Leisure Systems Inc. has begun to promote its annual Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Symposium & Trade Show, set for Nov. 5-8 in Covington, Ky Dean H. Crawford, executive vice president, sent out the following invitation to potential vendors: Dear Vendors, It’s...
It appears the Aurora, Colo., man who died Wednesday (March 14) in a motorhome fire may have started the fire by overheating the engine of his motorhome. Ronald Chrivia, 49, was a mobile home owner at the T Lazy W RV Park near Grand Lake, a seasonal-only RV and...
CanaDream Corp., a Canada-based RV rental firm, announced on Thursday (March 15) financial results for the nine months ending Jan. 31, 2012. Revenues for the nine months were $22.8 million, 8 percent higher than the prior period and cash flow from operations of $10.3...
Faced with shrinking state funds, New York’s parks might find new income by expanding camping areas and adding cabins. Statewide and locally, camping makes up only 12 percent of total revenue for state parks, but presents considerable opportunities for growth,...
A New Jersey campground where a tree fell on a tent last year, killing the man inside, will be closed permanently. Environmental regulators say the upper campground at Bull’s Island Recreation Area in Hunterdon County’s Delaware Township contains trees...
Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday (March 15) approved a 60-day extension that will push the compliance date for the pool lift requirement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to May 15 following an aggressive letter writing campaign orchestrated by...
In December 2011, Texas state parks announced a budget shortfall and a plea for some help. While individuals have made contributions, FOX26 Meteorologist John Dawson showed us businesses who have become creative in how they’re helping out, KRIV-TV, Houston, reported....
Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA) is offering a free one-day session of its popular KOA Work Kamper Boot Kamp training April 21 at the Santa Cruz/Monterey Bay KOA Campground. “Our KOA Work Kamper Program provides our KOA owners with a well-trained, experienced work...
During the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA) Annual Membership Meeting on March 8, Public Relations Committee Chairman B.J. Thompson and Vice President of Public Relations and Advertising James Ashurst provided attendees with an update on the...
Sallisaw, Okla., city commissioners took the recommendation of the city planning commission and denied a request on Monday (March 12) to rezone land on East Cherokee Street for an RV park. Property owner Gerald Hunter had asked for the rezoning and attended the...
Pirate’s Cove, the first waterpark in Burleson, Texas, is scheduled to open May 4 next to the North Texas Jellystone Park Camp-Resort. “We’re pretty excited about it,” said Steve Stafford, general manager of the North Texas Jellystone, which is developing the 4-acre...
Town officials in Fort Gibson, Okla., and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are close to agreeing on a plan to rehabilitate Clinkenbeard River Park despite Native American gravesites believed to be there. However, the scale of the project is likely to be much smaller...
