Federal dam regulators want the approximately 400 condo and homeowners of Crescent Bar Island located on the Columbia River in Washington to leave when their leases expire in 2012, period. How long they have to clear out is something Grant County PUD staff is studying...
Top barbecue teams from around the world will be competing for $100,000 in prize money in what’s being billed as the “world’s richest barbecue competition,” the second annual USA Barbecue Championship, part of Smoke on the Water set for Friday and Saturday (March...
Affinity Group Inc. (AGI) announced more activities related to its upcoming “The Rally” to be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky., July 22-25 and the centennial celebration of the RV industry. Comedian Bob Newhart will perform the...
Forest River Inc., a leading manufacturer of recreational vehicles, announced new special pricing for its line of portable bathrooms and showers for the campground market. Following are highlights from its Mobile Restrooms brochure (shown at left): Century II Restroom...
The occupancy at private RV parks and campgrounds in California in 2009 was 57.8% or down 0.6% from 2008, according to a study by the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC). The 2009 occupancy rate was down 2.7% from 2007 and down 4.9% from 2006,...
Leisure Systems Inc., the franchisor of Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, has temporarily waived its franchise initiation fees as part of a strategic move to expand the company’s presence in the family campground business, according to a news release. The...
Editor’s Note: The Nashua, N.H., Telegraph offered this opinion on the status of the state’s 9% tax on campgrounds. Choosing to turn away money at a time when you need every nickel to make ends meet is rarely a sound fiscal strategy, whether you are...
Go RVing’s three new “Ambassadors of Affordability” television commercials, launched last month to national TV audiences, have been made into spots ready for dealers, campgrounds and show promoters to tag with their own information and run on local television,...
Producers of the campground sector’s first-ever virtual trade show have renamed and redirected the marketing of their planned Nov. 1-3 Internet event to reach a wider spectrum of potential suppliers and attendees, according to Art Lieberman, president and producer of...
Several private campgrounds and RV parks and resorts in California are planning Easter activities, including daytime and nighttime Easter egg hunts, said Debbie Sipe, executive director of the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC). So far, the...
Cedar Ridge Camping Resort, a five-year-old former private membership resort in Bloomington, Ind., will reopen April 16 with a new name — Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park at Lake Monroe, according to the Indianapolis Star. Milford, Ohio-based Leisure Systems...
Higher lake levels and improved camping sites are expected to draw more campers this upcoming season at Georgia’s Lake Lanier, according to the Gainesville (Fla.) Times. The reservation phone line already is jumping, said Brian Johnson, the U.S. Army Corps of...
