Month: March 2016

Podcast episode 85 of RV Industry News opens with an overview of a presentation made during the RV Industry Association’s annual meeting in Tucson. Futurist Jack Uldrichspoke to industry leaders about what he sees happening in the future and the possible impact it could have on the RV industry. This week’s guest is Cory Heward, founder of MyRVDestinations.com, a new website that offers the ability to search for campgrounds, but also for RV-friendly places near them. Best of all, the site encourages local people to submit their recommendations for fun things to do in their areas.

(March 16, 2016) -- One offer calls for prospective business owners to submit a plan to buy and run the resort at the Oahe Downstream Recreation area that is located about five miles north of Fort Pierre off Highway 1806. That prospectus calls for an investment of $625,000, but comes with the right to run the concessions and resort operation at the recreation area that includes a multi-lane boat ramp, three campgrounds with 205 sites, camping cabins and a full restaurant and bar.

(March 10, 2016) -- The state is awarding $450,000 in grants to 20 organizations that support and promote New York state parks and historic sites.

(March 10, 2016) -- Native Floridian Sharon Osterholt pledged in November to paint outdoors — "en plein air" is the art-world term — in every Florida state park accessible by car and to finish in 14 months.

(March 10, 2016) -- CanaDream Corporation today announced record financial results for the nine months ended Jan. 31. Revenues were $34.9 million, net and comprehensive income $5.3 million, and cash flow provided by operating activities $17.3 million.

Keystone RV Co.’s Hideout division closed out 2015 at record  levels, achieving 32% growth in retail sales according to Statistical Surveys, Inc. The Goshen, Ind.-based company reported in a press release that Hideout racked up a 30% increase in 2014 and a 20% increase in 2013, resulting in three consecutive years of double-digit sales increases and a […]

(March 10, 2016) -- Winnebago Industries plans to issue an advisory release before the market opens on March 24, notifying the public that a complete and full-text press release discussing the financial results for the company's second quarter of Fiscal 2016 ended Feb. 27.

(March 10, 2016) -- Police said two people are dead after a murder-suicide in Seymour, Ind., Thursday morning at the Cummins Seymour Engine Plant.

Winnebago Industries Inc. will release financials from its fiscal second quarter prior to the market opening on March 24. Winnebago will also host a conference call at 9 a.m. CDT to discuss the results. The call may be heard live via the company’s website, http://investor.wgo.net. The event will be archived and available for replay for the […]

(March 10, 2016) -- At one point, Stevie Trujillo, 40, described herself as a “high heels and manicures” kind of girl. Yet after getting laid off from her corporate sales job in 2009, the Venice, Calif., native decided to store the heels, ditch the nail salons, and take a breather from city life. She gave up her apartment and set off on a one-year road trip along the Pan-American Highway, which runs the length of North, Central, and South America, with her boyfriend, Tree.