Among the many other recreational features that Sparta has to offer are a public swimming pool, a nine-hole golf course, a country club, fitness centers, a library, a drive-in theater, three motels, a bed and breakfast and 25 restaurants. Yes, that was a drive-in theater you read in the list. Sparta has a renovated drive-in movie theater that operates during the warmer months of the year. It is on Hwy. 135 north of town, just outside the city limits.
Sparta and White County are key players in the Highlands Initiative, an ambitious economic and community development program of the Highlands of Tennessee, a region that also includes Jackson, Putnam and Overton counties. Together, we share the elevation of geography and economics.