Corbin getting ready to sell ALCOHOL!

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The application deadline for retail package liquor licenses in Corbin ended Friday with an even dozen applying for the three package liquor stores designated for the city.

Lisa M. Snyder of Corbin, doing business as North Main Street Wine and Spirits, was applicant number 12. She submitted her application Thursday to Assistant Police Chief Bruce Rains, the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) Administrator for the City of Corbin. Snyder’s application is for a store to be located at 315 North Main Street in Corbin. The owner of the location for the store is Gilda McCowan, while Snyder and Patrick G. McCowan are listed as partners for the license.

North Main Street Wine and Spirits joins 11 other applicants that were turned into Rains. Those other applicants are:

* Rite Aid of Kentucky, Inc., doing business at Rite Aid No. 1656, for a store at 1320 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owner of the location is Sovereign RA, LLC. Rite Aid of Kentucky is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid Corporation, located in Camp Hill, Pa. Rite Aid is chain of pharmacies and is a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. No individual owns more than five percent corporate stock.

* Liquor World of Corbin, LLC, doing business as Liquor World of Corbin, for a store at 1880 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owners of the location are Sonny and Wonda Hart. Partners of the licensee are Clinton Wesley Morgan, Lindsey L. Morgan and Jordan W. Morgan, with an address of 239 Eastern Bypass, Richmond. Based in Richmond, Liquor World owns two stores, located in Richmond and Manchester.

* Hometown Liquors, LLC, doing business as Hometown Liquors, LLC, for a store at 14161 N. U.S. Hwy 25E (Cumberland Gap Parkway). Jim Taylor is the contact person for the licensee.

* Liquor Mart of Corbin, LLC, doing business as Liquor Mart of Corbin, LLC, for a store at 2595 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owner of the location is listed as Compos Properties, LLC (lessor) and Liquor Mart of Corbin, LLC (lessee). The partners are Paul D. Taylor of Richmond, Kurt Kraus of Corbin and Teresa Carpenter of Corbin. Based in Richmond, Liquor Mart has two stores in Richmond, and locations in Danville, Lancaster and Manchester. Paul D. Taylor is a Corbin native. Teresa Carpenter serves on the Corbin Tourism Commission and is the wife of Bruce Carpenter, Corbin’s Economic Development Director. In a story in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune, Corbin Mayor Willard McBurney said city officials concluded the application posed no conflict of interest, since neither one of the Carpenters hold an elected position.

* D & J Beverage Company, LLC, doing business as Liquor Station, for a store at 14659 U.S. Highway 25E (Cumberland Gap Parkway). The owner of the location (the old Beef O’Brady’s) is listed as New Port Richey Development Company, LLC. Partners of the licensee are Guy R. Jones of Corbin and John Christopher Davenport of Jellico, Tennessee.

* Ernie’s Spirits, LLC, doing business as Ernie’s Spirits, LLC, for a store at 25 RJV Drive in Corbin (the lot behind Applebee’s Restaurant). The owner of the location is RJV Properties, LLC, pending sale to Matuse Property Holding. Kevin Durham is the contact person.

* Liquor King, LLC, doing business as Liquor King, LLC, for a store at 1601 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owner of the location is First Corbin Realty (Terry Forcht). The partners are listed as William H. Smith of Corbin as Member, President, Agent for Service of Process and 51 percent owner; and Wanda A. Simons of Corbin as Member, Secretary, Treasurer and 49 percent owner.

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* Tri County Liquor of Corbin, LLC, doing business as Tri-County Liquor of Corbin, LLC, for a store at 14659 N. U.S. Highway 25E (Cumberland Gap Parkway). The owner of the location is New Port Richey Development Company, LLC (lessor) and Tri County Liquor of Corbin, LLC (lessee). The partners are listed as Jack Taylor of Richmond as Member/Manager; C. Frank Shoop of Lexington as Member; and Derrick Sears of Richmond as Member.

* Whiskey Dick’s Spirits, LLC, for a store at 1019 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owner of the location is Lynch Enterprises. The partners are listed as Olivier Gaspart (owner) and Melanie Rookard (owner).

* G & M Oil Co., Inc., Terry W. Garland II., doing business as Whiskey River Liquors, for a store at 2598 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owner of the location is Terry W. Garland II, Kentucky Truckstop Services, LLC. The partners are listed as Donna G. Corey and Becky G. Miller. Terry Wayne Garland II is listed as the contact person.

* Mohican Discount Tobacco, LLC, doing business as Mohican Discount Tobacco, LLC, for a store at 2680 Cumberland Falls Highway. The owner of the location is Dennise Crawford and Marlene Crawford. The partners are listed as Dennise Crawford of Corbin and Marlene Crawford of Woodbine.

Rains commented,“We’ve got a lot of good applications from a lot of good people. Unfortunately, we can only license three applicants.”

Friday was the deadline for the package liquor applications. It’s Rains’ job to make sure those applications are complete before they’re sent to state ABC headquarters in Frankfort. According to ABC spokesman Nathan Jones, when those applications are submitted, state law requires each applicant to have either deeded or leased property for the term of no less than the license period.

Once they’re received in Frankfort and if they comply to all laws and requirements, the state administrator considers factors to determine which applicants are approved. Those factors include the type of area involved, type of transportation available and area traffic, as well as public sentiment in the area, the number of licensed outlets in the area and the financial potential of the area.

Jones added each applicant will be asked to provide an economic impact study, which answers questions like how an applicant getting a license would affect the area’s economic growth and development. The study also asks the applicant how many persons the store would likely hire, how the area’s appearance would be improved, including rehabilitation of any run-down areas. Other questions include how adequate local police protection would be to serve the area involved, the time frame anticipated to put the license to use and other information on how the applicant’s store would enhance the community.

One of the 12 applicants showed a drawing of their proposed store, as well as the site plan, to The Times-Tribune. Wesley Morgan of Liquor World said his store would be three times the size of other applicants, and that “it would be a beautiful store.”

“I’m fighting a battle with some people with political connections who are trying to keep us from coming in. We are trying to put in a 9,600 square foot party store, not a 3,000 square foot converted gas station. We will have aisles filled with hundreds of brands of liquors, wines and beers, like a supermarket. There will be shopping carts to put your purchases in, plus other features like party supplies, foods and specialty items. We plan on hiring probably about 20 people. We feel pretty confident we’ll get one of the licenses,” Morgan said Friday in a telephone interview.

When the impact studies are in the hands of the ABC, the state administrator will visit Corbin’s 12 proposed sites. He’ll also discuss all the applications with Rains, along with other city officials. After the visit is over, the administrator decides which three applicants get the licenses.

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When asked how long that decision would be, Rains replied,“I was told they’ve got 30 to 60 days to make a decision.”

Several applications have been received for retail package beer licenses, including the Speedway convenience store on the Cumberland Falls Road, both Kroger supermarkets on the Cumberland Falls Highway and Cumberland Gap Parkway, as well as both Circle K convenience stores on Gordon Avenue and the intersection of Cumberland Falls Highway and KY 727.

The number of retail package beer licenses for Corbin is unlimited.

One application for a wine by the drink license was turned in earlier this month by Basil’s Italian Restaurant on Beatty Avenue.

Also, Applebee’s restaurant has applied for a license to serve liquor, beer and wine on Sundays.

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Do we know many package licenses will be designated for Somerset?

[Bronston Man]

sharp wrote:

Do we know many package licenses will be designated for Somerset?

I believe it is one license for every 2300 population, so you figure Somerset would probably get five.

Of course, every gas station or grocery store could sell beer if they chose.