Iconic CoMo ice cream parlor Sparky’s has dog-trotted its way into every resident’s heart, and now there’s even more reason to love it.

Identifiable by its green storefront and the bulldog statue that sits outside, the store turns 10 Wednesday. To celebrate, it won’t be _selling_ any ice cream, but you’ll be in for an even better treat.

“To thank Columbia, we’re giving away a free scoop of ice cream to anybody who comes in,” owner Scott Southwick says. “We have about 3,000 scoops on hand.”

Southwick also says the store will also officially announce its plans to stay open year-round, a change from its previous seasonal schedule. Employees will hand out magnets advertising the changes to Sparky’s lovers, which include the store’s staying open on Fridays, Saturdays and “nice days” in January and February.

Originally named after Southwick’s bulldog Sparky, the store moved in 10 years ago when a trading card shop that occupied the storefront closed, employee Abigail Geiger says. When the space became vacant, Southwick saw an opportunity.

“There wasn’t a local ice cream shop, and (Southwick) thought he’d fill the void,” Geiger says. “So he reoutfitted the old trading card shop and made it into Sparky’s. And here we are now, 10 years later.”

Since then, the store has seen much popularity; its most talked-about flavors include cicada, an ice cream with the cooked insects and a Sparky’s staple a few years ago.

Geiger says this summer was also the store’s most successful. With a recently added suggestion box, Sparky’s will only continue to rake in the Columbia love.

“When our daughter was a baby, and we thought it was time for her to have her first ice cream, we came here because we knew it was the best ice cream in town,” resident Sarah Banks says.

The Banks family has been coming to Sparky’s for nearly the store’s full 10 years.

“It’s got a lot of unique flavors, the staff is always really friendly here and we love the artwork,” Banks says. “We used to go to other ice cream stores, but since we’ve found this one we never want to go anywhere else.”