{"id":4026,"date":"2026-07-02T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:36:03","slug":"fort-getty-rv-park-to-shrink-to-62-sites-under-new-town-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/fort-getty-rv-park-to-shrink-to-62-sites-under-new-town-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Getty RV Park to Shrink to 62 Sites Under New Town Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4027 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fort-getty.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"161\" \/>The Jamestown, Rhode Island town council has directed its administrator to evaluate the financial feasibility of operating a reduced 62-site RV park at Fort Getty, down from 75 sites currently. The move follows a 55-page report from an ad hoc committee, whose guiding principles and recommendations the council adopted, including utility upgrades, accessibility improvements, and a shift toward presenting the site as a multi-use park rather than solely an RV destination. A subsequent budget vote and possible bond measure are expected.<\/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 decision reflects broader challenges facing municipally owned campgrounds, including infrastructure costs, site capacity planning, and the balance between recreational use and long-term financial sustainability.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #f97033; color: #ffffff; padding: 8px 14px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; line-height: 1.2;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamestownpress.com\/articles\/town-eyes-moving-ahead-with-rv-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the Full Article<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Lato, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/span>: The Jamestown Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jamestown, Rhode Island town council has directed its administrator to evaluate the financial feasibility of operating a reduced 62-site RV park at Fort Getty, down from 75 sites currently. The move follows a 55-page report from an ad hoc committee, whose guiding principles and recommendations the council adopted, including utility upgrades, accessibility improvements, and a shift toward presenting the site as a multi-use park rather than solely an RV destination. A subsequent budget vote and possible bond measure are expected. The decision reflects broader challenges facing municipally owned campgrounds,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,40],"tags":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026"}],"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=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4028,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions\/4028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvparkiq.com\/industry-insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}