Zach Lingle, 8th grade, Woodlawn School

Every weekday I wake up at 6:10 to go to Woodlawn School in Iredell County. I cross the border of Mecklenburg and Iredell and quickly veer right onto Presbyterian Drive. Then I travel by a church and some run-down houses, all before I arrive at Woodlawn. At Woodlawn, woods can be found everywhere and an overall calm and natural setting exists. However in other places throughout Iredell county houses and factories sit rundown, empty and slowly decaying.

When the eighth grade takes field trips to the Brian Center we travel through Downtown Mooresville and Mt. Mourne. These towns appear like they were constructed in a far different era, rundown and empty. Some of the buildings haven’t received a new paint job or been fixed up for years. Entire neighborhoods still stand in remembrance full of old houses from when Mooresville was a thriving textile town full of dedicated workers.

However I feel like other areas exhibit much greater hope. New developments and shopping centers located near exits 33 and 36 continue taking root everyday. Since new neighborhoods are going up, they bring new stores and jobs to the area together with the opportunity for residents to walk to stores. For the future I think Iredell County should contain more compact urban areas while still having large areas of open spaces. However I do not foresee this plan coming true anytime soon and I feel Iredell will continue on its current path of suburbia.

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