{"id":3148,"date":"2024-11-13T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=3148"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:18:32","slug":"marble-springs-campgrounds-new-owners-plan-revitalization-in-allen-mi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/marble-springs-campgrounds-new-owners-plan-revitalization-in-allen-mi\/","title":{"rendered":"Marble Springs Campground&#8217;s New Owners Plan Revitalization in Allen, MI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3149 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Marble-Spring-Camp-660x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Marble Springs Campground in Allen will soon be brought back to life after being recently bought by the Joswiak family.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ken and Stacy Joswiak, also owners of Southern Michigan RV in Hillsdale, said that they are excited at the opportunity.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We\u2019ve been in the RV business for just over four years now,\u201d Ken said. \u201cStacy has always wanted to own a motel or a bed and breakfast, but since we\u2019ve been in the RV business that dream changed to a campground.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">He said they had been searching for one to buy for over a year and are so glad to have found one right in the local community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Marble Springs Campground has been a staple in the community for close to 100 years, first starting as a park and then transitioning into a campground.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It&#8217;s got the only blue spring in Michigan,\u201d Ken explained. \u201cThere were about 16 natural springs on the property. It even had a trout hatchery at one point in time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ken said that they have plans to restore a lot of the grounds on the 50+ acre property, including having the ponds cleaned and adding back the trout. They will also do a lot of maintenance and work repairing a dam so the water, lakes, and streams on the property are restored.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The natural beauty of the property will make it the perfect summer vacation spot, Ken said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It\u2019s got a swimming pond,\u201d he said. \u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of water. There\u2019s a lot of trees on the property that are not native to Michigan.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">They are even hoping to refurbish a stone fireplace that was built on the property by the original owner. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">There will be a lot of different ways to enjoy the property, Ken explained.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It\u2019s going to be a campground. We\u2019re also going to have rentals on the property that will be available,\u201d he said. \u201cWe&#8217;re going to start selling campers at the front of the property. We\u2019re going to open up tent camping again on the property.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In addition to the natural beauty of the property, there will also be amenities like a swimming pool, a playground, restrooms, and even a small store.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ken said that they are looking forward to opening up the campground again to the community in the spring, with all its new additions and updates.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It\u2019ll be a great place to make memories with kids and families,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s so many people we\u2019ve talked to that were out there as kids, that actually fished when the trout were there, and talk about how beautiful it was.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now, those people will be able to share those experiences with their families.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This place has been part of the community so long, and we just want to bring it back to that,\u201d Ken said. \u201cI just can&#8217;t wait to see it come back to life.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/marblesprings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u><b>marblesprings.com<\/b><\/u><\/a> or the Facebook page Marble Springs Campground.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillsdale.net\/story\/lifestyle\/around-town\/2024\/11\/13\/marble-springs-campground-in-allen-has-new-owners\/76193560007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marble Springs Campground in Allen will soon be brought back to life after being recently bought by the Joswiak family. Ken and Stacy Joswiak, also owners of Southern Michigan RV in Hillsdale, said that they are excited at the opportunity. \u201cWe\u2019ve been in the RV business for just over four years now,\u201d Ken said. \u201cStacy has always wanted to own a motel or a bed and breakfast, but since we\u2019ve been in the RV business that dream changed to a campground.\u201d He said they had been searching for one to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"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\/3148"}],"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=3148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3151,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148\/revisions\/3151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}