By Dianne Lively Yost

Understanding Morgan County's local option sales taxes

by Kathryn Purcell
photos by Angelina Bellebuono

By Matthew Burgoyne
Staff Writer

The Tractor Supply Company will be coming to Madison as early as June 2008.
Construction on the Tractor Supply Company began on December 17, 2007. The new store will be 19,097 square feet and will be located at 2220 Eatonton Highway. The Madison store will be equipped with a sales floor, support service space, and a fenced exterior space for storage and display items.
Tractor Supply Company operates over 764 stores in 38 states. Before this location was built, the nearest Tractor Supply Company was in Covington.
The Tractor Supply Company offers a wide variety of products for local farmers and merchants. The company originated in Minot, North Dakota, serving farmers and ranchers in that area. The company still tries to uphold these services.
From work clothing for the family to light truck equipment, the Tractor Supply Company will bring a store to Madison that would be used often. The store also sells agricultural products, tools and hardware, and supplies for raising livestock, horses, and pets.
The contractor for the project is W. R. Newman of Nashville Tenn. The tentative date of completion is June 2008.

Both to be near Rite Aid

The citizen explores the economic effects agriculture has in the community

Story by Kathryn Purcell

Photos by Angelina Bellebuono

Last week’s edition included a bit of information regarding the importance of shopping locally. This week’s includes information on why not only shopping locally is important, but also why it’s important that we have a strong retail sector in Madison & Morgan County. The Community Policy Analysis Center has put together a lot of great information on this subject—much of which is in this article.