940s. Then as the sport grew and teams started to move here, it brought in some very talented people from all over the country who all love cars.”

Amon adds that many of those talented car enthusiasts in Mooresville are fabri-cators who build sheet metal components for current-day NASCAR vehicles.

“Those are guys who also know how to use machines such as an English wheel to remanufacture fenders that have long-since gone out of production,” he says. “A lot of NASCAR people have old cars that they drive or restore, and Mooresville is simply an ideal place for this kind of a culture.”

The Mooresville Cruise-In rumbles into downtown the first Saturday of

each month, March-November.


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L ife is good for Harley, Digger, Mopar, Socks and Fred. They’re the dogs owned by NASCAR driver Ryan Newman and his wife, Krissie.

“They’re like our children,” Krissie says about the family pets. “We’re not ready for kids yet, and they bring a lot of love and joy and laughter into our lives. We want to educate the community and try to show people how to take care of their animals the right way.”

That’s the premise behind the Ryan Newman Foundation, a philanthropic initiative founded by the Statesville couple in 2005. The idea hatched as Krissie was helping a friend in Virginia try to find homes for several puppies. “That just opened my eyes to the problem of overpopulation. It made me want to help in bigger ways and use Ryan’s renown to do that,” she recalls.

Through grants, the foundation helps support humane societies, animal-control agencies and animal-rescue groups, as well as wildlife conservation and preservation efforts. Additionally, the Newmans are national spokespersons for the Humane Alliance’s Spay/Neuter Response Team.

You might say that four-legged friends don’t take a back seat among the area’s motorsports celebrities. The Greg Biffle Foundation for Animals, headquartered in Mooresville, supported 51 humane organizations in 2007 and annually produces a NASCAR Pets Calendar that’s a must-have for devoted fans. The Humane Society of Iredell Board of Directors has additional NASCAR ties, including Krissie Newman; Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, sister of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.; and Lee Smith, mother of NASCAR driver Regan Smith. The organization has launched a capital

campaign to build a shelter in Mooresville.Meanwhile, PetSmart in Mooresville hosts adoption days

on the first and third Saturdays of each month. PetSmart and PETCO offer pet parents in Mooresville big-box selections for their supplies, while coddling pets is the primary business of enterprises such as Pretty Pups and the Pampered Pets Inn.

Also taking advantage of the PetSmart adoption days is Lake Norman Animal Rescue, which has saved nearly 1,000 dogs and cats since its founding in 2004. Staffed by volunteers and funded by contributions, LNAR coordinates foster homes for rescued animals until permanent homes are found – no matter how long it takes.

“We all had a passion for shelter animals, what we called The Green Mile pets, the ones that didn’t have a chance. They were highly adoptable pets that sometimes had as little as two days to find a home before they were euthanized,” says Beth Webster, one of the organization’s founders and its president. “We wanted to focus on them, because there seemed to be a big need for that.”

LNAR’s major expenses are spaying/neutering and medi-cations, particularly heartworm treatment.

To raise funds, LNAR annually sponsors the Race City Wiener Run, a dachshund derby on Broad Street in downtown Mooresville. The competition attracts dachshunds and their people from several states and in 2007 earned NLAR about $3,000 after expenses.

“When you open up the starting gate, some of them take off to the other end and some of them just step out and look around. Others just run from one side to the other greeting people,” Webster says. “It’s a lot of fun.”

ADVOCACY GROUPS AND BUSINESSES ENHANCEQUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOUR-LEGGED RESIDENTS

STORY BY SHARON H. FITZGERALD | PHOTOGRAPHY BY IAN CURCIO

Animals are held in high regard here, thanks to several pet-oriented businesses and animal advocacy groups. Above left and right: Lake Norman Animal Rescue and PetSmart often work together to pair pets with new parents.


From the moment 520 miles of shoreline were created with the

filling of Lake Norman in the 1960s, the body of water has been a strong lure for boaters, fishers and vacationers. Almost immediately second and summer homes began to pop up around the lake, and even after four decades the area still exerts a strong pull.

“When the lake was first created it was really more of a second-home market, for people who lived in Charlotte or Statesville who wanted a weekend place,” says Abigail Jennings, president of Lake Norman Realty. “But over the years it’s become a primary-residence location, and that’s continued as the cities around here have grown, making it easier to live here and get to work. Now that there’s everything you might need here, most of the residences are occupied full-time.”

The summer and weekend market is still well represented, however. This is evidenced by the condominium devel-opments that began popping up in the 1970s and boomed in the 1980s. There’s also some available land on the lake, mostly at its north end, but a few pockets here and there in the more developed south, as well.

“Up north it’s starting to develop, but there’s still a real ‘old river’ feel up there versus the wide-open lake feel at the southern end,” Jennings says. “But there are lots all over, just some not as large as the others.”

