Category: Development News

The city of Hibbing will soon begin the development of a 41-unit recreation vehicle campground on elevated terrain west of Carey Lake. The campground will include the extension of water and electrical services to each site, group tent campsites, a shower building, restrooms, campsite fire rings and picnic tables. Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation awarded the city $1,500 in Grant Writing Assistance to hire a professional grant writer to prepare and apply for a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Grant, which provides matching funds to local units of…

  The Georgetown-Scott County Planning Commission approved the applications for an RV Park and an Airstream dealership and denied a zone change application at their January meeting. The commission unanimously approved the preliminary development plan for a 75-stall RV Park with an entrance at 3036 Paris Pike, between Patriot RV and Bluegrass RV Storage. One of the conditions for approval is that the final development plan must have a lighting plan, and that all lighting needs to be directed away from the properties adjoining it, planner Elise Ketz said. No…

Cole Vernon and his father Craig Vernon, who is co-owner of White River AG Products and Northern Clearing, are developing plans to build a campground geared towards off road vehicle enthusiasts in the town of Kelly. How much it would cost, how many spots it would have and other details are still being worked out, but the father-son duo have what they think is the perfect spot for the campground picked out on Yderstad Road at White River AG. It would be owned by the company that created the Concert…

Camp Richardson Hospitality, LLC, an arm of ExplorUS, will operate the hotel, cabins, beachside inn, Richardson House, campgrounds and RV park, general store, ice cream parlor, mountain sports center, and restaurant.” The historic Camp Richardson is about to enter a new era under a new concessionaire. For over 100 years, guests have been welcomed to the resort, and now ExplorUS will be assuming operations starting January 6. With the recent closure of the popular lakefront Beacon restaurant at the resort, many wondered what would happen to the building. The restaurant…

A popular, family-owned campground in Darke County has been sold, and some long-time tenants are concerned about spiking rents and slow refunds. A new management company called The Freedom Group has taken ownership of Stillwater Beach Campground in Bradford, Ohio. Several tenants told WYSO that the company has raised lot rents and delayed depositing requested refunds. The Freedom Group says in a statement that rent increases are needed to cover improvement costs and that it’s expediting refunds. Tenants at Stillwater often keep their RVs or trailers there from April to…

The newest luxury RV resort in Southwest Florida held its ribbon cutting in Cape Coral on Saturday to signify it is ready for business. Although stormy conditions forced a toned-down event as Encore Tranquility Lakes at 4100 Burnt Store Road celebrated the opening in the resort’s clubhouse, it’s a project that has been years in the making and there still was plenty of excitement. Scott Warmbein, general manager of Tranquility Lakes, said the event was an opportunity to introduce the resort to the community. “We’ve been open since October, but…

Wild Adventures Theme Park unveiled the name and broke ground on the park’s latest addition, a new seven-acre campground. On Tuesday, Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Ga. unveiled the name and broke ground on the park’s latest addition, a new seven-acre campground. With plans to open fall of 2024, the newly-named Wild Adventures Safari Campground will offer a full-facility campground including a camp store and bathhouse. The campground will offer a mixture of RV and tent camping sites with special amenities like a fishing pond, walking trails, an exclusive…