Alcohol Impact Areas include the downtown commercial core as well as areas of south Everett. Click map to enlarge.
Today the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board approved the City of Everett request to establish Alcohol Impact Areas and prohibit the sale of 20 high-alcohol-content beer or malt liquor products within those areas.
Everett has been working to establish such areas for the last year and asked the liquor board to make the areas permanent after a voluntary ban was met with little cooperation.
You can see the full liquor board resolution here along with the list of banned products.
Owners of some stores in the area say it is unfair to them and will hurt their business while the problem will just move to other parts of the city.
September 7, 2016
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