Smyrna stores were able to start selling alcohol today. Smyrna joins Kennesaw and Acworth in allowing Sunday sales. Voters in each of the three cities approved their respective measures on Election Day November 8th. The new law allows grocery stores, gas stations, liquor stores and drug stores to sell packaged alcohol between 12:30 and 11:30 p.m. on Sundays if approved by voters. The start of Sunday sales comes almost two months after voters approved the measure in November. In most communities, the vote was overwhelming.
Voters in unincorporated Cobb, which includes the Vinings area and the cities of Austell, Powder Springs and Marietta will cast their ballots on the matter in the presidential primary election this Spring on March 6th.
There are 47 businesses eligible to apply for the license in Smyrna. But don’t be surprised if many small businesses don’t open up on Sunday. For the stores that are already open on Sunday, it may be a no-brainer. For the rest, the owners must decide if sales would justify the additional expense of being open.
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