VIDEO: CAMP Members Invigorated at Cherry Hill Meeting

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Association management consultant Tom Morrison was the featured speaker at the CAMP meeting May 7-8 in Cherry Hill Park in College Park, Md. Today’s video, courtesy of Tom Morrison & Associates,  features excerpts from the recent CAMP meeting in Maryland. Running a state association that represents RV parks and campgrounds can be a daunting experience. Just ask the 30 members of the Campground Association... Read more

Imler Concluding Impressive Service to the RV Park Business

John Imler Veteran RV park and campground owner/consultant John Imler is finally stepping away after nearly 40 years in the business. He reported today (May 14)), “As of June 1, 2012, I will discontinue my web page www.imlerconsulting.com. As a result, the five books listed there will be out of publication, and I will no longer be doing consulting of any kind.” Imler and his wife, Ruth, developed their first RV park, Campers Inn, in Dunnigan, Calif., starting in May 1974 and in 1975 attended... Read more

New Owners Rename N.J. Park The Great Divide Campground

Some of the wooded tent sites at the newly named The Great Divide Campground near Newton, N.J. Carmine and Lisa Torella have purchased the Green Valley Beach Family Campground near Newton in northwest New Jersey and renamed it The Great Divide Campground. They took possession on May 3 and hope to open the 265-site park on May 18. It is their first campground they have owned. The Torellas have enjoyed camping as a family for years (he’s 38 and she’s 37) and had a strong desire to make... Read more

South Dakota Parks Face Spacing Issues

How much space should park owners leave between their individual campsites to guarantee maximum safety for their guests in case of fire? The national model code for the campground industry states 10 feet. But in South Dakota, the state health department says that 10 feet has to be present even when units with slideouts are in the fully expanded position. That’s hard to do for some older campgrounds and that concern was a major topic at the South Dakota Campground Owner’s Association (SDCOA)... Read more

New Logo and Website for Arizona ARVC

Arizona ARVC's new logo The Arizona Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (Arizona ARVC) had a good story to tell its membership at the Annual Conference and Trade Show April 25-26 at the Rincon Country West RV Resort in Tucson. The association has a new logo, launched its revamped website (www.gocampinginarizona.com) with the help of Strait Web Solutions in February and is nearing completion of its annual camping directory with publication expected this summer, explained Jo Ann Mickelson,... Read more

New Owner Ready to Reopen Triple Creek Campground

Some of the rental units that await guests at the Triple Creek Campground, which is reopening this week. Arvis Keys attended an auction last May “just to be nosey” and was so impressed by the campground that was up for sale that he bought it. Now, the 70-year-old first-time campground owner is ready to unveil his purchase: a 65-site, heavily wooded property nestled in the mountains of east Tennessee near Gatlinburg and trisected by three creeks, hence the name, Triple Creek Campground. The... Read more

Carefree RV Resorts Seeks Capital to Fund Major Expansion

Carefree making pitch to investment bankers this week in New York City. National RV Communities LLC (NRVC) is seeking to finance an aggressive acquisition plan by tapping the private equity market for up to $400 million in new capital. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based NRVC, doing business as Carefree RV Resorts, has held informal talks this spring with potential investors and has scheduled four formal sessions this week in New York City. “It’s an exciting time. The initial response we have been getting... Read more

ARVC’s Jeff Sims Addresses Illinois Association

How to handle undesirable campers – both the human and non-human type – took center stage at the Illinois Campground Association annual meeting April 10-11 at the Sunset Lakes Resort in Hillsdale, Ill. The event drew 25 people from 12 campgrounds where discussions included the invasion of the emerald ash borer into the “Land of Lincoln” and how to handle unruly campground guests, reported Christina Gordon, association spokeswoman. Campground owners discussed ways to discourage campers from... Read more

National School Transitioning to New Course Format

The “aha” moment at this year’s National School of RV Park and Campground Management for Dawn Harnish, a campground operator from Pennsylvania, came when an instructor pointed out the hidden marketing potential of the historic mill located on her property. “He helped me change the way I look at the park,” Harnish told Woodall’s Campground Management. The picturesque mill was a major reason she and her husband, Greg, bought the 32-site Ye Olde Mill Campground, in Burnt Cabins, Pa., located... Read more

ARVC CEO Reports Progress on Several Fronts

Paul Bambei, ARVC president and CEO Paul Bambei continues to make good on his mission to increase the benefits for members of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC). In an exclusive interview with Woodall’s Campground Management (WCM) following a three-week road trip that took him to many state association conventions and meetings as well as an ARVC board meeting, the ARVC president and CEO outlined a number of positive steps the national association has undertaken in recent... Read more

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