With Lake Norman referred to by local residents as “a wonderful place to live, work and vacation,” Jennings says it’s an easy sell – even in a real estate climate that has been struggling on the national level.

“Some people might want a condo, someplace with no maintenance where they can drive in, get out of the car and be out on the lake, while others might want a secluded, beautiful smaller home,” she says. “There’s all that and more here, from around $500,000 up to $3 million or $4 million at the top end of the market. It really is all over the board, and there are people interested in every aspect of it.”

Answering the Lure of the LakeLAKE NORMAN’S SCENIC BEAUTY AND RECREATIONAL OPTIONS DRAW NEWCOMERS

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Renowned artist Cotton Ketchie serves as a member of many

community boards and civic clubs.

Ketchie MakesPowerful Civic Brushstrokes

Cotton Ketchie’s artwork has made him famous throughout North

Carolina and beyond, but his watercolors are only one of this Mooresville native’s many worthwhile endeavors.

As past president of the Mooresville-Lake Norman Exchange Club, Ketchie has been heavily involved in child abuse awareness and prevention. The organiza-tion has held the annual Cotton Ketchie Arts Festival since 2004, raising $20,000 in 2008 for the SCAN, or Stop Child Abuse Now, Center. Ketchie’s wife, Vickie, is chairman of the North Carolina Foun-dation for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Other efforts of the Exchange Club include establishing exhibits around town showcasing copies of the Declaration of Independence and other documents crucial to the formation of the country and hosting an annual banquet for the city’s veterans.

Ketchie also serves in the Rotary club, on the fundraising board for Mitchell College Endowment for Excellence and several others.

“I tell people I’m ‘board’ to death, but I try to give back,” Ketchie says. “I’ve always told my wife and children, you’re obligated to share it if you’ve been blessed. That’s all there is to it.”

He also operates Landmark Galleries, which he opened in 1987, and is working on a new book about Mooresville’s busi-ness community and how it’s developed over the years.

“I’m going to tell what it was like around here from a historic standpoint, what the buildings used to have in them and what’s going on now, and do it with a little humor in there,” he says.

And when that’s done – or maybe sooner – he’s got a couple of painting trips to take.

“I’ve driven to 47 of the lower 48 states to paint and photograph, and I’ve just got North Dakota left,” he says.


Bridging Gaps and Breaking Down Barriers

As a business owner and community leader, Nydia Ferral knows the importance of understanding what’s

going on in the workplace. And as a native Puerto Rican, she also understands just how hard that can be when English isn’t your primary language.

In an effort to bridge that gap, Ferral ensures that the Community Housing Development Corp. of Mooresville/South Iredell, where she is the executive director, offers bilingual services whenever possible. That also goes for Nydia Ferral Realty, which she owns and operates with her husband, Charlie.

When she became the CHDCMSI’s executive director five years ago, operating in two languages was very much on her to-do list, if only because of her own experiences, Ferral says.

“Everybody speaks either Spanish or English, but usually not both,” she says. “Because I was born in Puerto Rico, Spanish is my first language. That makes it easy for me to offer services to the community, and we have a group of people here who really need our services.”

While many of the agency’s clients may be bilingual, their grasp of English is so tenuous that they don’t often pick up the finer points of housing issues, and even their rights in some situations.

“Spanish is easier for them to speak, and they don’t get

as confused,” Ferral says. “When you’re talking about money and contracts, investments, buying a home – that’s really important. I want to make sure that they understand everything that we are telling them, and that we understand everything they are telling us.”

The agency is seeing more Spanish-speaking clients than ever before, although its numbers haven’t risen to the level of larger cities such as Charlotte just yet. Still, Ferral knows that day is coming and wants to be ready.

“The Spanish-speaking community is growing here, and there are some companies that are starting to offer bilingual services,” she says. “Not a lot yet, but the need is there and I think we’ll see that growing.”

The Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce has a secret weapon.

Actually, it has several of them, and it’s not one bit afraid to turn them loose all over town.

The chamber has a corps of ambas-sadors made up mostly of retirees, a group that turns out for ribbon cuttings, greets visitors at networking events and pitches in at the chamber offices in many ways, including getting the monthly newsletter out the door. And while the chamber staff will be the first to tell you the ambassadors are indis-pensable, the volunteers themselves say they get plenty out of the deal as well.

“When I moved here seven years ago

I did not know one person – not one,” says Emma Porter, who relocated from Washington to be near her son and his family. “I went and joined the chamber, thinking that would be the best way to learn who was who, and they told me about the ambassadors. I know more people in town now than some people who have lived here all their lives.”

After 56 years in the nation’s capital, Porter is no stranger to reaching out to others. She worked as a White House volunteer during the Clinton adminis-tration, sending out congratulatory notes to birthday celebrants who were turning 80 or older. In Mooresville, she keeps up with local government by attending

commissioners’ meetings every first Monday of the month.

