Ron Barger

Business and industry leaders gathered this morning at the Lippert Components (LCI) Plant 66 in Elkhart, Ind., to acknowledge four sources of funding totaling nearly $9.5 million awarded to the Advanced Manufacturing Sector Partnership (AMSP) of Elkhart County. The partnership was formed just one year ago when Elkhart-area manufacturers came together with local education leaders. […]

The sixth annual Open Range and Highland Ridge travel trailer and fifth-wheel rally drew 80-plus RVs and 175 club members from as far away as Texas and California to the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind., June 4-9. Shipshewana, Ind.-based Open Range RV Co. was established in 2007 and transitioned to Highland Ridge after being […]

The marine industry is “unusually fragmented,” and Chris-Craft President Stephen Heese thinks that will continue to change in the coming years. “Public companies have capitol and private companies don’t unless they lever up with debt,” Heese told Soundings Trade Only Today after announcing Winnebago Industries Inc. would buy Chris-Craft. “The marine industry is fragmented, and it’s […]

Goshen City Council members Tuesday approved on a 5 to 2 vote a resolution establishing a new tax increment financing district on the city’s southeast side. The Goshen News reported that tax increment financing, or TIF, is a tool that allows municipalities to promote economic development by earmarking property tax revenue from increases in assessed […]

With more than 200 motorhomes and 500-plus people in attendance, the 2018 Entegra Coach Homecoming is underway at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. The event, which includes several seminars as part of the Entegra Coach Academy, runs from May 21-24 and is exclusive to the Entegra Coach Owners Association (ECOA). (To view a […]

“The Camper Book: A Celebration of a Moveable American Dream,” just released in paperback for June of 2018, is an eclectic collection of interviews and viewpoints of life on the road and the American RV lifestyle. Written by Dave Hoekstra with photography by John Sall and published by Chicago Review Press, the book includes a […]

In a unique twist that’s been available for years, RV enthusiasts attending the recent Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) convention in Georgia were offered promotional literature by a firm called Action Services LLC, an affiliate of the Wilson Law Office, Missoula, Mont., that provides prospective RV buyers with a means of avoiding state taxes and […]

Each year people, pets and even horses die of electrical shock from a recreational vehicle malfunction called RV hot skin phenomenon. Many times campers can tell if they have an electrical leakage build-up on their coach when pets are reluctant to climb the metal stairs to enter. This is just a sampling of the electrical […]

The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) held its third annual National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) seminar on Tuesday (May 1) in Elkhart, Ind. The full-day event, which included lunch, was well attended with over 200 RV industry OEMs and supplier representatives filling the tables at the Center Six One Five facility on County […]

In its return to Elkhart, Ind., the sixth Spring Hall of Fame RV Show posted record attendance for the four-day event, held April 26-29 on the grounds of the RV/MH Hall of Fame. (To view a slideshow scroll to the right side of the RVBUSINESS.com home page. Hosted by the ‎Indiana Manufactured Housing Association-Recreation Vehicle Indiana Council (IMHA-RVIC), the show […]