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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 www.nabca.org elements such as an outdoor theater, a carousel, a penny CONTROL STATE NEWS arcade, and a zoo. NH: NH Liquor Commission to Open Energy-Neutral NH The Tri-City NH Liquor & Wine Outlet will consolidate Liquor & Wine Outlet in Somersworth existing locations at 47 Chestnut Street in Dover and 5 New 20,000-square-foot Outlet located in historic former Main Street in Somersworth, providing a new and trolley car repair shop; Outlet to feature expansive selection improved shopping experience. The location, which of wines and spirits features ample parking, is easily accessible off the News Release Spaulding Turnpike and Route 108 and positions the new NHLC Outlet nearby the Tri-City Plaza and major retailers, June 18, 2019 including Market Basket, Citizen Bank, T.J. Maxx, Staples and other national retailers. Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Liquor Commission (NHLC) will open the new Tri-City NH Liquor & Wine Following more than a year and a half of restoring, Outlet on Tuesday, June 18, in the revitalized building of refinishing, and preserving the structure of the original the former Dover-Rochester-Somersworth Street building, the new Outlet incorporates original details, Railway Trolley Car Repair Shop. Serving Somersworth, such as trusses and clerestory windows, with more Dover, Rochester and surrounding Maine communities, modern elements, such as solar arrays and energy- the 20,000-square-foot Tri-City NH Liquor & Wine Outlet, efficient materials. Most recently, the Riverside Garage, located at 481 High Street in Somersworth, will be the an automobile repair shop, had operated in the building first energy-neutral location in NHLC history. The new from 1975 until December 2017, when NHLC took over Outlet will feature more than 4,200 sizes and varieties of the space. wines and spirits. In addition to preserving the building’s history, the new “We are pleased to be opening this energy-neutral Tri- Outlet will boast an array of new features and amenities, City NH Liquor & Wine Outlet, which has been an including temperature and humidity-controlled wine especially unique project as the site is deeply connected vaults, expanded Price Busters and Wine Power Buys to the rich, trolley car history of Somersworth, Dover and displays, and iPad kiosks that provide food and wine the surrounding towns. The building itself is a physical pairings and information about current inventory. representation of that history,” said NHLC Chairman In addition to the Tri-City NH Liquor & Wine Outlet, NHLC Joseph Mollica. “This new Tri-City Outlet combines our has opened 31 new or renovated NH Liquor & Wine commitment to quality service and selection with the Outlets since 2012 in the following communities: ability to serve our customers in a convenient location.” Bedford, Colebrook, Concord, Epping, Gilford, Hooksett, The former building of the Dover-Rochester- Hampstead, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lincoln, Londonderry, Somersworth Street Railway Trolley Car Repair Shop Manchester, Merrimack, Milford, Nashua, New exudes historic significance, as it once served several Hampton, North Hampton, Pembroke, Peterborough, streetcar companies in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s. Plaistow, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Rochester, Salem, Located on the shore of Willand Pond and serving as a Seabrook, Warner and West Chesterfield. marquee destination for streetcar passengers, 69-acre Just last month, NHLC announced plans to construct a Burgett Park housed a casino and what was considered strategically located 12,000-square-foot NH Liquor & at the time to be the best dance hall in all of New Wine Outlet in the community of Tilton. Additionally, England, which frequently hosted major performers like NHLC recently completed construction on the Duke Ellington. Burgett Park also featured unique Portsmouth NH Liquor & Wine Outlet located at the Portsmouth Traffic Circle, at which sales have already 2 increased by 20-percent year-over-year. A new NH LICENSE STATE NEWS Liquor & Wine Outlet in West Lebanon is also in the works. TX: Texas Raises Retail Liquor License Limit PA: PA announces grants to improve brewing industry Shanken News Daily CBS21 News June 17, 2019 June 17, 2019 Texas governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a HARRISBURG, PA — On Monday, June 17, Pennsylvania's measure that vastly expands the number of retail liquor Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding announced that licenses an individual may own in the Lone Star State. grants will be made available in an effort to expand the Under the new law, which takes effect September 1, state's brewing industry. individuals may hold up to 250 retail liquor licenses in Texas, and add up to 15 new permits a year. The grant will provide funds towards promotion, marketing and research projects aimed at improving the Previously, individuals could own only five licenses, with production and sale of brewed