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bwelsh822 OP t1_jb3lf0m wrote

Reply to comment by goliebs in Snowden Starbucks by bwelsh822

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.

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goliebs t1_jb3kbn0 wrote

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...

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se_coupe t1_jb3cawl wrote

Yeah I've been watching the construction for a while now. I canNOT understand how Starbucks will have a drive thru window unless they're going to occupy some additional space in the building around back maybe? I'm so confused

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pc81rd t1_jaxpgix wrote

My son went to the Columbia Children's Manor, off Red branch road. He started at 3 months and went until COVID (he was in pre-K by then). I really liked them. He was well cared for as a baby and toddler, and then for preschool/pre-K, the education was good. He's in hcpss now, and is above grade level. Many of his classmates at children's Manor ended up above grade level, too (one classmate from Children's Manor happens to also be in his elementary school class now).

The staff there were great. They also mostly stick around. Many of the teachers that were there when he was a baby were still there when COVID hit. The director was the same, too.

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cmerrima t1_jau70s9 wrote

We go to Glen Mar in Columbia but very close to Ellicott City and so far we really like it. They do a lot of cute activities with the kids even when they are really young - they fill up quickly, as do the ones on route 40 and the Montessori schools. I had to book daycare before telling most of my family I was pregnant to get a spot 12 weeks after delivery. Feel free to DM for more info and good luck! It is hard out there.

I actually found Geln Mar through the Locate Family Child Care network which is a good resource when you are looking after listening to an NPR story about the website: https://www.marylandfamilynetwork.org/for-parents/locate-child-care

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