Restaurants & Nightlife
We have it all: Vineyards and breweries. Italian food at Pasta Amore. Mexican, Hawaiian, Jamaican and Caribbean at Smokin’ Southern Cantina. American at Broad Street Burger Co. in a historic two-story building. Try the 6-stack grilled cheese at the Bristol Café.
Things To Do
We’re a mix of fun. We’re famous for hot-air balloons with the national Carolina Balloon Fest held each October when color explodes in our Brushy Mountains. We love NASCAR and recommend Race City USA. Tour Southern Distilling Co. where bourbon is made and learn how Statesville was once known as a Liquor Capital of the World. Love Valley is famous as a reconstructed Old West town. Fort Dobbs State Park steps back in history. Downtown Statesville is an architectural gem.
Outdoors
There’s camping at Fiddler’s Grove Campground at Union Grove and fishing, boating, camping, and hiking at Lake Norman State Park. The 15 local parks offer disc golf, bike trails, a splash pad, and more.
Sports
The Carolina Panthers (NFL), the Charlotte Hornets (NBA), and the Charlotte Knights (MiLB) are all based in nearby Charlotte. NASCAR is huge. 75% of NASCAR drivers and staff members live in and around our area.
Come to Statesville, NC.
Come Work for Fontaine Modification.
What does a customer do when his new truck does not fit his business needs? He has it modified. That’s where we come in. We are an engineer-driven modifier of all types of new vehicles — from heavy duty to work trucks such as step vans and box trucks to school buses to shuttle buses.
We listen to our customers’ needs and work out an engineering solution that solves those needs.
This makes us profitable and fast growing with modification centers located near truck manufacturers across the U.S. From decaling to painting to the most complicated engineering feats, we have built an industry reputation for meeting customers’ fleet management goals.
Benefits of Working at Fontaine Modification
- Training
- Job Diversity
- Top Pay
- A Career Path
- Industry Leading Benefits
In Statesville, You Will Find:
- Beautiful Lake Norman for recreational water fun. The largest man-make lake in North Carolina, it is sometimes called “The Inland Sea.”
- Scenic views of the Brushy Mountains, a spur of the popular Blue Ridge Mountains.
- Not one, but two, interstate highways for getting you wherever you’re going.
- Look up! Hot air balloons with the Carolina National Balloon Fest and Balloon Ascensions, a balloon flight training facility located here.
- NASCAR: Nearby Race City USA and the North Carolina Racing Hall of Fame.
- Western-style campgrounds at Love Valley and Fiddler’s Grove in Union Grove.
- Lake Norman State Park and 15 city/county parks with disc golf and bike trails.
- Vineyards and breweries. Unique restaurants where a grilled cheese is a 6-cheese blend.
- Architectural gems, with 5 designated National Register of Historic Places Districts.
- Mitchell Community College and 20 colleges and universities nearby. Hop on an interstate.