27 Reasons to Visit Historic Downtown Mooresville: Part 3

Whether you are relocating to the Lake Norman area or have lived here for years, unless you frequent downtwon Mooresville you may not be aware of all of the exciting changes and developments. In 27 Reasons to Visit Historic Downtown Mooresville Part 1 and 27 Reasons to Visit Historic Downtown Mooresville Part 2, I focused on some of the wonderful shops and restaurants in Downtown Mooresville. The downtown area is also home to many of the Town of Mooresville’s services and entertainment:

14. The Charles Mack Citizen’s Center is a new 60,000 square-foot facility which is home to the South Iredell Senior Center, The Mooresville Recreation and Parks Department and the Mooresville Downtown Commission. This truly beautiful facility has large and small meeting rooms available to rent for various functions, meetings and activities and also contains the Joe V. Knox Auditorium which has a seating capacity of 235. It is located at: 215 N. Main Street.

15. Located in the historic train depot building on the corner of Main St. and Center St., the Depot Visual Arts Center/Mooresville Artist Guild is both an art gallery and an organization of artists offering classes and events throughout the year.

16. Drop by the Mooresville Convention and Visitors Bureau and you will find maps, brochures and fun Mooresville tee-shirts, pens and other Race City USA merchandise.

17. Located behind Main Street are the offices of the Mooresville/South Iredell Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about our local businesses and join in on the many ribbon cuttings, monthly gatherings and meetings.

18. The Mooresville Museum recently received keys to its new home in the Charles Mack build on East Center Street. Extensive cleanup and some retrofitting is required before it can be fully occupied. Volunteers are needed to help restore this wonderful old building. Please contact Richard Hollister: 704.663.7481

19. The Mooresville Public Library, a beautiful, new facility located at 304 South Main Street, embraces technology by working to bring the library to your computer through remote access to NCLive, Net Library, and “Ask a Librarian”. They have a spacious meeting room available as well.

20. The South Iredell Senior Center is truly a wonderful new facility located in the Charles Mack Citizen Center on the lower level and can be accessed from the Church Street parking lot. They offer myriad activities and recreational opportunities for seniors 60 years+ as well as legal services, insurance counseling, long term care counseling and Social Security sign-up and counseling. 704.662.3337.

21. The Department of Motor Vehicles vehical regristration office is located on Main Street. It’s a small, quaint office off the main street across from Pie in the Sky Pizza.

22. Mooresville Town Hall is located at 413 North Main Street and is the home of the Mayor’s Suite, Financial, Administrative, Planning, Engineering, Human Resources, Risk Management and the IT Department. This is where the Mooresville Town Hall meetings are held.

23. Mooresville’s Downtown Commission is located in an office in the Charles Mack Citizen Center. The Downtown Commission, working with civic leaders and merchants, develops strategic plans to make the downtown economically attractive to citizens, customers, visitors and other businesses. Kim Atkins is the Executive Director of the Downtown Commission. Kim has all of the updates on all development in the downtown area and a great monthly events calendar as well!

New or coming to Downtown Mooresville:

24. J.J. Wasabi’s Restaurant!

25. The wonderful Wine Shop located on the corner of Main St. and Moore Ave. will be re-opening soon! They were known throughout Lake Norman for their wine-tasting events and excellent selection of higher-end wines.

26. The Angels’ Flight Children’s Theater, Mooresville’s second children’s theater, is slated to open this month and is located in the Gabriel Building on Main Street. The Theatre Group will be run by Karen Abercrombie, who has performed off Broadway as well as on T.V.

27. One of the most exciting developments coming to the downtown area is The Mooresville Mills, a mixed-use urban village similar to Birkdale Village in Huntersville. They are due to break ground this month at the 39 acre old Burlington Mill site on South Main Street.. “The Mooresville Mills community is unique in that it offers several types of residential living within one project. The project also provides for neighborhood-sustainable retail and specialty retail. Additionally, office space is available from 1,500 SF up to over 100,000 SF of single tenant space if needed. The Mooresville Mills community brings the latest in innovative structural and community design along with the small-town atmosphere that historic downtown Mooresville is famous for.”