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WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH — For the first time since last August, the Town of Wrightsville Beach convened its board of adjustment to handle an application from a group…
520 Causeway Drive has been vacant for years. The convenience store previously there was closed while the building was for sale, but a group of beach natives want to bring a market back to the site. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH The building previously home to Wrightsville Beach’s Causeway Market might soon return to action, after its new owners secured unanimous approval from the town’s planning board for project plans at the property.
The site has long been unoccupied; the previous owner closed Causeway Market and listed the building for sale over a year ago.
A professional surfer and husband-and-wife entrepreneurial team behind other local businesses are working together to open a shop called “Bevvy Mart” at 520 Causeway Drive. The sale closed in October, and final project approval is dependent on a board of aldermen hearing in February.