“I thoroughly enjoy it here,” she says. “We get to know the businesses, and they get to know us. We’re able to get people involved with each other and tell them about each other’s services. I like telling people about the town, and it’s a good way to just get out and enjoy life.”

And as for the politics? While Porter insists that she’s not running for elected office anytime soon, she does like to keep an eye on things.

“I didn’t live in Washington all that time for nothing,” she says. “I learned a few things.”

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Nydia Ferral, executive director for Community Housing Development Corp. of Mooresville/South Iredell, advocates offering bilingual services.


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Legendary driver Richard “The King” Petty moved his shop here in 2008.

Creating a Race Shop Fit for a King

It took a long time to get Petty Enterprises to Race City USA, but in

2008 it made the move in a big way.The outfit, founded by legendary

driver Richard “The King” Petty, operated out of Level Cross from 1949 until January 2008, when it leased an 115,000-square-foot racing shop in Mooresville from Robert Yates.

The move came with a lot of preplanning, says Petty Enterprises commu nications manager David Hovis, who adds that for the organization, leaving behind more than 60 years of memories wasn’t easy – even when the move put the Pettys in the same city as the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame, where Richard Petty was named a charter inductee in 1997.

“We felt like it was necessary to improve our competition,” Hovis says. “The operational hub of NASCAR is here, and we’re able to attract a higher level of employees and be near all the equipment and testing facilities.”

The Yates facility was up and run-ning, allowing for a turnkey transfer that meant just moving cars and personnel. Petty Enterprises plans to use the off-season for more settling in and long-range planning, Hovis says.

“We’ve been able to wrap up our test programs, which is super important to us, and also been able to hire some very experienced people, which also has been a real positive,” he says. “Now we’re going to compare this season to last season, and evaluate our next move.”

A partnership with Boston Ventures in 2007 likely will mean a new facility.

“We do want a facility of our own, but that’s still up in the air,” Hovis says. “We’re still working on improving our track performance, building on all the positives that came out of the move and putting ourselves on the same com-mercial playing field as a lot of other people.”

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Expanding MOORESVILLE BECOMES A MAGNET FOR INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT

S ite Selection magazine must have an international readership. For four of the past five years, the publication serving the corporate

real estate sector has tabbed Mooresville and neighboring Statesville as its No. 1 Micropolitan Area in the Nation for development. The cities are measured against other communities with less than 100,000 residents.

The area was chosen for the distinc-tion based on the number of commercial projects under way here. That develop-ment mirrors the population growth, as Mooresville is the sixth-fastest growing city in North Carolina.

In addition, much of that growth has a decidedly international f lavor. The community has increasingly become a destination for European and Asian companies looking to get a foothold in the North American market.

For Russell N. Rogerson, this inter-national appeal is just another sign of

Global ReachSTORY BY DAN MARKHAMPHOTOGRAPHY BY IAN CURCIO

Russell N. Rogerson is the executive director of the Mooresville-South Iredell Economic Development Corp. Left: In 1977, L. B. Plastics Inc. became one of the first foreign companies to open a site here.


Mooresville’s overall progress. Rogerson serves as director of the Mooresville-South Iredell Economic Development Corp.

“It adds diversity to the community,” Rogerson says. “And it helps diversify our employment base.”

The foreign investment covers a spec-trum of industries, from the serious to the sweet. AEA Technology Engineering Inc., based in the United Kingdom, is a leading provider of environmental con-sulting to the private and public sectors. In contrast, BestSweet Inc., headquartered in South Africa, provides confections for the candy and pharmaceutical markets.

With several industrial bases covered, the community is better protected against

economic downturns, Rogerson says. “Each industry has ups and downs,”

he says. “This [blend] provides a little more insulation against a down economic cycle.”

The international companies have demonstrated their commitment to Mooresville in a number of ways. Over the previous five years, Japanese-based NGK Ceramics has invested more than $100 million in local expansions.

And not all of the interest is new. L.B. Plastics Inc., another U.K.-based firm, was one of the first foreign companies to invest locally, opening its Mooresville site in 1977. L.B. Plastics began its operations by supplying extruded drawer side

parts to the furniture industry from a 20,000-square-foot facility. Today, it provides a number of parts and profiles to the building industry from its 325,000-square-foot operation.

Harry Davis has been managing L.B. Plastics’ U.S. operations since its arrival. He says it operates independently of its foreign headquarters, with decisions made locally in regard to design, development and capital expenditures.

A more recent arrival to Mooresville is Michael Weinig Inc., a subsidiary of Germany’s Weinig Group. The company provides processing equipment to the furniture and building industries.

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existing facility in Statesville, but relocated to Mooresville in 1999 when it outgrew its site there.

