ROOSEVELT PARK, MI ? The farther one gets away from the one-square-mile city of Roosevelt Park the more the community is known for its signature business ? The Station Bar and Grill.
The iconic Roosevelt Park business has been serving up burgers, beers and crowd-pleasing bar food since 1972. It was time for city leaders to honor the business? founder, Charlie Meyers, according to Rod Buikema ? former mayor, current council member and Park Day parade marshal.
As grand marshal of this year's Roosevelt Park Day parade, Charlie Meyers led the 82-unit event Saturday morning, Aug. 24, from the corner of West Broadway Avenue and Glenside Boulevard. He was in Gary Vandenberg?s one-owner, classic white 1975 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale convertible with Roosevelt Park Mayor Susan Lumley in the front seat.
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?I absolutely love doing business in the city of Roosevelt Park as it has become my adopted home,? Meyers said of The Station, run by his son Chris for the past 10 years. ?You couldn?t ask for any more cooperation from a city.?
A Roosevelt Park council member in the late 1970s, Meyers was a manufacturing manager when after the birth of his second son he couldn?t find a burger and a beer in the Muskegon area to ?his liking.? The frustration led to a new career in restaurant ownership as he converted an old Total gasoline station into a small 30-foot-by-30-foot neighborhood bar.
With four separate expansions over the decades, The Station as it is today was created with a new exterior in 1991, Meyers said before getting into his ride for the Park Day parade.
?It?s really a business that is going well,? Meyers said, adding that it has become a third-generation Meyers business with his granddaughter Kendall Meyers working there this summer while on break from college. ?It?s all about the loyal customers. I would guess that 80 percent of them would be repeat business.?
You can count Kristen Baker as one of The Station?s most loyal customers. She was in the first block of the parade route along Glenside Boulevard with her 10-year-old daughter Morgan and chocolate lab Lexi waiting for her daughter Macey to pass her viewing point on the Faith Animal Hospital float.
?That?s where I will be the rest of the day,? Baker said of The Station and the rest of the Park Day events on West Broadway Avenue ? known as ?downtown? Roosevelt Park. ?We eat there a lot ? I just love it. We can walk there anytime.?
Baker has been a Roosevelt Park resident for 12 years. What drew her to the one-square-mile city is what has kept her there, she said.
?It is being in a small community that drew me into the Park and keeps me here,? she said as the Mona Shores school bands moved into position to begin the parade.
Buikema explained that Roosevelt Park is all about the 3,800 citizens and 180 businesses in one-square mile. The city was founded as a residential area for the workers at the famed Campbell, Wyant and Cannon foundry ? which is still operating in Roosevelt Park today ? and was incorporated in 1946.
?This is a walkable community. You can get anywhere you want in this square mile,? Buikema said as he helped line up the parade units. ?We look out for each other in this community. It is just a bunch of nice people.?
After the traditional Park Day parade, the city?s youngsters joined in a first-time Teddy Bear Parade. Roosevelt Park Day began with a 5K run and a pancake breakfast at the Westwood Reformed Church in the morning. There was an arts and crafts fair on West Broadway Avenue until 4 p.m. with children?s games and activities.
A beer tent with live music in The Station parking lot was scheduled to go throughout the day until midnight.
On a day like Saturday, Mayor Lumley summed up what makes her city special.
?It?s all about community in Roosevelt Park,? the mayor said as she helped get the parade units in line for the event.
Dave Alexander covers business and local government for MLive/The Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at dalexan1@mlive.com and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
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