Schools
School-aged children living in NorthView Harbour may attend classes at award-winning Catawba County public schools. Click here for more information.

Area Attractions
The Lake Norman area offers many historic, cultural, recreational and entertainment venues including:

• Lazy 5 Ranch offers more than 400 animals from six continents in a natural habitat you can tour from your car or on a hayride.
• For more than 20 years, Carrigan Farms has been known for pick-your-own fruits and vegetables and for its famous hayrides.
• Queens Landing offers everything from miniature golf and bumper boats to sightseeing cruises on the Catawba Queen and Catawba Belle.
• Jetton Park, a 106-acre lakefront park, features hiking trails, bicycles for rent, tennis courts, a sunning beach and a large playground.
• The Terrell Country Store, built in 1891, was the focal point for trade and commerce in Terrell, N.C. The store housed the area post office from 1893 to 1997.
• The North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame, in Mooresville, N.C., provides race fans with a free race shop guide and map. The museum features more than 35 racecars and is dedicated to all types of auto racing.
• In nearby Charlotte, N.C., the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, the Tryon Center for Visual Art and the Mint Museum of Art and Mint Museum of Craft + Design offer residents opportunities to experience the arts.
• Families can explore science at Discovery Place and the OMINIMAX Theatre in uptown Charlotte and Duke Power’s Energy Explorium in Cornelius, N.C.
• Lake Norman residents can root for the NFL Carolina Panthers, the new NBA Charlotte Bobcats and WNBA Charlotte Sting, AAA Baseball’s Charlotte Knights, a farm club for the Chicago White Sox, the East Coast Hockey League's Charlotte Checkers and the Arena Football League’s Carolina Cobras.

Shopping and Convenience

• NorthView Harbour residents can shop at the area’s regional shopping destinations including Concord Mills and Carolina Mall in Concord and SouthPark Mall and Carolina Place Mall in Charlotte.
• Just a short distance from NorthView Harbour, Northlake Mall is scheduled to open in late 2005. Featuring more than 150 stores, the Northlake development will eventually expand to include NorthCrest, a 365,000-square-foot, open-air mall.
• Nearby Mooresville is home to both a Wal-Mart Supercenter and a new SuperTarget.
• Open-air Birkdale Village in Huntersville offers a Barnes & Noble, Gap, Talbots, Banana Republic, Dick’s Sporting Goods, a 16-screen movie theater, an assortment of restaurants and more.
• Hickory Furniture Mart, less than an hour away in Hickory, N.C., is the largest furniture mart of its kind in the nation. The Mart complex features 100 factory stores, outlets and galleries selling more than 1,000 furniture lines.
• Valley Hills Mall, also in Hickory, is the largest regional shopping mall between Asheville and Charlotte. Valley Hills Mall is anchored by several major department stores and features more than 75 fine shops and a new food court.

Health Care
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center full service hospital, a 117-bed acute care facility along with adjacent Medical Pavilion on a 27.5-acre campus in Mooresville, only 30 minutes away, offers comprehensive medical care including:

• 24-hour Emergency Center
• The Stork’s Landing Maternity Center
• Diagnostic Imaging Department
• Lake Norman Home Health
• The Surgical Center at Lake Norman
• Lake Norman Rehabilitation Center

Northcross Urgent Care at Norcross Medical Park in Huntersville treats minor illness and injuries. More than 100 physicians have active practices in the area.

Transportation
From I-77, NorthView Harbour residents can easily access the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, which offers more than 500 daily departures to destinations around the United States and the world. Chartered flights are available at the Concord Regional Airport.

View a map of NorthView Harbour’s location in the Lake Norman area.