Cheryl responds:

Oh dear. Yes, I do understand their concern. I personally am glad to see the Starbucks, but would be displeased as well if a Chili's were to appear. Starbucks, though a corporate chain tends to add to a locality. It seems to me that Adriatica would/should be more "European" in spirit (community focused) than in providing a realistic European village. I mean, after all, this is Texas, and we are not Croatian. I do hope that Adriatica will be able to offer the best of both worlds.