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Vancouver-based Burgerville celebrates 60 years in business
Published: March 12, 2021, 5:56am
Share: A sign greets customers at the Burgerville restaurant along Southeast McGillivray Boulevard on April 6. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files
Vancouver-based fast food chain Burgerville is celebrating its 60th anniversary this month with the introduction of a seasonal Cherry Cheesecake Shake. George Propstra opened the first Burgerville on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver on March 10, 1961, according to a press release from the company.
The company operates 40 locations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Most of its dining rooms remain closed due to COVID-19, but drive-thru lanes are open and the chain also offers curbside pickup and delivery options.
Jayne: You can’t please all the people By Greg Jayne
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To be honest, you wouldn’t be happy about it either.
If a transformative development were coming your way, promising to disrupt neighborhoods that have been largely unchanged for decades, you probably wouldn’t be happy about it.
But as the city of Vancouver moves toward a vast development of the Heights District and as neighbors express their displeasure, there is a bottom line to all this: The job of Vancouver’s council is to make the best possible city for its 180,000 residents.
Sometimes that involves conflicting desires, like between those of people who want economic growth and more housing and new development, and those who believe that cities should never change. And sometimes elected officials have to make decisions that don’t please everybody.
In Our View: Public transit worthy investment, offers benefits The Columbian
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In debates about public policy, transit is destined to occupy a prominent place. Arguments regarding the benefits and drawbacks speak to fundamental political philosophies about the differences between the public good and the public cost.
These discussions have been highlighted by plans for C-Tran to develop a Bus Rapid Transit line along Mill Plain Boulevard, echoing The Vine route along Fourth Plain Boulevard that debuted in 2017.
Indeed, public transit is never going to directly pay for itself. According to C-Tran’s 2019 financial report, farebox payments covered 14.2 percent of the agency’s operating costs. The sale of passes contributed additional revenue, but most of C-Tran’s operations are subsidized by taxpayers.