Classic Sisters store up for sale

After 32 years of selling quality Western wear to generations of Central Oregonians, John Leavitt is getting set to hang up his retail spurs.

Leavitt has put the building that houses the business up for sale. The business is for sale, too, if a buyer is interested in that kind of package.

"We've been here 32 years," Leavitt reflected. "It's got nothing to do with the economy. I've been talking about it for 10 years, and now's the time."

Leavitt owns a ranch in Lakeview and says "there's some things I'd like to do down there."

A retail operation takes up a lot of time and he can't focus on other things while he's running the business, which is, along with Stitchin' Post, the longest-running owner-run retail operation in Sisters.

"Last year I went fishing in Alaska and I thought, 'you know, there's more to life than working every day,'" he said. "I've had like three vacations in 30 years."

There's no timeline on the sale and Leavitt isn't slacking off while he awaits a buyer who might come next week or next year.

"It's like anything: If you have a ranch for sale, you still have to run it."

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