“Mooresville had so many advantages to offer in terms of possible sites for the new facility,” says Cindy Cobb, assistant to President Peter Riehle. “Crosslake Park offered spacious grounds with smooth flowing access to Interstate 77, and with close proximity to the city of Charlotte and the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. And this location promoted convenient accessibility for our customers and freight carriers, while still having the significant tax advantages of being outside the imme-diate metropolitan area.”

Wanda Wellman is a first-shift team leader at the Mooresville

site of NGK Ceramics, USA, a Japanese-owned corporation.


Head Over Heelz stocks a blend of well-known labels and boutique brands. Right: Merle Norman offers a variety of accessories in addition to cosmetics.

TAKING THE PROPER STEPSHollie Robinson had long been work-

ing toward owning her own shoe store, even if she wasn’t aware of it.

Robinson worked as a corporate buyer for Belk Shoes, as a sales rep for Consolidated Shoes and did marketing, special events and in-store training for Hush Puppies. But none of her 14 years in the business was undertaken with the idea of eventually opening a shoe store, as she did in April of 2008 with the launch of Head Over Heelz.

“It just kind of happened,” Robinson says. “And who needs free time?”

Head Over Heelz stocks a mix of well-known labels such as Vaneli and Ugg, and boutique brands such as Poetic License and oh … Deer!

It also carries handbags, jewelry and accessories, with some of the products

created by local designers. But all the merchandise shares one trait.

“It’s very girly,” Robinson says.Head Over Heelz is located at Villages

at Byers Creek on Highway 150. The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

PROPER FAREWELLS FOR FAITHFUL COMPANIONS

For some, saying goodbye to a valued pet can be a difficult task. Fortunately for the residents of Iredell County, those saddened pet owners have a family that knows how to help the process along.

Cavin-Cook Funeral Home and Crematory, an 83-year-old institution in Mooresville, has opened the area’s first pet crematorium services. The funeral home provides on-site cremation, plus a separate living room setting to allow

owners to say goodbye to the deceased pet outside the sterile exam room.

“My approach is that it’s a loss, and we’ll take the same care and compassion we would with a person,” says Mike Cook, the funeral director. “They need to be taken care of properly.”

The funeral home also offers trans-portation of the pet from the site the death occurred, a viewing area and a wide selection of urns.

And Cook sees the service as an opportunity to teach.

“For many children, it’s their first experience with death,” he says. “It’s not just a business, but we can help children deal with grief.”

TAKING CARE OF SOUTH IREDELL

Community-owned Iredell Memorial Hospital has long served the people of Iredell County at its 100-bed facility in Statesville. But with the opening of the Iredell Health Center at Morrison Plantation in January 2008, the hospital has taken its services directly to the people of Mooresville.

The new health center, located at 143 Joe Knox Road, is the hospital’s first physical facility in South Iredell County.

“We opened our Mooresville location in January of this year to bring the South Iredell community access to our com-prehensive diabetes, cardiac rehab and community and corporate wellness programs,” says Kelley Daspit, director of planning and community relations for Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Iredell Memorial’s diabetes program is certified by the American Diabetes Association. Each of the staff members on site is a certified diabetes educator and holds credentials in adult and child weight management.

Additionally, the new center includes a classroom, exercise equipment and offices for the nurses, nutritionists and exercise specialists.

FIRST FAMILY OF FORDSFor almost 50 years, the Shoe family

has been Mooresville’s first stop for Fords.Grady Shoe started Mooresville Ford-

Mercury in 1961 when he bought out another store. Through the years the deal-ership has grown with the community, culminating in a 2001 move to its 33,000-square-foot operation on 13 acres on Highway 150. With the relocation from

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its original downtown store, Mooresville Ford-Mercury doubled the size of the business, adding personnel to its sales force, administrative staff and parts and body shop operations.

Jeff Shoe, Grady’s son, now runs the operation, having worked his way up from washing cars as a child and through other parts of the business. He’s seen the car business change considerably.

“The business has gone from one-on-one to everything being automated, but it still comes down to people, and how good we are compared to our competition,” Jeff Shoe says.

Mooresville Ford-Mercury also tries to keep the people of the community in mind through concepts such as its teacher of the year program, which provides a vehicle to use for the entire year to the recipient of the honor.

MORE THAN JUST MAKEUPFor more than 40 years, the operators

of Merle Norman Cosmetics have been providing makeup to the women of Iredell County. But with the opening of a petite spa on site, the Kelly family is also

providing helpful hints to allow its customers to actually require less makeup products.

The petite spa, run by licensed aesthetician Monica Hicks, serves as a dermatological college, providing the necessary instruction for a lifetime of proper skin care.

“It’s focused on the health and beauty of the skin,” says Hicks, now managing the store launched by her grandmother, Ellis Kelly, who remains active in its operation. “We teach ladies how to take care of their skin – the habits and knowledge to keep their skin healthy.”

