Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon-cutting for Burr-Ville
Carla Long-Burroughs, holding the scissors, cuts the rib- bon for the Chamber of Commerce’s official celebration of the opening of her Burr-Ville Sweet Treats ice cream shop in Clinton behind Walgreen’s downtown. (photo:G Chambers Williams III )
Owner Carla Long-Burroughs wielded the huge pair of scissors to cut the ribbon as the chamber officially welcomed her shop into the Clinton business community.
The outdoor ceremony was held in a fenced, grassy area next to the building, where Burr-Ville has a patio with a gazebo and picnic tables for customers to use while eating their ice cream. There are no tables or chairs inside the store.
Burr-Ville Sweet Treats opened two weeks earlier, on June 29, at 197 Edgewood Ave.
“We’re just happy to finally get the shop open,” said Long-Burroughs, who also runs Genesis Real Estate Title Co. next door in the same building.
With a long freezer display case full of tubs of Blue Bell ice cream, the shop offers scoops and cones of ice cream, sundaes, banana splits, and hand-dipped milkshakes. There also are specialty shakes that include extras such as cheesecake.
Ice cream comes in a variety of flavors, including some seasonal specialties offered by Blue Bell, the popular premium ice cream maker based in Brenham, Texas.
Long-Burroughs said she bought the building about two years ago, but uses only one side of it for the title company.
“I didn’t want to be a landlord, so I decided to start another business in the other side,” she said, adding that she wanted to open the shop to “give the community a place to hang out and eat ice cream,” especially young people.
“I feel we were led to open the ice cream shop,” she said. “We won’t have any inside seating, but we have a big yard, and we have a custom pergola with porch swings and picnic tables in the yard.
Long-Burroughs and her husband, Jason, have four children, including 3-year-old twin sons Jase and Jake, and two daughters, Camryn, who is a fourth-grade teacher at Clinton Elementary School, and Bailey, who will be a junior this fall at Clinton High School.
Burr-Ville will be open from 1 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.