7/27/2023 1 Comment Farm home supply quincy illinois* Operates nine Farm and Home Supply stores in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. First store opened in Quincy in 1960 remains privately owned. “You don’t see too many examples of that, but Wabash Avenue is a good location with high traffic,” Farmer said.Īccording to a 2009 analysis by the city and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, nearly 82,000 people live within five miles of Wabash Avenue between Veterans Parkway and Interstate 72. He said it is unusual, however, for retail space to sell to a new owner even before the existing owner moves out. “It’s a pretty strong market in this region.” “It kind of goes from the Quad Cities to Decatur to Champaign to Peoria and down to St. The family also owns Big R stores in Taylorville and Lincoln.Ĭity economic development director Mike Farmer said the Scheels sporting goods chain shared information on the “golden triangle” for hunting, fishing and outdoors merchandise while planning for the store that opened last month at MacArthur Boulevard and Interstate 72. “We draw from Logan, Christian and Menard counties, and even lap over into Morgan County,” said Wetherell. ![]() Dirksen Parkway, since 1977, said Springfield has always been a regional draw for the farm-supply business. Tom Wetherell, whose family has operated a Farm and Home competitor, the Big R store at 2804 N. He said filling the ShopKo space is a “positive” for the area. I even bought some yard clothes,” said Kanerva, chairman of the Southwest Springfield Neighborhood Association. “They all have all kinds of yard equipment and different kind of tools. Springfield resident Roger Kanerva lives on the west side, but he said he occasionally shops at the Farm and Home on Dirksen Parkway. ![]() “More importantly, we’re offering a variety of products.” “The farm economy is hanging in there pretty darn well,” he said. While farmers no longer are the only shoppers at farm-supply stores, Henke said, the strong farm economy of the last few years has helped. The company also has a store in Jacksonville.įarm and Home Supply is part of the Mid-State Farmers Co-op, a national purchasing and farm services cooperative with 600 members nationwide.Īlthough the number of farmers is dropping, cooperative members have increasingly targeted non-farm consumers through “lifestyle” categories, including clothing, sporting goods, outdoor recreation and expanded lawn-and-garden merchandise. “Both stores, by the summer of 2012, will have the same amenities and new look,” said Henke. The Dirksen Parkway store opened in 1997. Dirksen Parkway will double in size, to 70,000 square feet, about the same as the ShopKo building. Meanwhile, the Farm and Home Supply store at 2900 N. The new store should open in early November. ShopKo is scheduled to vacate the building in late September, Henke said, and renovation crews will be in the store the next day. “Springfield is large enough, we recognized a long time ago, it would support a second store,” “This is something we’ve been working on for months,” said Dan Henke, vice president and general manager of Farm and Home Supply. Quincy-based Farm and Home wasted no time in announcing its intentions to buy and remodel the Wabash ShopKo. ![]() ShopKo announced last week it would close its two Springfield stores - at 3030 Wabash Ave. The company said it also plans to double the size of its existing store on North Dirksen Parkway early next year. Farm and Home Supply Inc. will move into the ShopKo building on Wabash Avenue in November, the company announced Wednesday.
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