Camping World Holdings Inc. announced plans for rapid expansion in the state of Virginia, with an expansive supercenter planned in the Richmond area, according to a release. Camping World currently operates stores in Roanoke and Winchester and has identified other...
The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) reported that park model RV shipments for November were up 11.9% over the same month in 2015, with 273 wholesale units shipped out by RVIA members. After February through May saw fewer units shipped than the same...
Holiday park owners continue to condemn Nelson City Council’s decision to create new areas for freedom campers. Nelson City Top 10 Holiday Park owner Steve Edwards said the plan was bizarre. “We’ve got to have camp ground licences, we’ve got to...
A campground in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., celebrated its 20th year on Thursday, television station WHAG reported. The Kampgrounds of America (KOA) system recognized the anniversary of the Harpers Ferry/Civil War Battlefields KOA. The campground is owned and operated by...
A public hearing on an amendment to the water and sewer plan for Worcester County, Md., became a forum of sorts to discuss a sudden spate of recreational vehicle and traditional campground requests in the county, Ocean City Today reported. The amendment was brought by...
Alan Degenhardt and his parents dreamed of owning and operating Royal Oak Resort near Kingsburg, Calif. ever since his family started vacationing there in the 1970s. But it was a dream that didn’t come true until 2012 — after both of his parents had passed away — and...
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has announced $1.3 million in grants that will enhance recreation opportunities in Alabama, the Northwest Georgia News reported. The awards, made through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, will enable nine cities, a county and a...
After a nearly three-month deadline extension, the town of Adams, Mass., has received a proposal for a campground at the Greylock Glen, the Berkshire Eagle reported. Ralph Brill, a North Adams-based artist, architect and developer, has proposed an ambitious vision for...
Northgate Resorts, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based firm that owns nine RV parks nationwide — eight of them Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts — has enjoyed the type of return on investment officials had hoped for back when they entered the campground industry about four years...
Pilot Rock introduced new stainless-steel campfire rings, which the company calls the perfect site enhancement for waterfronts and beaches where water and humidity can more quickly corrode carbon steel. These 30-inch diameter firerings offer five side heights,...
The following InSites column by David Gorin of Gorin+Cohen Consulting Group appears in the December issue of Woodall’s Campground Management. Recently, I had a very early morning flight and I was about 45 minutes from the airport. Rather than set up a cab for...
