Caves Valley Partners is hosting a community-input meeting on Thursday, June 28, for its Towson Station project at York Road and Bosley Avenue, formerly home to the Towson fire station.
The site has long been a source of controversy. Caves Valley had sought to circumvent zoning requirements and put a Royal Farms gas station at the site, a plan that Towson Councilman David Marks initially supported but then opposed. The county council approved the gas station over Marks’ protests, but then the late County Executive Kevin Kamenetz stepped in and ordered the developer and the community to negotiate a new plan that didn’t include gasoline. 
It’s that new plan that will be reviewed Thursday evening.
Caves Valley intends to put a fast-food drive-through in the location that had originally been the gas station. It will likely be a Chick-fil-A, as the negotiated agreement originally barred most fast-food chains from locating there, but Caves Valley revised it to allow the popular chicken chain.
Mission BBQ and MOD Pizza are also expected to open at the site.
There will also be two buildings that will house retail shops and restaurants.
Even those who don’t like the design may keep their opinions to themselves at the input meeting Thursday. That’s because the agreement to not put gas at the site includes a clause saying that it can go back to the gas-station plan if the project fails to receive all necessary approvals from the county.
But the group Save Towson’s Gateway, which had opposed the gas station, said in a statement that residents should still feel free to speak up.
“The community should treat it like any other community-input meeting and give it a careful going over and identify what they like and don’t like and ask for things they think are missing,” the group said.
After the input meeting, Caves Valley has up to a year to submit its formal plan to the county. The public can also testify at a hearing at which an administrative law judge will ultimately rule on the plan. That could involve a denial, an approval, or an approval with conditions.
The input meeting is at 7pm on June 28 at the Sheppard Pratt Conference Center, 6501 N. Charles Street in Towson.
Towson,is so overdeveloped now,that I have stopped shopping ,and gone else where. If we continue to allow,the powers to be continue,Towson will become someplace,where no one wants to live !
Its so crowded no one goes there anymore?I thunk i have heard that before.
Please explain just exactly how the intersection of Bosley and York will be IMPROVED by this. It is the worst intersection at rush hour in the county. I have waited through 5 red lights (while at least 5 cars GO THROUGH the red light because the traffic is SO BAD. You’re going to add more traffic????????? How about a park with some green space??? Or is that too much to ask? It’s about money and politics. I would like to (and will) move away as soon as I am able.
Please attend the community input meeting tonight to ask your questions
Adios, amigo!
Therein lies some of the key issues of this development. Many are putting in a concerted effort to find better balance with this project, so please attend tonight to show your support!