“A bill changing an alcohol law that requires bars that don’t serve food to be classified as private clubs. Under current law, they’re supposed to charge membership and keep records of their members. The bill, also headed to Cooper for signature, would remove that requirement.”
To me it sounds like the charging for membership and keeping records of membership are ending. So doesn’t that mean the membership is essentially ending?
That wasn’t what I read but I’m happy if your version is right!
Well it’s from WRAL, so you know it has to be
Don’t pea-nuts count as food !! 
So according to the bill as ratified, the category of private bar was eliminated and replaced with just bar.
So this text is removed from the statute regarding places with the ability to serve alcohol:
Private bar. – An establishment that is organized and operated as a for-profit
entity and that is not open to the general public but is open only to the members
of the organization and their bona fide guests for the purpose of allowing its
members and their guests to socialize and engage in recreation.
And is replaced with this:
Bar. – An establishment that is primarily engaged in the business of selling
alcoholic beverages and that does not serve prepared food as defined in
G.S. 105-164.3(179). A bar shall not include a brewery, winery, or distillery.
So to me it sounds like we’ll just have bars like most states, no membership anything…and it takes effect as soon as Gov. Cooper signs the bill into law.
it was the state rabies testing lab for awhile.
Looks like you’re right. The membership thing is a thing of the past. From the Axios newsletter today:
Gov. Cooper signed House Bill 768 into law on Thursday. Among other changes, it removes the requirement that customers become “members” at private bars in North Carolina.
to that!
Furthermore, there was a bill that would have allowed for happy hours, which most states allow around the country.
The bill was not passed during the recent North Carolina General Assembly short session. Martin ( Logan Martin of Skyline Strategies) is hoping the bill will be back on the table during the long session beginning in January.
Yes, I remember when the effectively outlawed Happy Hours. Seems it was the same year they raised the drinking age, and made bars/restaurants libel for over serving you. You could give away food, or food special, but no drink specials. This is a well meaning, but silly law. Like not be able to take children into the lounge while you wait for a table in Washington state.
Let’s just hope its a private developer & not the City….
The number of “public hearings/listening tours” & all of the affordable housing nonsense will keep this site “as is” for a decade.
Please let a private developer buy this. They can give their “10% affordable” homage to the appease the anti gentrification nonsense but the rest should be market rate…
I try to take the high road with a lot of your posts but your outright dismissal and disrespect to any topic that deals with Black people is ridiculous.
Who said anything about “black”? Maybe you should tell that to my business partners…all of whom are “black”
Outlaw happy hour. Because… capitalism
So the budget was signed by Gov. Cooper… so now this is all officially happening?
-Big parking lot next to history museum becomes the governor’s HQ
-Admin Building demolished to build new “Education Complex”
-State to sell off former DMV HQ and old Rex Hospital properties
-RIP Bath Building
Old Rex is a 15.84 acre site, zoned OX-5, and assessed at $41.2M.
Never noticed those, but… R-6-FTA would allow 140 units on that east corner lot. Wonder if there are any covenants on that, given that it was part of the O.G. Hayes Barton subdivision.
I wouldn’t say additional as much as better utilization of space. It is also in need of tremendous renovation. The new education complex is supposed to include quite a few agencies and fingers crossed 
not built on the cheap as was the existing building. 
Gosh that mural is terrible. Just so ugly.
Reminds me of when i first learned copy/paste and WordArt functions in Microsoft word in 2003.
Looks like NC is putting together all the heavy hitters to land this new federal agency HQ. They made a bipartisan committee and have backing from a lot of big names. I would love for this thing to land on the Rex land @mike pointed out from above. Who knows if NC will win, as a bunch of states are competing, but one can dream.
The ARPA-H in NC Coalition formed to be a partner to the agency in its mission to improve the health and lives of all Americans. Coalition members include Atrium Health, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Charlotte Region Business Alliance, Duke Health, Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, ECU Health, East Carolina University, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Greater Durham Chamber, NCBIO, NC Chamber, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Biotechnology Center, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina Community College System, North Carolina Department of Commerce, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Healthcare Association, North Carolina State University, Office of the Governor, Raleigh Chamber, RTI International, Research Triangle Foundation, Research Triangle Regional Partnership, SAS Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Charlotte, UNC Health, University of North Carolina System, Wake County Economic Development and Wake Forest University.
