ASHEVILLE ABC BOARD

The State Board of Control that was established in 1937 is now known as the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. It oversees the 49 county and 107 municipal ABC boards that sell liquor at retail, of which the Asheville ABC is one. The Asheville ABC Board was established in 1947 after a local referendum was put to a vote and passed, 8,839 to 6,139. The first retail sales began on December 15, 1947. Thirty-two years later, the electorate voted in favor of another referendum that allowed for the sale of mixed beverages. That vote was 7,765 to 6,091. Through the sales of $869,111,881 in spirituous liquor and fortified wine in ABC stores in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, total revenue distributions amounted to $329,657,228 to the state's General Fund and the cities and counties where alcohol sales are allowed... The Asheville ABC Law Enforcement Division provides a program to ABC permitted establishments to educate employees on the possession and sale of alcohol.....

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