Voters in northeast suburb of Little Rock allow businesses to sell alcohol

Arkansans in the northern half of a Little Rock suburb overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to allow some businesses to sell alcoholic beverages, a measure that supporters say will bring economic growth to the area and increase people’s access to groceries.

The now-defunct Gray Township in northeast Pulaski County included what is now Jacksonville and the area of Sherwood north of Maryland Avenue. Residents of the township in the 1950s voted to be a “dry” area, banning the sale of alcohol from all businesses that might normally do so, including grocery stores and restaurants.

Sherwood voters alone in the former township had the option to vote for or against “the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors,” and 4,478 voted for the measure while 1,465 voted against it, according to unofficial but complete results from the Pulaski County Board of Election Commissioners.

The issue made it onto the ballot after more than 3,800 registered voters in northern Sherwood signed petitions in support of the measure, Act4Sherwood. The City of Sherwood and its Chamber of Commerce both supported the effort.



https://arkansasadvocate.com/2024/11/06/voters-in-northeast-suburb-of-little-rock-allow-businesses-to-sell-alcohol/