Year-over-year motorhome sales were flat in November and the 11 months, up 1.5% and 0.3% respectively, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. (SSI). Click here to read the entire story from RVBUSINESS.com.
Retail sales barely rose in December, but the gain was enough to lift sales to a record level for 2011. It marked the largest annual increase in more than a decade. Sales inched up 0.1% in December to a seasonally adjusted $400.6 billion, The Commerce Department said...
The Florida RV Trade Association (FRVTA) opened the 27th Annual Florida RV SuperShow Wednesday (Jan. 11) and the crowds rolled in, despite a little rain in the morning. “By noon we were done with the rain and we even saw the sun,” FRVTA Executive Director Lance Wilson...
The St. Mary’s County Planning Commission has recommended correcting a critical area “mapping error” for St. Mary’s Yachting Center, formerly called Dennis Point Marina, in Drayden, Md. The marina is in what is known as a Limited Development Area (LDA) under critical...
Memo to Mackinac Island Fudge: You may soon be unseated. Holland, Mich.-based Hudsonville Ice Cream is hoping to churn out a new flavor this spring that embodies everything Michigan, and they need the public’s help to do it, the Grand Rapids Press reported. The...
Buffalo Chip Campground near Sturgis, S.D., and Western Dakota Technical Institute announced the 2012 Buffalo Chip Challenge on Tuesday (Jan. 10). The Buffalo Chip Challenge is a motorcycle building project for the students at Western Dakota Tech. For the third year,...
The Lincoln Road RV Park in the north Helena Valley near Helena, Mont., is facing a civil lawsuit in federal court brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), charging that it failed to monitor its water, collect samples of water after it tested...
The Carrollton City Council held a work session Tuesday evening (Jan. 10) to gather public comment and to discuss regulations for the RV park that will open in the spring in this Kentucky city of 4,000 located along the Ohio River. Discussion first revolved around how...
Four generations of Cheri Taluzek’s family have spent years swimming, hiking and watching the stars at summer homes on Lake Marie campgrounds in Antioch Township in suburban Chicago. The Taluzeks are among 80 families who will be forced to vacate by Sept. 30 if...
Sun Communities Inc. stock was unusually active on Wall Street today (Jan. 11). As of 3 p.m., 2.8 million shares had changed hands, nearly 30 times normal volume. The current price was $35.95 per share.
Myrtle Beach Travel Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C., announced that it has partnered with Santee Cooper in an initiative to reduce energy consumption through Santee Cooper’s Reduce the Use Program, according to a news release. Associate Engineer Timothy Vereen presented...
The U.S. Forest Service announced eight dates for the new year when national forests nationwide will waive fees that are usually collected to support forest maintenance and amenities. “We encourage the public to get outdoors in America’s vast and dynamic playground,”...
