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Texas Flood Cleanup Helps Campgrounds
The Parks and Recreation Department in Grapevine, Texas, Keep Grapevine Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful have teamed up for the Lake Grapevine Waterway Cleanup, which is ongoing through Oct. 13, according to The Dallas Morning News. Volunteers are sought to help...Cape May Voters Oppose Park Model Limits
A New Jersey proposal that would place stricter building and inspection guidelines on recreational park trailers is facing opposition in Cape May County, home of the most campsites in the state, according to The Press, Atlantic City. The state Department of Community...Ohio Raises Tourism Funding by 40%
The Ohio Campground Owners Association (OCOA), as a member of the Ohio Travel Association (OTA), was successful in lobbying the state legislature for a 40% increase in funding ($5.5 million over two years) for the Ohio Division of Travel and Tourism’s marketing...Workers Still Filling Wyoming RV Parks
A few years back, Michigan resident Jim Bailer worked in southwest Wyoming on a short job. Before leaving Michigan, he called ahead and reserved a spot at a local RV park with little fuss. Back in Wyoming this summer for a three-month pipeline construction job, the...Yellowstone, Grand Teton Visits Rise
The high price of gas didn’t keep visitors away from Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks this summer. The number of visitors to Grand Teton National Park exceeded 540,000 in August, up 8.6% from the same month last year, according to the Jackson Hole...Lender Solex Partners With Advantage Credit
Online lender Solex LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho, announced Wednesday (Sept. 26) a partnership with Advantage Credit International to provide automated credit reporting for recreational vehicle and marine loans approved through Solex’s financing and insurance software....RV Travel Rising Among Hispanic Families
Isaac and Connie Hernandez are so passionate about RVing that no destination is too far away. “If we could RV to Hawaii, we would,” says Isaac, a 46-year-old police officer from El Paso, Texas. Until a trans-Pacific Ocean highway is built, Isaac, his wife, Connie, and...Calif. Nat. Forests Juggle Fees, Services
As national forests around the country re-evaluate a dollar’s worth of recreation, two national forests in Southern California are planning some small tweaks to recreational areas. The aim is part of a national effort to make the most of limited forest budgets....GM/UAW Reach Tentative Agreement
The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. agreed today (Sept. 26) to a tentative contract that puts the responsibility for retirees’ health care into the union’s hands and ends a two-day strike, the first national strike against an automaker in 31...KOA Hires New VP for Franchisee Services
Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) recently hired one of the top camping industry executives in the U.S. to head its KOA Franchisee Services Department. Louise Everett, most recently a regional manager for Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), will join KOA’s home office...Survey: Canadian Travel to U.S. to Increase
Canadian travelers are more likely to take their vacations south of the border now that the loonie has reached parity with the greenback, according to a new Angus Reid survey. The report, published Monday (Sept. 24) in the Ottawa Business Journal, said 49% of the...
