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Alaska Parks Tackle COVID, ACOA Looks Toward 2021
Many people get into the private park business relatively late in life, often after they have spent decades in other professions. Jeff and Laura Saxe were in their 30’s when they started building Eagles Rest RV Park in Valdez, Alaska, in 1991. “It was my...
La. RV Parks in Recovery Mode After Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura left a path of destruction in its wake as it swept through Lake Charles, La., early Thursday (Aug. 27). But several campground and RV park operators in Lake Charles and neighboring communities said they were still able and willing to accommodate...
Cornwell Uses Experience to Guide Fla., Ala. Groups
Like his fellow campground association managers across the country, Bobby Cornwell has had his hands full this year as president and CEO of the Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds and Alabama Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (Florida and Alabama...
CampCalNOW Battled Local Officials to get Parks Open
It has been challenging enough having 50 different COVID-19 strategies in 50 different states. In California, CampCalNOW RV Park and Campground Alliance’s (CampCalNOW) President and CEO Dyana Kelley has had to deal with 58 counties exerting their own COVID-19...CONY’s Bennett is Focused on COVID, Operating Park
Like every state campground association director, Don Bennett, Jr. has been as busy as he’s ever been these past few months. A third-generation campground owner and operator of Conesus Lake Campground in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York, Bennett is...
Rafting Outfitters Offer Lodging, More to Cater to Guests
Many private park operators with lakes and frontage on rivers offer canoes, kayaks and other watercraft rentals. Some river rafting outfitters, for their part, find it makes tremendous business sense to complement their guided rafting tours with campgrounds that...Colo. RV Park Shutting Its Doors Due to COVID-19
Editor’s note: Woodall’s Campground Management had originally planned to run a profile of this park, but unfortunately after our first interview we were informed that the park was closing due to a decrease in business during the COVID-19 crisis. After...California KOA Adds Zipline/Ropes Course, Labyrinth
Ventura Ranch Kampgrounds of America (KOA) Holiday in Santa Paula, Calif., was mostly destroyed by the Thomas Fire, which swept through the mountains of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in early Dec. 2017. But park owner Scott Cory has not only rebuilt the park, but...Camp Gulf, Others Sue Over Shutdown of Private Beach
Several state governors ordered the closure of public beaches last spring to try to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. But do counties have the authority to close private beaches as well? That is one of the legal issues contained in a lawsuit filed by Miramar...
Arlington Uses Personal Experiences to Help Owners
Like many state campground association directors, Mary Arlington has been working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that campground operators can open their parks and offer the traveling public a place to camp this summer. Her challenge is...