And it isn’t just for ladies. In recent years, the store has seen an increasing number of male customers. And the store caters to this new demographic with skin-care products for men.

The shop also offers an affordable women’s boutique, with clothing for all sizes, plus jewelry and other accessories.

Merle Norman Cosmetics and Petite Spa is located at 169 N. Main St. in downtown Mooresville.

– Dan Markham


K aren Shore likes to say that the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce does the things that most people think just happen.

The president/CEO of the chamber says much of what the organization accomplishes is simply overlooked because of all the events and festivals it hosts.

“The No. 1 reason why a company should be a chamber member is for networking and marketing their products and services, and that’s exactly what this chamber provides,” Shore says. “But so much other work throughout the community is orchestrated by the chamber.”

One of the chamber’s current projects is designing a new entranceway into Mooresville off Interstate 77.

“Our Gateway Committee is going to make exit 32 an attractive entrance into our city, just like we previously did to exit 33,” Shore says. “The chamber was instrumental in designing, landscaping, planting and putting up fences at exit 33, and worked closely with the North Carolina Department of Transportation on that project. Nobody would have a clue that the chamber was behind that whole effort.”

Meanwhile, Shore adds that the chamber also contacts government officials often on behalf of local members.

“Our members don’t have time to pay attention to legislative changes that might affect them, but the chamber pays attention,” she says. “We police what is going on; we make periodic trips to Raleigh and invite those legislators here.”

Shore says that when something business-related occurs in local, state or federal government that can affect members, the chamber immediately notifies them.

“We send out e-mails if the news is really urgent, or communicate through our newsletter,” Shore says. “If it affects the bottom line of our membership, the chamber is on it. It’s just another part of what we do.”

The chamber is also a major advocate of educational opportunities for its members.

“We set up a lot of educational programming, and it’s not always the CEOs of companies that we want to reach,” Shore says. “For example, we might target marketing managers for certain programs we set up, or maybe organize a workshop where company salespeople can hone their skills by learning about new sales techniques. We are always organizing seminars and workshops, and at very reasonable prices.”

The chamber works closely with Mitchell Community College to bring top lecturers and experts to the seminars.

“We also analyze the types of jobs our businesses are hiring for and try to predict what types of jobs will be vital in the future,” Shore says. “The chamber is an advocate for having a career focus when preparing our young people who are in school now, or helping to retool skill sets for the folks who are already employed. If it benefits Mooresville and South Iredell County, the chamber is always interested.”

– Kevin Litwin

Advocating in Every DirectionCHAMBER CHAMPIONS MEMBERSHIP THROUGH MANY BEHIND-THE-SCENES PROJECTS

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MOORESVILLE

BUSINESS CLIMATEThe county has seen the addition of more than 8,000 new jobs in

the last five years, with growth coming across several sectors.

TAXES

2.25%County Sales Tax

4.5%State Sales Tax

6.25%Total Sales Tax

$1.16 per $100 Residential Property Tax

TRANSPORTATION

Concord Regional Airport9000 Aviation Blvd.Concord, NC 28027(704) 920-5900www.ci.concord.nc.us

Charlotte Douglas International Airport5501 Josh Birmingham ParkwayCharlotte, NC 28208(704) 359-4000www.charlotteairport.com

Lake Norman Air Park(704) 896-0822

Statesville Regional Airport(704) 873-1111

Iredell County AreaTransportation System/ICATS2611 Ebony CircleStatesville, NC 28625(704) 873-9393www.charmeck.org

ECONOMIC RESOURCES


Chamber of Commerce

149 E. Iredell Ave.


(704) 664-3898



Economic Development

Corporation

151 E. Iredell Ave.


(704) 664-6922

www.edcmooresville.org

Mooresville Convention

& Tourist Bureau

265 N. Main St.


(704) 799-4400

www.racecityusa.org

INDUSTRIAL SITES

www.edcmooresville.org

www.charlotteusa

prospector.com

www.ncgreenbuilding.org

www.ncsitesearch.com

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

Town of Mooresville

413 N. Main St.


(704) 663-3800

Iredell County

Government Center

200 S. Center St.

Statesville, NC 28677

(704) 878-3000

HIGHER EDUCATION1

12-Year Colleges

2,6422-Year Colleges Student Total

2Private 4-Year Universities

2,001Private 4-Year University Student Total

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Since 1949, golfers of all ages and abilities have enjoyed the challenge of our Donald Ross-Porter Gibson fairways and

greens at Mooresville Golf Course. To schedule your tee times, call 704.663.2539 or visit us at www.ci.mooresville.nc.us/golf.

Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Mooresville by providing valued governmental services

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At Four Corners Framing and Gallery, co-owner Kim Saragoni may not wield a paintbrush herself, but she uses her energy and talent to design distinctive

frames and gives area artists unwavering support. Saragoni opened Four Corners in downtown Mooresville in

2006, and moved to 112 S. Main St. in September 2008. She co-owns the gallery with Allison Spencer. Four Corners is literally in the heart of downtown – and the center of the local arts scene.

“Every single event that happens in the Mooresville area that is related to art, we participate in – whether we sponsor it, donate prizes for contest winners, host receptions or award ceremonies in our space, or display artwork in our gallery,” Saragoni says. “We just try to do that to give back. And we’ve found when you give back, it comes back to you.”

Four Corners is a regular participant in the monthly gallery crawl in Mooresville, held the second Friday of each month from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. But Saragoni’s involvement in and commitment to the arts goes much deeper.

At the gallery, two or three artists are featured each month, she says, and others display their works for a 30-day period. The shop hosts a wine and cheese reception the evening of the gallery crawl and often has music as well, Saragoni explains. The 1,600-square-foot shop is very open, and art is displayed throughout the space and in the front windows. Customers

can watch employees actually cutting the mats, joining the frames, cutting the glass and chopping the moldings for a frame, a feature of Four Corners that is very popular.

“I only survive through the arts,” Saragoni says. “My art – my contribution – is the framing of it and the designing. And as beautiful as a piece of art can look, you put a beautiful frame package on it so that it can be presented on the wall or on an easel, it just takes the value and level of it up. Out of the thousands and thousands of mat samples and frames in the world, there is the right one for each piece of art. I try to be extremely creative with what I’m putting a ‘package’ on.”

Saragoni says people have brought Four Corners everything from high-heeled shoes to wedding dresses to 200-year-old fabrics from India and Persia for framing.

“We have never turned anything down. It’s always a challenge for us. If we can’t price it right away, we try to keep our customers in the loop as we’re working through ideas and a design,” Saragoni says. “It’s extremely exciting, and they trust us. We try to create really good energy.”

Four Corners Framing and Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, and is experimenting with evening hours on Friday and Saturday.

– Anne Gillem

Creative Frame of MindGALLERY SUPPORTS ARTS COMMUNITY AND DEVISES DISTINCTIVE DISPLAYS

Allison Spencer, left, and Kim Saragoni co-own the downtown business Four Corners Framing and Gallery.

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For the more than 3,500 students at two public high schools here, sports are a major component

of life. From new and upgraded facilities to championship programs, both Mooresville High School and Lake Norman High School have much to offer the high school athlete. Currently both schools play in the North Piedmont Conference as Class 3A schools, but in the fall of 2009, the cross-county rivals will move up to Class 4A – the largest school classi-

fication under the North Carolina High School Athletic Association [NCHSAA].

“With over 400 students participating in athletics, it’s a big deal here,” says Barclay Marsh, athletic director and head football coach for Mooresville High School. “We have many good programs and good coaches. We have tremendous support from our school district and our town.”

Such support has boosted the MHS Blue Devils to success in many of its athletic programs over the years. Dating back to the 1960s up through the turn of

Superior Sports on the DoubleSTUDENTS AT BOTH MOORESVILLE AND LAKE NORMAN HIGH SCHOOLS EXCEL AT COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS

the century, MHS has earned state cham-pionships in football, women’s basketball, men’s soccer and volleyball. Grounded in the success of these programs, MHS athletes have gone on to win state championships most recently in boys’ cross country [2006, 2007, 2008], boys’ outdoor track and field [2007, 2008] and boys’ indoor track and field [2008].

“Success breeds success, so when one or two programs get success, it only carries over to other programs,” says Michael Serefine, assistant principal, cross-country head coach and former track-and-field head coach.

Almost all MHS athletic programs are benefiting from upgraded facilities, which include a rubberized running track and a new artificial surface field turf on the football/soccer field. Currently, MHS is one of only 10 high schools in the state with an artificial playing surface facility, Marsh says.

At nearby Lake Norman High School, high-quality athletic facilities also are a priority and continually upgraded, says the school’s athletic director, Steve Rankin. Although the South Iredell County high school is only in its seventh year, its more than 1,900 students bring ample commu-nity and student support to the Wildcats athletics program. According to Rankin, more than 30 percent of the students play at least one sport.

“We offer every sport that the NCHSAA sanctions for boys and girls,” Rankin said. “The tremendous feeder programs we enjoy from local youth leagues in this southern end of the county help us to continue to explode with growth.”

When LNHS opened in 2002, cham-pionships followed in the swimming and soccer programs, Rankin says. In swim-ming, the girls’ team has won the conference championship every year and the boys’ team finished as runner-up at the state championship for 2007-08. The LNHS Wildcats soccer program has also dominated since winning the state championship in both 2006 and 2007.

