Shorewood Considering Grant Program to Offset $10,000 Liquor Licenses
With Shorewood out of regular Class B liquor licenses and forced to charge $10,000 for reserve permits, village officials seek to avoid discouraging prospective Shorewood business owners with excessive fees.
Believeing that a $10,000 reserve liquor license hinders the growth of Shorewood’s business community, village officials are considering an economic development grant program to help offset the cost. When Salvatore’s Pizza opened May 17, it was issued Shorewood’s 14th and last $600 Class B license. State law allots municipalities a set number of Class B licenses and some reserve Class B liquor licenses based on its population, which are required to be sold for no less than $10,000. Class B licenses allow establishments to serve hard liquor, beer and wine. This week, new Shorewood Asian restaurant and sushi bar NaNa Asian Fusion was the first establishment in Shorewood to fork over $10,000 for a reserve liquor license, so they could open …
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11:32 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012
Running off existing businesses or preventing them from operating is not new for the Village of Shorewood. It reminds me of the young 14 year old student/resident from Shorewood, who sold ice cream from his 3 wheeled ice cream bike. To sell pre-packaged ice cream in Shorewood, he paid a $100 permit fee and personally presented his application to the board. He also had to pay a $35 fee to the … more ›