The price had been negotiated, but then the City of Murfreesboro proposed a lower deal to sell two small pieces of property to the Journey Home organization.
“We negotiated a price with the city that was very fair and below the market,” Journey Home founder and executive director Scott Foster said. “But we also were only planning on using it for a parking lot.
The previously city-owned 1.08 acres on Old Salem Road was once the site of a fire station (which had been torn down). Journey Home, which provides significant assistance to the local homeless population, had planned to pay about $180,00 for the properties, according to city documents…