Clinton youths roll out for park celebration

Fox Run Community Park, the staging ground for the "Tour de Creek" competition June 13, has been allotted $425,000 beginning July 1 under the Capital Improvement Program after residents lobbied for nearly four years.

The money will transform the 21-acre park from a grassy field with a baseball diamond and football field to a park with a playground, paved walking and biking trail, two lighted tennis courts and two covered pavilions.

The funds have been disbursed in two stages, beginning with $100,000 allocated July 1, 2008. The second part of the funding, amounting to $325,000, will become available July 1 and has been approved by the Prince George's County Council.