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NeHaCa/Red Rover Camping Form an Alliance
The New Hampshire Campground Owners Association (NeHaCa) and Red Rover Camping recently formed an alliance, reports Robert Bouse, Red Rover Camping’s top dog. NeHaCa will encourage their 185-plus member campgrounds to affiliate with Red Rover to help them fill...Madison Group Adds Two California RV Parks
The Los Angeles-based Madison Real Estate Group has expanded its service to include third-party RV resort/mobile home park management servicing the outdoor hospitality industry with the addition of the Lakeshore Villa RV Park and the Frenchmen Damn Trailer Park, both...KOA Supports National Great Outdoors Month
Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), North America’s largest system of family friendly campgrounds, is proud to support the efforts of the American Recreation Coalition (ARC) and the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) in celebrating “Great Outdoors Month” the entire...Floodwaters Top Campground's Picnic Tables
Diane and Keith Grandchamp, owners of the Dream Acres Campground near Monon, Ind., are asessing the damage from floodwaters which inundated their campground in west central Indiana over the weekend. “All I know is our picnic benches are 18 inches high, and (the...Parks Forward: Make Calif. Parks 'Sustainable'
California officials on Monday (June 3) launched a new program to analyze and overhaul the state parks system, to be led by a volunteer commission. Called Parks Forward, the effort is required by the California State Parks Stewardship Act, passed last year in the wake...15 Kentucky State Parks Judged 'StormReady'
There are 15 state parks in Kentucky that are National Weather Service StormReady Supporters. These parks have detailed plans of what to do during severe weather events developed by the National Weather Service, WYMT-TV, Lexington, reported. Officials say all Kentucky...5 Campers Hurt in Michigan RV Park Explosion
An explosion at the Pleasant Lake Campground in Henrietta Township near Lansing, Mich., sent five members of a family to the hospital just before 7 p.m. on Sunday (June 2), WLNS-TV, Lansing, Mich., reported. Officials say that two of the five people injured in the RV...Thor Buys Former Monaco RV Plant in Indiana
Thor Industries Inc. and Thor Wakarusa LLC, a subsidiary of Thor Industries, have purchased the former Monaco recreational vehicle production campus in Wakarusa, Ind., the Goshen News reported. According to Thor officials, the land and production facilities, including...Forecast: RV Shipments to Climb 8.4% in 2013
The recreation vehicle (RV) industry’s shipments are predicted to total 309,800 units in 2013, 8.4% above the 2012 total of 285,749. According to a new forecast by RV industry analyst Richard Curtin, released at the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association’s (RVIA)...Starcraft RV Observes 50 Years in RV Industry
Starcraft RV kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration on June 1 with a company picnic and the “AR-ONE Golden Giveaway,” a year-long consumer sweepstakes in the United States and Canada. The 2014 model year marks 50 years in the RV industry for Starcraft, a pioneer...N.C. Mountaintop Resort Has a New Developer
Blue Ridge Mountains Motorcoach Resort Property Owners Association and Mountain Falls Partners LLC signed the land transfer agreement for Mountain Falls Luxury Motorcoach Resort located near Lake Toxaway, N.C. The Atlanta-based luxury residential and resort developer,...
