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City Campground In Iowa Has Record Year
The Ottumwa (Iowa) Parks Department received some record breaking news in its annual campground-attendance report, television station KTVO reported. The Ottumwa Park campground generated just over $140,000 in revenue in 2014, nearly $44,000 higher than ever before....Should City Bother To Update Campground?
The Sisters, Ore., parks advisory board wants to hear what local residents see as the purpose of Creekside Campground and what, if anything, they think should be done with the campground, the Nugget News reported. At their Oct. 29 meeting the board, made up of citizen...Ill. Campground Picks Up School Equipment
The swings outside now-closed Lincoln School in Spring Valley will have a new life at the Gillan’s Green River Oaks Resort in Amboy, as two members of the family-owned campground worked this week to remove playground equipment, the NewsTribune of LaSalle, Ill,...ELS Highlights Upgrades At Indiana Property
The management team from Indian Lakes RV Resort in Batesville, Ind., hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 1 to celebrate extensive renovations and upgrades to the 1,000-site property, Jennifer Ludovice of parent company Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS) told the...SSI: Towable RV Sales Up 8.8% Through Sept.
Retail sales of towable RVs climbed 15% in September from a year ago and 8.8% for the first nine months, according to the latest report from Statistical Surveys Inc. Registrations for the third quarter gained 10.3%. Results by category showed: • Sales for the...Expedia Lists ELS Properties, Cruise Inn Next
The digital superhighway is finally reaching recreational vehicle (RV) parks, campgrounds, and hostels in the United States. Monday (Nov. 17), Expedia brand websites quietly added hostels, RV parks, and campgrounds as specialty categories of lodging to the search...Mo. Campground Goes On The Auction Block
Authorities from the federal government are scheduled to auction off the Circle J Campground and other associated properties, at 10 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 19) after seizing the property for delinquent taxes in late September, the Lebanon (Mo.) Daily Record reported. The...Year-Plus Del. RV Parks Vote Delays Drag On
The votes on a pair of controversial proposals to build new campgrounds in Delaware have been on hold for more than a year, and now some county leaders are saying the “waiting game” is unfair to those involved, television station WBOC reported. The first...Glacier National Park Considering Fee Hikes
Glacier National Park is requesting public comment on a proposal to increase the park’s entrance fees, implement a motorized boat launch fee, and increase the camping fee at the Many Glacier Campground, television station KRTV in Montana reported. The proposal...Yellowstone RV Pot Runner Gets Five Years
A judge sentenced a West Virginia woman to five years in prison for trafficking 300 pounds of marijuana in a recreational vehicle through Yellowstone Park on the last of several trips she said she made between California and West Virginia, the Associated Press...TVA Campgrounds Closing Down For Winter
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) campgrounds and visitor centers at TVA dams and reservoirs are reducing hours or closing as the 2014 recreation season comes to an end, the Chattanoogan reported. TVA campgrounds that closed Monday (Nov. 17) are: Cherokee Dam...