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Education

Championing Local Schools

The 35 schools in the Iredell-

Statesville public system have

a tireless advocate in Susie Wiberg.

For more than two years, Wiberg

has been leading the partnerships

program that brings more than

21,000 students together with

community businesses and

organizations. During this time,

community participation has more

than doubled, says Superintendent

Dr. Terry Holliday.

“Susie has so much energy

and is tremendous one on one,”

Holliday says. “When we call her

partnerships coordinator, it’s not

just with businesses, it’s with

parents and students too.”

Wiberg’s ability to build

relationships has also grown the

program to include more diversity

among community partners, which

now includes churches and civic

clubs. These partners then share

resources with students such as

school supplies, incentives and

guest speakers, such as a local

chemist who demonstrated water-

testing methods in a high school

chemistry class, Wiberg says.

District partner relationships also

provide benefits for school system

employees, such as retail discounts

and community recognition.

“We strongly believe that it

takes our entire community to get

involved with our schools to help

make our students successful,”

Wiberg says. “You name what

you need and there is a business

or organization there to help.”

Wiberg joined with the Greater

Statesville Chamber of Commerce

to launch Youth Leadership-Iredell

for selected high school juniors,

modeling a very successful Junior

Leadership program hosted by the

Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber.

“It provides opportunities for

them to understand the value of

networking and community service.

They see how people need each

other to succeed,” Wiberg says.

– Emily Lansdell

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Hospice care gives patients and their families access to a wide range of services to help them meet end-of-life goals through compassion, comfort and dignity. The earlier the referral to Hospice of Iredell County, the more patients and families benefit from our medical, emotional and spiritual care.

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doctor isn’t far away. That’s the kind of health care residents of the Mooresville area enjoy – great care right at home. With two major hospitals, ample medical office space and a sophisticated and collegial medical community, Mooresville is an appealing locale for physicians and other medical professionals across a broad range of specialties.

One of those specialists is Dr. Matt Johnson, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who moved from Miami in 1999 to launch Johnson Oral Surgery in Mooresville.

“I wanted more of a hometown environment, but an area that’s growing,” he says.

Married and with two teenage sons, Johnson adds that the community’s family-friendly environment was a lure, as well.

“What’s unique about my training is that I’m both a medical doctor and a dentist, and I’m board-certified in oral and maxillofacial surgery,” Johnson says.

So while he handles typical outpatient procedures such as wisdom-teeth extrac-tions, he is the go-to physician should a patient arrive in the emergency room suffering injuries to the face or jaw. Johnson describes himself as a bridge between physician and dental practices in the area.

“I am kind of a crossroads between the two communities, and that’s not a bad situation. It ensures that the patients get the best care, and we enjoy that opportunity and privilege,” he says. “This is the best cooperating medical community around. I didn’t have that in Miami.”

Johnson is on staff at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, which boasts physicians in about 40 specialties. A fixture in Mooresville since 1930, LNRMC opened the doors of its new $41 million, 117-bed hospital in 1999. The hospital is on 30 acres just off Interstate 77 north

of Mooresville, where the population is booming. A vibrant collection of medical practices surrounds the facility.

In August 2008, LNRMC became the first Iredell County hospital to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery, a remarkable improvement over conven-tional laparoscopy. In June 2008, the medical center introduced the Prestige Surgical Disc System to the county. The stainless-steel implant is medicine’s newest technology to treat patients suffering from degenerative disc disease of the neck.

Physicians in most specialties also treat patients at Iredell Memorial Hospital in nearby Statesville. In September 2008, the hospital earned the Gold Seal of Approval for its stroke-care program from The Joint Commission, the nation’s leading hospital accreditation organi-zation. The hospital’s diabetes center recently earned the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate.

When it comes to the latest medical technology, Iredell Memorial added two operating suites in 2008 equipped with digital-imaging systems for complex surgeries. To aid in the early detection of cancer, the hospital offers positron emission tomography and computed tomography, two imaging modalities that show the internal chemistry of the body. In 2007, the hospital introduced computed tomography heart scanning to detect coronary artery disease.

– Sharon H. Fitzgerald

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Skateboarding terms such as pipes, bowls and big air are overheard more and more these

days in conversation around Mooresville, which now has a park dedicated to the popular sport.

The seven-acre park was created next to the Iredell Avenue police station after a former skate shop owner decided to donate more than $100,000 in ramps, pipes and other types of skating equip-ment to the town, says Wanda McKenzie, director of the Mooresville Recreation and Parks Department.

“It’s a win-win situation,” McKenzie adds. “There are a lot of kids who will use it.”

The park is being phased in, with a 10,000-square-foot portion opening in fall 2008 and plans for a second, possibly larger phase to be developed in 2009.