beverages in PA. two exceptions: permits owned before May 1, 1949 were not subject to the cap; and there was a “consanguinity “Pennsylvania’s brewing industry is one of the strongest exception” under which a package store owner’s closest in the nation, and it is imperative that we continue to blood relative could obtain additional permits and innovate, expand, and lead; this grant program will help consolidate them under the owner’s permit. The us do just that,” said Sec. Redding. “We encourage exceptions have now been eliminated. anyone interested in helping to support research, development, marketing, and tourism related to brewing Under the exceptions, retail chains have already in the commonwealth to apply.” proliferated across Texas despite the five license cap, with Spec’s, Total Wine, and Twin Liquors boasting Projects that the grant will prioritize are those that will dozens of locations statewide. While the new law opens increase the production and quality or yield of PA- up Texas to further chain activity, publicly traded produced crops used by the beer industry, such as hops companies like Walmart, Costco, Walgreens, Kroger, and and barley. Those interested in marketing and others still may not sell spirits in the state. Walmart has integrating the commonwealth's beer industry into new been fighting to overturn that ban through the court or existing regional and statewide tourism initiatives will system.—Daniel Marsteller also be prioritized when applying for a grant. Those interesting in applying for a brewery grant must deliver a one-page concept paper, plus a one-page draft TX: Governor signs legislation allowing beer-to-go sales budget by email in order to be considered. in Texas Documents are due by August 2, 2019 and can be sent to KVEO [email protected]. June 17, 2019 Applicants whose concept papers are approved by the AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott signing into law House board will be invited to submit a project proposal and Bill 1545 (Paddie, Birdwell), which allows beer-to-go grant application. Proposals should be sent electronically sales for craft breweries in the state of Texas. The bill also to [email protected] and 12 copies must be hand- extends the operations of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage delivered or sent by United States Mail and postmarked Commission and reduces burdensome regulations on the on or before the same date. beer and wine industry. The Governor hosted the bill signing at Austin Beerworks and took part in a brewery Applications should be addressed and delivered to the tour following the signing ceremony. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Market Development, Attn: Agricultural Commodity Board Grant The Governor was joined at the bill signing by Program, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA Representatives Chris Paddie, Eddie Rodriguez, Senators 17110-9408. Brian Birdwell, Kirk Watson, and Dawn Buckingham, and several stakeholders from the beer and wine industry. “Today’s signing is a major win for the freedom and economic prosperity for which Texas has become known,” said Governor Abbott. “It is no secret that Lone 3 Star State is one of the best states for business and United Kingdom: Study: Tobacco and alcohol usage are entrepreneurship, and House Bill 1545 plays an common in British reality television shows important role in maintaining this by ensuring our News Medical and Life Sciences beverage industry is free of stifling regulations. I am Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) grateful to the legislators and stakeholders here today June 18, 2019 who played a vital role in getting this legislation to my desk.” A new study in the Faculty of Public Health's Journal of Public Health finds that tobacco and alcohol usage are INTERNATIONAL NEWS extremely common in British reality television shows. The researchers measured depictions of alcohol and Sweden: Booze to your doorstep? Sweden opens up tobacco products on Celebrity Big Brother, Made in alcohol home delivery to everyone Chelsea, The Only Way is Essex, Geordie Shore, and Love After a long trial period, Sweden's state-run Systembolaget Island, all airing on UK channels for a total of 112 chain will be able to deliver alcohol home to customers across episodes between January and August 2018. The the entire country. researchers measured the number of one-minute The Local se intervals containing tobacco and/or alcohol imagery, By Adam Rosenfeld including actual use, implied use, tobacco or alcohol- June 17, 2019 related materials, and product-specific branding, and After a trial period in which only a few of Sweden's 21 estimated viewer exposure to the imagery on screen. counties were able to be serviced, the government voted Researchers here combined audience viewing figures for an amendment which would open up the service to with mid-year population estimates for 2017 to estimate the rest of the country. overall and individual impressions--separate incidents "The Swedes like Systembolaget's wide range and seen--by age group for each of the coded episodes.