Indoor Youth Athletic Facility Planned In Buckingham Township

BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA — A youth sports training company in Bucks County has a field of dreams in its future, starting with a planned 13,000 square foot indoor athletic facility in Buckingham Township.

Representatives from Doylestown-based Total Skills, Inc., presented their plans to the township's board of supervisors during its March 24 work session. The company is seeking the township's permission to build an indoor athletic club at 4210 Burnt Hill Road, where business owner Al Maio operates his screen printing and embroidery shop, Sportswear Plus.

Maio is working with the company to enter to a lease agreement, according to Ryan Owen, co-founder for Total Skills, who told planning commission members that the facility can drive "significant revenue" to the township while filling a need for a local sports training venue in the community.

"We felt like this was a great opportunity where we could help his business with additional traffic, and he can help us by giving us an opportunity to build something we can build equity in and eventually own," Owen said. "We're building this to be scaled to other locations throughout the region and the country for years to come."

Total Skills currently operates out of Intensity Sports Training, located at 3633 Old Easton Road in Doylestown. The company has been in operation since 2006 and has provided summer camps, tournament teams, private instruction, clinics and coaches' clinics in sports such as baseball, softball, field hockey, lacrosse and basketball for kids between the ages of 7 and 17, according to its Facebook page.

Owen said his company has outgrown its current space.

"If you’ve been at that facility you know we’re busting at the seams," he said. "It’s all a good sign, and there’s a lot of demand for the product."

The proposed facility will need to be approved by the township's zoning hearing board and the board of supervisors before the project can break ground.

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