{"id":2702,"date":"2024-01-07T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:36:32","slug":"plans-are-in-the-works-to-build-a-new-campground-in-the-bay-area-wi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/plans-are-in-the-works-to-build-a-new-campground-in-the-bay-area-wi\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans are in the Works to Build a New Campground in the Bay Area, WI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2703\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" src=\"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/White-River-Campground-660x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"307\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The owners of White River Ag Products, who already created the summer Concert in the Corn amid their fields, now are planning a campground that will cater to ATVers. (Tom Stankard\/Staff photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">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.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">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 in the Corn, and would compliment it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My dad picked it out. He thought it would be a nice spot because you have easy access to trails for ATVs,\u201d Cole Vernon said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This would not be their first effort at building a campground. The two create temporary sites for people to stay at overnight during the Concert in the Corn, which every summer draws big-name country stars and local musicians and thousands of spectators to a stage carved out of White River AG\u2019s fields.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Basically building those, we learned a lot, just kind of about campgrounds. We\u2019ve all traveled a lot and have camped all over the country, so we\u2019re familiar with those. Then my dad saw that spot and thought, \u2018This would be a beautiful spot for a campground,\u2019\u201d Cole Vernon said of the roughly 5-acre plot they\u2019re planning.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">While most campgrounds in the Bay Area are near the water, the Vernons think one geared toward ATV enthusiasts will fill a niche. Cole Vernon said they plan several campsites large enough to accommodate a camper and an ATV.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The number of spots isn\u2019t finalized because we have other plans we have to work through,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Many of Vernon\u2019s colleagues are ATV enthusiasts and they are eager for it to open.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I pitched it to them, and they all said it\u2019s a perfect spot. It will be more reasonably priced because it\u2019s not on the lake,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">White River AG has been a great business to work with, as far as Kelly Chairman Matt Erickson is concerned. Because plans haven\u2019t been finalized yet, he said it\u2019s too early to say anything about the campground, but he did say it would work well with the long-term development plans for the town.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It will probably be a great thing, but we just don\u2019t know enough at this point. The town hasn\u2019t had any issues with them,\u201d Erickson said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bayfield County Administrator Mark Abeles-Allison said another campground would augment those already available in the Bay Area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">There are numerous campgrounds in the county. You see them everywhere, be it Ashland or Washburn. They bring people to the community and certainly help the economy,\u201d he said. \u201cBoth residents as well as visitors enjoy them.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Formed in early 2011 near the shores of Lake Superior, White River AG Products began producing small grains and related products on 800 acres in Mason, according to its website. Since its inception, White River AG Products operations have grown to roughly 2,500 acres with fields of corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley, millet and more.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apg-wi.com\/ashland_daily_press\/news\/local\/new-campground-planned-in-kelly\/article_be5ca034-ad95-11ee-9738-b313803d8c23.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702"}],"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=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2707,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions\/2707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}