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The Pomona City Council will hold a special public hearing regarding whether a Walmart Neighborhood Market should be allowed to sell alcohol.
The Planning Commission voted last month to allow the store at 778 E. Arrow Highway, which opened recently, to sell beer, wine and other forms of liquor, according to a report in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
During Monday’s regular council meeting, some residents expressed concerns about that move, prompting the council to call for a special hearing. No date or location for that meeting was set.
Some questioned letting the store sell alcohol considering how close it is to Pomona High School, Palomares Academy, several churches and a treatment center for women with drug and alcohol problems. Others told the council they believe the city already has enough businesses that sell alcohol, the report stated.
