Sherman Goldenberg

RV/MH Heritage Foundation Inc. President Darryl Searer says his organization plans to launch a major fund drive later this year to greatly expand the Northern Indiana Event Center (NIEC) and the affiliated RV/MH Hall of Fame (HOF) on the northeast side of Elkhart, Ind. That campaign, ultimately totaling as much as $10 million according to Searer, […]

The Lippert Components Charitable Giving Team this week (Aug. 7-11) volunteered at Camp Catch A Rainbow, a “stunning” 1,200-acre YMCA camp in Jackson, Mich. The facility is supported in part by KOA Care Camps, a system of 129 specialized summer camps located throughout North America providing weeklong summer camp experiences to children with cancer and, […]

The Forest River Owners Group (FROG), the nation’s fastest growing brand name RV owners club, is holding its 2017 FROG International Rally this week at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen, Ind. A kickoff dinner was held last night (Aug. 6) for some of the 1,700 club members from coast to coast who have […]

Friends of former Thor Industries Inc. CFO Walt Bennett gathered Sunday night (Aug. 6) at Lucchese’s Italian Restaurant in Elkhart, Ind., to salute the retired businessman and former Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) board chairman on the eve of his induction along with nine other individuals into the RV/MH Heritage Foundation Inc.’s RV/MH Hall of Fame. The […]

Statistical Surveys Inc. President Tom Walworth’s friends and family gathered Saturday (June 24) for a reception at a Knights of Columbus hall in suburban Grand Rapids, Mich., to pay tribute to Walworth as he embarks on his announced semi-retirement. Walworth, whose Michigan firm reports retail registrations for clients in the RV, marine, manufactured housing, light […]

An all-industry working group led by members of the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA), the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) and RVDA of Canada continues to quietly work on a series of parts delivery issues that could ultimately help improve dealers’ abilities to expedite warranty and other consumer repairs in the field. The so-called “parts […]

One of the highlights at Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) Committee Week, the mid-year Sunday (June 4) to Thursday conference at which industry leaders are gathering in Washington, D.C., to set strategy and lobby Capitol Hill, will be today’s welcome reception toast to Statistical Surveys Inc. President Tom Walworth. They’ll be raising a glass to […]

No one company may better exemplify the current upbeat state of the recreational vehicle marketplace than Airstream Inc., a high-profile Jackson Center, Ohio, RV manufacturer that presented an incredibly positive state-of-the-company report during last week’s (May 16-18) 2017 Airstream Dealer Meeting at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. Employment at the […]

New Paris, Ind.-based Travel Lite Inc., a 19-year-old truck camper and travel trailer manufacturer, is poised for growth with plans in place for three additional mainstream towable entries and for an all-new 26-acre, off-site facility at a new regional location – details of which aren’t being released yet – that will more than double the […]

Editor’s Note: The following Q&A with Paul Bambei, president and CEO of the National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds (ARVC) appears in Woodall’s Campground Management, sister company to RVBusiness. The senior management team at the National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds (ARVC) — including President and CEO Paul Bambei, Senior Director of Education Barb […]