After 12 years, Camp Springs had its first home game

The only thing I can say is, WOW!!  I would have never expected for the T-Ball Tigers to get off to such a strong start to the season.  After 12 years, Camp Springs had its first home game with a resounding victory over Fort Washington Canons, 19-11.  Thank you, Coach Ryan for figuring out a way to keep the score respectable.  I think we could have scored 30 runs, but because of Coach Ryan's suggestion to stop the runners at each base we kept the score down to a respectable range.  (Good Sportsmanship)  

Special thanks to Chenelle Miles for stepping up to be the umpire for the game, since our normal umpire wasn't available.

I recall looking around and seeing so many cars that they had to park on the side of Temple Hills Rd!  We even had people that were walking the Henson Creek Trail stopped and watch our kids play T-ball.  Also, how about those summer "gold" Camp Springs Baseball T-Shirts?!?! Donna Howard mentioned how she saw them as she turned into the parking lot to the field and great they look!

Kevin & Marie, that was an incredible spread you guys put together.  That was really one of the most well organized and tasteful cook-out meals I've had in a long time.  Thank you to all the parents with helping keep the park clean after a game.

Camp Springs Tigers Win Game 2

What a great come from behind win for our team! Our T-Ball Tigers showed some mental toughness with a hard fought victory to beat the Clinton Jets 18-15.  By the way, the pitcher for Clinton was awesome! She was the best player on the field! We had to change hitting strategies to keep the ball away from her because she was getting everyone out.

Thank you Team Mom/Coordinators for keeping the bench more in order this game. It was a lot less hectic and the additional help from Ms. Keisha and Ms. Chanelle was definitely a plus. You guys seem to have a system that is working and I'm not touching it!

Parents, thank you for coming out in the cool and cloudy evening to support our team. I was really happy to see the number of parents, family and friends that showed up to our game yesterday through the early start time, traffic and weather. THANK YOU!!!   That's right, it drizzled very little before the game in Clinton and that was it.  I understand the clouds opened up and the rain fell pretty hard in the Camp Springs/Temple Hills area but we didn't get anything at the game.  With that being said, that's why its important to show up for the game.  It maybe raining where you are but not at the actual field. 

Practice is Friday at 6:30 at Henson Creek.  More importantly, we have our FIRST home T-Ball game in over ten years, Saturday at Henson Creek at 10am !  Please bring EVERYONE out to support the team and we are going to try to make a pretty big deal about baseball being played again for the club [in Camp Springs]!

Coach Darrick

Boys and Girls Club of Camp Springs

Revitalize, Redevelop and Renew-Camp Springs

Camp Springs needs revitalization

Camp Springs Community Center and Skate Park-Over the last 10 years the population in Camp Springs has grown and we see its impact in various ways. However, the capacity to support and provide recreational space for the community has not grown with the population. The Temple Hills Recreation Center has a very small foot print and cannot support both the Temple Hills and Camp Springs communities. Camp Springs needs a Community Center with facilities similar to Harmony Hall in Ft. Washington. Ideal locations include areas along the Allentown Road corridor or one of the numerous abandoned or foreclosed commercial properties in Camp Springs.

Organic Market or a Local Farmers Market-A key to a sustainable community is healthy eating. A key to economic development for Camp Springs is innovation; it appears that both need to intersect at the right place to net benefits for the community and spur development in this area. Making affordable, locally-grown organic food more available should be a top priority of every local government. Expanding local organic food production [and consumption] stimulates the economy, improves public health and protects the environment. --Organic Consumers Association

Camp Springs strives to be a ‘green’ community -The proposed developments in Camps Springs such as the Arts & Entertainment District and the Defense & Technology corridor slated for Allentown Road, as well as future residential developments should incorporate clean and renewable energy solutions, such as geothermal, solar, fuel cells and water reuse technologies. The green movement is afoot, and we need to embrace it and take advantage of viable opportunities that make sense for our community. Solutions such as solar roof top networks, which is one of the most cost effective and fastest ways to reap green benefits for businesses and home owners, should be considered.

Political support for the Arts & Entertainment District/Town Center West /Transit Oriented Development and Smart Growth Initiatives-The Arts & Entertainment District or Town Center West concepts have been on the books for a long time and no movement has been made. The reality is that there needs to be a lot more pushing by the community and Camp Springs needs a political champion for this concept. During this election season we should have a bevy of candidates jockeying for the position of champion; especially for this project.

When it comes to commercial development and prime locations, there is no reason the Branch Avenue Metro Station should not be the hub of development in Camp Springs. If our leaders get it right, the spokes from that hub should touch virtually every other part of Camp Springs.