On March 4, 2022, Mayor Jeff Young announced the newest growth for the city of Sparta, and the announcement came as a surprise to many in the community.
“The city of Sparta is proud to announce that Tractor Supply Co. will be building a new store here in Sparta, on Miller’s Point Road, just off Highway 111,” Young said.
Young added that after months of negotiations, he received the call that the company would definitely be coming to Sparta.
“I’ve been trying to get them interested in Sparta for several years now, and, finally, a few months ago, we were able to meet in person to begin showing them several different potential locations,” Young said about the process of bringing the store to Sparta. “The more discussions we had, I could see that Tractor Supply Co. might be ready to make an investment in Sparta.”
The announcement came after the mayor played mediator between the company, their real estate developer, and the property owner, Mack Johnson, of Sparta, who owns 24.6 acres on Millers Point Road.
“I had no intention of selling just five acres to anyone for anything,” Johnson, who has owned the property since the early 1990s, said. “But Jeff convinced me to do it. He’s right. It will bring in great sales tax revenue for the city.”
According to Johnson, Young had multiple conversations with him, all of which were intended to convince Johnson that selling just a piece of the property would be the best thing for all parties, including the city.
“Jeff’s been after this for a while, and I wasn’t going to stand in his way,” Johnson said.
Johnson said that having known the mayor since childhood, he knew his interests were for the betterment of the city.
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