{"id":2502,"date":"2023-10-27T15:54:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2023-10-27T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:54:49","slug":"officials-weighing-whether-to-sell-or-keep-campground-in-rantoul-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/officials-weighing-whether-to-sell-or-keep-campground-in-rantoul-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Weighing Whether to Sell or Keep Campground in Rantoul, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Prairie Pines Campground in Rantoul<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Village officials are weighing whether it would be prudent to get out of the campground business.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Village President Chuck Smith said the 95-lot Prairie Pines Campground \u2014 given to the village by the Air Force after Chanute Air Force Base closed \u2014 is profitable. It might be preferable, however, for the facility to be privately owned and operated, he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Parks and Recreation Director Luke Humphrey said the village is trying to gain as much information on the campground as it can, knowing it has \u201csignificant infrastructure needs.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to determine if it\u2019s best for the village to spend taxpayers\u2019 dollars on the campground, and how much that\u2019s going to be,\u201d he said. Or \u201cdoes it make sense to part with it and put it in the private sector\u2019s hands moving forward?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Smith said the village has put out a request for proposals to determine if anyone in the private sector would be willing to buy and operate the campground.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The village so far has received three proposals.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Humphrey said the village will interview all of those who submit proposals and pass the information to the village board for a decision.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Humphrey, the site was used for another purpose, possibly as a trailer park, before it became a campground in 1997.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was set up in individual spaces, utility-wise,\u201d Humphrey said. \u201cIt\u2019s also my understanding the current bathhouse is an old dentist\u2019s office that was moved there when the village assumed ownership of the property.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The infrastructure is original. Humphrey said the village has fixed any sewer, water and electric infrastructure issues as they\u2019ve arisen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Village officials are weighing whether it would be prudent to get out of the campground business. Village President Chuck Smith said the 95-lot Prairie Pines Campground \u2014 given to the village by the Air Force after Chanute Air Force Base closed \u2014 is profitable. It might be preferable, however, for the facility to be privately owned and operated, he said. Parks and Recreation Director Luke Humphrey said the village is trying to gain as much information on the campground as it can, knowing it has \u201csignificant infrastructure needs.\u201d \u201cWe are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}