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ARVC Issues Members Strategic 'Call to Action'
Editor’s Note: The following “Strategic Planning Task Force Call to Action” comes from the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. In the next step of our Strategic Planning Task...Florida City Acts on Monitoring Developments
City planning board members have agreed to new monitoring measures that would have been beneficial during the recent uproar over a proposed RV park along Back Beach Road in Panama City Beach, Fla., especially if the owners had not withdrawn their change-of-use...Bedbugs: An Old Problem Resurfaces
Who could have believed a few years ago that one of the better attended seminars at Kampground of America Inc.’s (KOA) International Convention in Savannah in November would have addressed the squeamish topic of bedbugs. It’s a problem that had receded along with the...Yurts: Another Kind of Campground Accommodation
Park model cabins aren’t the only rental accommodation gaining traction in the campground sector. Private parks are also increasingly investing in yurts, circular tent-like structures with wood framing, canvas siding and an opening in their domelike roofs that can be...Who's Who in the Park Model and Cabin Business
Read this and related stories in the February issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. Company: Athens Park Homes Location: Athens, Texas Background: Athens Park Homes was founded in late 2004 by a group of investors led by Phil Surles, the former COO of...Park Model Builders Broaden Their Market
Read this and related stories in the February issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. With 67 RV sites, cottonwood trees, rock climbing walls and a three-acre fishing lake stocked with trout and catfish, Rancho Jurupa Park in Riverside, Calif., lives up to its...Trailer Life Reps Begin 2012 Directory Data Collection
Thirty husband and wife teams began this month to collect data for the 2012 Trailer Life RV Parks & Campgrounds Directory. The teams attended a week-long rep conference Jan. 24-28 held at the Embassy Suites in San Antonio, Texas. The 2012 edition is the 40th...Judge Orders Town & Developer to Split Legal Fees
The Superior Court’s presiding judge has ordered the town government of Chino Valley, Ariz., and a developer to split nearly $29,133 in legal fees to the plaintiffs in the Kampgrounds of America rezoning case, the Prescott Daily Courier reported. Judge David...BCLCA President Also Impacts Chamber
Editor’s Note: The following story comes from the Lake Cowichan Gazette in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia. Cowichan Lake District Chamber of Commerce’s president of the past six years is a business man. Eleven years ago, Jim Humphrey retired from the Royal...Ohio River City Moving Forward on RV Park Plan
The city of Carrollton, Ky., held the first of two public forums Thursday night (Feb. 10) for input on what people would like to see in Point Park. The initial plan includes developing an RV park and campground along the Kentucky River and a riverwalk that would wind...Outlook Sunnier for Alabama Gulf Coast Tourism
The beach is back. That’s what folks on the Gulf Coast are reporting coming off a disastrous 2010 attributed to both the flagging economy and the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began in April, The Birmingham (Ala.) News reported. Attendance...
