The Elizabethtown ABC Store was opened in March of 1982. The most recent ABC audit shows that the store is performing well. That audit shows the recent yearly income was $1,431,216.00. Of that figure total taxes paid were $323,843.00. Profit shown was $136,239.00 for a percent of 9.52%. $4,728.00 went to law enforcement, $6,620.00 went to alcohol education and $105.000.00 went locally.
Elizabethtown ABC store’s profit compared favorably with some area store with similar population figures. Some of these were: Calabash 8.3%, Dunn 6.67%, Fairmont 1.54%, Maxton 2.78%, Lake Waccamaw 6.62%, Newton Grove 2.73%, Red Springs 1.24%, Roseboro 5.84%, Rowland 0.92%, St. Pauls 6.34%, Shallotte 7.74%, Southport 10.68%, Tabor City 11.84% and Wallace 6.97%.
The Elizabethtown ABC Board is comprised of Charles DeVane, Mark Gillespie, Wayne Edge and Glendell Robinson.