Its hard: Massive sinkhole craters Mooresville business owners dream [Video]

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) – The ever-growing problem in Mooresville may have finally come to a conclusion.

For months a 40-foot-wide sinkhole has been opening up in the parking lot of a local tire shop, forcing it to close for safety concerns. Now, the town announced it just purchased the property and will look into repairing the damage.

Town officials said no taxpayer money will be spent and the property is being purchased with state funding.

“Twenty-eight years. That’s where it all started,” Tire Masters shop owner Chris Medford said. “You’ve met a lot of friends and met a lot of people…and it’s hard.”

The sinkhole that has taken his shop appeared seemingly out of nowhere, but the process was decades in the making.

“It was because of a compromised pipe installed decades ago,” Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney said.

The water slowly eroded the earth around it until a scar formed …