Bill Text: VA HR443 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Burns Brothers Cleaners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-23 - Bill text as passed House (HR443ER) [HR443 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HR443-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Burns Brother Cleaners provided quality dry cleaning and laundering services to the residents of McLean and the surrounding area for more than 67 years; and
WHEREAS, cofounded by Don and Bob Burns in 1949, Burns Brothers Cleaners was the first dry cleaner in McLean, at a time when Fairfax County was still mostly rural; and
WHEREAS, opening their business on Old Dominion Drive proved to be a visionary decision for the Burns brothers, who watched Fairfax County become one of the fastest-growing counties in the Commonwealth and McLean become a home to diplomats, businessmen, and high-ranking government officials; and
WHEREAS, Burns Brothers Cleaners quickly became known for their attentive care to high-end items and prominent customers from both ends of the political spectrum; in the 1980s, to ensure the same level of exceptional service for its ever-growing clientele, Burns Brothers Cleaners implemented a waiting list, which at one time included more than 3,000 names; and
WHEREAS, Burns Brothers Cleaners was a true family business, with each of Don Burns' six children spending time working in the shop; the Burns family witnessed and adapted to countless changes to fashion and provided the remedies to a host of unique stains and spills over the course of their long history in the cleaning business; and
WHEREAS, a representative of many of the Commonwealth's fine small businesses, Burns Brothers Cleaners remained committed to outstanding personal service up until its closing day on December 31, 2016; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Burns Brothers Cleaners hereby be commended for being a fixture of the McLean community for 67 years; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Burns family as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for Burns Brothers Cleaners decades of quality service to its customers.