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Fayetteville work session revisits four-store cap on liquor licenses after local business plea
Summary
A Fayetteville resident urged the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to keep a four-store cap on liquor licenses; board members discussed whether to open the cap after a developer inquiry and agreed to bring the issue to the next board meeting for further public input.
Sal Patel, a Fayetteville resident, told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen at a June work session that removing the city’s four‑store cap on liquor licenses would “devalue the significant investments made by existing small business owners in our community.”
Patel said his family sought a liquor store license in 2022, respected the board’s decision then to uphold the cap, and later invested over $1 million to buy an existing licensed location. “Removing it would not only…
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