“Phase one includes the parking lot and other infrastructure, plus the concrete needed to place the equipment in strategic locations,” McKenzie says. “Phase two will include concrete bowls and other features for more advanced skaters.”

Steve Davis, owner of LKN Skate Shop, is especially pleased with the town’s plans.

“There are lots of skateboarders here, so the park will be a good addition,” Davis says.

Davis opened his shop on North Broad Street in downtown Mooresville in June 2008 after closing a similar business in the Denver community.

Prior to the opening of the Mooresville park, skateboarders used private property, public spaces or traveled outside the area to ride, Davis says.

“We hope to offer some classes at the park,” he adds. “I’d also like to offer some summer camps or teacher-workday camps, if possible.”

The majority of Davis’s customers range in age from 6 to early 20s, he says. His sons Jackson, 13, and Jordan, 6, both are skateboarding enthusiasts. Jackson participates in competitions all across the country.

“I was born in this area and grew up

racing motocross,” Davis says. “Jackson was the reason I got into this business.”

Besides skateboards and hardware, Davis stocks a variety of related items at the shop, including apparel and shoes. Popular brands include Audiovox, Emerica, Fallen, Etnies, DC and Vans.

According to Recreation Management magazine, towns across the U.S. are increasingly putting skate parks on their

wish lists for new amenities. Studies show that most skate parks are heavily used but cost little to maintain, thanks to rugged concrete construction and weatherproof features that stand the test of time. In addition, health pro-ponents say that activities such as skateboarding can help reduce obesity among young people.

– Renee Elder

Skateboarding Ramps UpPARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CONTINUES WORK ON NEW SKATE PARK

LKN Skate Shop is a popular local

resource for skaters. PHOTO BY IAN CURCIO


Sports & Recreation

SNAPSHOTMooresville was formed in 1788 and sits on Lake Norman, the

nation’s largest man-made lake by surface area. This gives the

area, also known as Race City USA, 520 miles of shoreline.

EDUCATIONAL OVERVIEW

With more than 20,000

students, Iredell-Statesville

Schools rank among the 20

largest school districts in

North Carolina. Its teachers

represent a wealth of

knowledge, with the

average teacher in the

district having 15 years

of teaching experience.

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

Mooresville Graded

School District

305 N. Main St.


(704) 658-2530

www.mgsd.k12.nc.us

Iredell-Statesville Schools

549 N. Race St.


(704) 872-8931

http://iss.schoolwires.com

Mooresville Christian Academy

2487 Charlotte Highway


(704) 663-4690

CLIMATE

54.76 in.Average Annual Precipitation

37 FJanuary Low Temperature

50 FJanuary High Temperature

65 FJuly Low Temperature

90 FJuly High Temperature

CITY LINK

www.ci.mooresville.nc.us

COMMUNITY LINKS


www.co.iredell.nc.us

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Town of Mooresville

Finance Department

413 N. Main St.


(704) 663-3800

Iredell County Courthouse

202 S. Center St.


(704) 878-3000

North Carolina Division of Motor

Vehicles - Driver’s Services and

Vehicle Services, www.ncdot.org

Mooresville Police Department

750 W. Iredell Ave.


(704) 664-3311

Mooresville Fire Department

457 N. Main St.


(704) 663-1338

MEDIA OUTLETS

Mooresville Tribune

P.O. Box 300


(704) 664-5554

www.mooresvilletribune.com

Lake Norman Times

548 Williamson Road, Suite 3


(704) 664-2882

thelakepaper.com

Statesville Record & Landmark

222 E. Broad St.


(704) 873-1451

www.statesville.com

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Community Profile

Cardinal Glass Industries is the world’s largest producer of Insulating Glass units. Since our opening here in Mooresville (August 1999) we have produced 1.9 million tons of glass that

if laid end to end would stretch over 54,000 miles!

Cardinal FG Mooresville has 240 employees and produces 645 tons of flat glass every 24 hours.

Cardinal FG Striving to set the industry standard for safety, quality,

customer service and employee satisfaction by everyone working together.

Cardinal FG

(704) 660-0900

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ONLINE CONTENT MANAGER MATT BIGELOW

STAFF WRITERS CAROL COWAN, KEVIN LITWIN

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SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN MCCORD

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS JEFF ADKINS, TODD BENNETT, ANTONY BOSHIER,

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PRODUCTION DIRECTOR NATASHA LORENS

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PRE-PRESS COORDINATOR HAZEL RISNER

PRODUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS

MELISSA BRACEWELL, KATIE MIDDENDORF, JILL WYATT

SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS LAURA GALLAGHER, KRIS SEXTON, CANDICE SWEET, VIKKI WILLIAMS

GRAPHIC DESIGN ERICA HINES, ALISON HUNTER, JESSICA MANNER, JANINE MARYLAND,

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OFFICE MANAGER SHELLY GRISSOM

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