Clark County businesses relish reopening
Restaurants, gyms, theaters, retailers welcome elimination of curtailed capacity, say some pandemic practices may remain
Published: June 30, 2021, 6:50pm
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3 Photos Bartender Mike Dunning of Main Event Sports Grill in east Vancouver pours drinks for customers while working behind the bar on Wednesday afternoon. Statewide pandemic restrictions ended on Wednesday, allowing restaurants and bars to reopen their bar counter seating areas for the first time in more than a year. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
For the first time in more than 15 months, businesses across Clark County were able to open their doors Wednesday with no COVID-19-related occupancy limits or social distancing restrictions in place.
Amanda Cowan of The Columbian Chuck Nadgwick of Camas passes the historic Liberty Theatre, which is currently closed during the COVID-19 quarantine, as he enjoys a warm spring evening with his dogs April 17, 2020. Nadgwick was on his way to get takeout at a restaurant downtown but found there wasn t the usual bustling Friday night foot traffic due to closures from the coronavirus. It s amazing how quiet it is, he said.
Amanda Cowan of The Columbian Evergreen Memorial Gardens staff, family members listen as Chaplain Landis Epp leads the burial prayer for Velda Bridger at the cemetery in Vancouver on April 27, 2020. Only two family members could stand by the gravesite for the burial, but Evergreen Memorial Gardens also offered a live recording for family to tune in and watch. The recording is also available to the family for three months after the burial.