goliebs t1_jb3kbn0 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:01 AM

Can't speak to the length of time the construction is taking. But the plan is to add about 2,000 feet to the building, add an outdoor seating area, add a dumpster, and the drive through with menu board.

Slide 13 here (https://www.howardcountymd.gov/sites/default/files/media/2020-03/SDP74122%20TSR%20ATTACH.pdf) probably provides the clearest visualization of the plan. I think the dumpster might have been moved though...

bwelsh822 OP t1_jb3lf0m wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Wow thanks… this plans look old though. It doesn’t show the drive thru?

I think this was already completed and there are new improvements coming.

goliebs t1_jb3moqr wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:22 AM

The drive through is included on these illustrations. It wraps around the south side of the building (parallel to Snowden)

bwelsh822 OP t1_jb3mzvc wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:25 AM

Duh! My fault… like I said I feel like it’s been under construction forever ! Now it makes sense… they are going to move Starbucks to the other side. Got it 🤣

goliebs t1_jb3oqxa wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Yes, they are expanding the building towards Snowden River and then wrapping the drive thru lane around the building.

Its worth mentioning that there was a modicum of pushback from a few people in community (including Owen Brown village) against this plan. By expanding the building/drive thru lane towards Snowden, they ate into the setback required by zoning regulations by a foot or two. I (and others who were aware) asked that they not waive the requirements for the setback because the setback is what is supposed to keep Snowden a green parkway instead of becoming Rt. 40 or Rt. 1. We didn't succeed in opposing the waiver for the setback. We had modest success in ensuring that the relocated dumpster wouldn't be an eyesore along the entrance to the nearby residential area.