Harvest on the Ridge – Tours & Experiences!

Harvest on the Ridge – Ridge Tours & Experiences Harvest on the Ridge Apple Festival is a celebration of the bounty and variety of products that are available fresh from the fields, orchards, and businesses in this great state that we call home!  Join the Harvest on the Ridge Tours on Saturday, September 17, 2011 [...]

J. Couch Race to Join Harvest on the Ridge

J. Couch Race to Join Harvest on the Ridge  “Wanted,”Sparta Rugby coach, football coach and community leader, Greg Peak, announced at a recent Concert in the Park as a 1960’s era green couch rolled around the bandshell, “Old Runners.  Fast Couches.”  The crowd giggled and cheered as they looked on to see Rotary President Tom [...]

Apple Jam Auction Details Set!

The Village of Sparta would like to invite you to bid on the Apple Jam Art Sculptures created by local artists that have been on display throughout downtown Sparta throughout the summer of 2011. The art pieces will be auctioned through an online auction site called www.OrbitbidCharity.com , a Mediema Company and is scheduled for Wednesday, December [...]

Downtown Sparta, MI Farmers Market

The 2011 Downtown Sparta Farmers Market is on Wednesday’s from 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm from June 1 through September 28. The Market will be set up at ChoiceOne Bank Parking Lot in downtown, Sparta! (73 N. Union, Sparta MI 49345). Accepting Bridge Card, Project Fresh, & Double Up Food Bucks! (Bridge Card Participants ask about *doubling* your spending amount at the Market each week for free!)

Apple Jam: Street Art Revue!

        Sparta welcomes you to the first Downtown Art Revue! This new exhibit features 14 unique pieces of art placed at locations of close proximity for walking through downtown Sparta or enjoying a short car cruise. The artwork was developed by local and Michigan artists from a conceptual design competition. Each artist [...]

2010 Property Enhancement Program

The Village of Sparta Downtown Development Authority offers a $10,000 matching grants to eligible properties for Property Enhancement Projects. These projects include façade improvements, parking & landscaping improvements and more. The $10,000 matching grant has specific guidelines and goals that are amended each year and are available online. Applications are accepted until June 1 of each [...]

Downtown Sparta Blueprint 2009

In August of 2008, Downtown Sparta won a Blueprints for Michigan’s Downtowns Cool Cities grant from the State of Michigan.  The nationally renowned firm of HyettPalma visited Downtown Sparta in March of 2009 and worked with the community to prepare a five year plan for our continued economic development.   Downtown Sparta Blueprint 2009 (PDF) The Blueprint Plan includes input and collaboration [...]

Downtown Sparta Construction!

Be sure to Detour to Downtown Sparta to find local downtown businesses through all the construction while Sparta spends a little time sprucing things up! Each business will be accessible throughout the entire construction project. Take a peak at the Streetscape Scope, or the road closure maps to help you find your way!     [...]

Sparta Streetscape Project Awarded Federal Grant

Thanks to a matching federal Transportation Enhancement Grant administered by the Michigan Department of Transportation, Downtown Sparta will begin a Streetscape Project in April. This project is an initiative of the Downtown Development Authority in partnership with the Village of Sparta. Sparta is one of only seven municipalities in Michigan to receive the grant in [...]

Terrific News for a Local Business

All About Learning Inc, partners with schools in over 30 states to provide academic enrichment programs focusing on science technology engineering and math. The focus on these specific areas is in part because US students have traditionally fallen behind students in other countries in these areas of study. The award process started with 235 nominated [...]

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