Happy Holidays! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and are prepping for the Christmas season. The weather seems to be all over the place. Freezing in the morning and 63 in the afternoon! Everyone stay safe and I hope your holiday is fantastic. If you have extra to give please help those less fortunate. Just a little can make a big difference.
Chick-fil-A is back open in La Plata! New double drive thru covered lines are really interesting.
Hope everyone got their fill of candy and are now ready for turkey! Looking forward to cool weather, daylights savings, and gathering of friends and family. I could do without the leaves falling. That's a mess. I'm thankful to have a job that I get to do different things every day and meet new people. Continue to be kind to one another and do something nice for someone. It could be the thing that changes their whole day for the better.
Getting into the holiday season quickly. Already seeing Christmas decorations in the stores. Hope everyone is ready!
Happy Fall! I hope everyone had a great summer and is healthy and happy. Everyone is getting back to school and learning new routines. I hope this is a good school year since the last two were a mess. It continues to be a good year for us. Lots of things working in the area. Hopefully they all make it to the finish line. Let's all continue to make our area a great place to live. #choosekindness
J&A Latino Market has opened at the Merchants Square Shopping Center at 4459 Crain Highway in White Plains.
Staying cool? Lots of hot weather this summer. People are out and about on the streets cause traffic has been crazy. Stay safe out there!
Lots of rumors going around for the Charlotte Hall area. It seems that most of them are just that. As of right now nothing is going on the old motel site and nothing is happening to the farmers market site.
On to other things..
Active Physical Therapy is now open at La Plata Village Center. 52 Drury Drive.
I just heard that the Clarity coffee house owners in Indian Head are going to be starting their own grocery store and Ice cream shop in the town. Oasis Fresh Food Market and Papaleo's Ice cream will be located in the old Algonquin building at 4145 Indian Head Highway. Look for it in 2022. Very exciting to see more come to that area.
Happy June! Congratulations to all the 2021 graduates! The past year has been very difficult to deal with and these kids are making history. I wish the best for them and everyone going forward.
I'm going to mention a few things I have announced in the past but have been buried by months of other posts but we have some new things happening in the area as well.
Also I want people to understand some things about new commercial developments. The county does not build retail centers. The county cant make a business open up here. These are private companies that put out all the money to make it happen. When you say things like "They should have fixed that old building over there instead" or "There's vacant space already over there". Well that's not their property. Maybe they didn't want to sell it. Maybe they wanted too much for it. Maybe that building was so out of date it cost more to fix than to build new. Maybe the land or building was too small. There are many factors to consider. What if you wanted to build a new home but everyone told you to go renovate some other one instead?
New tenant for the Rosewick Crossing Shopping Center in La Plata. Salsita's Grill will take over the former Spoons BBQ restaurant. Should open by late summer.
Construction has started on a new three story MedStar Shah medical building in White Plains next to CVS.
