Like “A Tale of Two Cities,” business in Iowa’s private RV parks and campgrounds in the summer of 2008 was the best of times and the worst of times. A 500-year flood struck the eastern half of the state in July, forcing four campgrounds to close and many others to cut...
Wholesale RV shipments continued to retreat in September, down 42.5%, as all sectors showed sharp declines in year-over-year comparisons. It represented the fifth straight month that deliveries incurred 25-plus-percent drop-offs. Shipments have lagged behind 2007...
Discussions continued about a proposed RV park in the city limits of Hardin, Mo., at the monthly Hardin City Council on Oct. 20. Hardin resident Jason Raasch is trying to get city approval to build a 10-unit, two-acre RV park area of town, according to the Richmond...
Preparatory work on an upscale RV park at the harbor in Crescent City, Calif., continues to move forward as the harbor commission approved on Oct. 21 an architectural review of the project’s design. Described as a development similar to Whaleshead Beach Resort...
Marcus Lemonis believes his path to NASCAR can be traced to when he was adopted, at 9 months old, in Beirut. According to the Miami Herald, a couple from Miami raised him in South Florida and by the time he reached fourth grade, friends told him he would one day...
Preparatory work on an upscale RV park at the harbor in Crescent City, Calif., continues to move forward as the harbor commission approved on Oct. 21 an architectural review of the project’s design. Described as a development similar to Whaleshead Beach Resort...
Discussions continued about a proposed RV park in the city limits of Hardin, Mo., at the monthly Hardin City Council on Oct. 20. Hardin resident Jason Raasch is trying to get city approval to build a 10-unit, two-acre RV park area of town, according to the Richmond...
Marcus Lemonis believes his path to NASCAR can be traced to when he was adopted, at 9 months old, in Beirut. According to the Miami Herald, a couple from Miami raised him in South Florida and by the time he reached fourth grade, friends told him he would one day...
Coos County’s commissioners met for 2 1/2 hours on Tuesday (Oct. 21), but still they did not decide whether to allow development of a 153-space RV park just north of Bandon, Ore. Instead, the commissioners adjourned the hearing and decided to give the opponents seven...
The Michigan Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds toured three campgrounds during its Fall Convention Oct. 19-21 at the Comfort Inn In Chelsea, Mich. Seventy people representing 30 campgrounds attended the convention, reported Wayne Purchase, executive director....
For more than a year, Pettibone Park Resort, a 240-site Good Sam park near La Crosse, Wis., has been operating under the cloud of a city-ordered audit, according to the La Crosse Tribune. “It’s just this big weight on our shoulders,” said campground operator Mark...
The Natchez, Miss., planning commission members on Thursday (Oct. 23) approved an amendment to allow RV resorts within the Natchez city limits. Nearly 60 residents crowded the Natchez City Council chambers to voice their support and opposition to the proposed changes,...