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(Feb. 6, 2012) -- Last week, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development awarded a $505,000 community development block grant to Hartington to help TrailManor Manufacturing Company, LLC, which makes lightweight recreational travel trailers, get their new facility and business off the ground, reports KTIV.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- Fiat Professional will be featuring the new Ducato Euro 5 at The Motorhome, Caravan & Camping Show in London next week. Fiat Professional’s Ducato is the most widely used chassis on the market and forms the base of three out of every four motorhomes in European circulation, reports 3D Car Shows.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- Woodworkers have access to a wood shop at the Palm Creek Golf and RV Resort in Arizona.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- The Valley Chronicle reports guests at the Golden Village Palms RV Resort in California got a “Taste of the Valley” last week in an event that featured businesses and attractions throughout the valley all in one location.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- Lubbock RV Park and Mesa Spirit RV Resort built websites with a 100 percent custom design, as opposed to templates that employ the same look and feel for hundreds of clients, and embedded their Leisure Interactive reservation system into their custom design.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- Lightweight travel trailers that the family minivan or SUV can pull are among many new items that will be on display at the Edmonton RV Expo and Sale, which runs Feb. 9-12 at the Edmonton Expo Centre, reports the Edmonton Journal.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- McCook Daily Gazette blogger Brian Hoag writes that www.rv-camping.org is an informational website devoted entirely to RV camping. He writes that the website provides access to every states public and private camping locations.

(Feb. 6, 2012) --  “We are excited to launch a tool that allows customers to connect to the Jayco brand from anywhere,” said Johnson. “We want to provide our customers with easy access to information about our products and our dealers.  The Jayco mobile website will be powerful in enhancing the digital Jayco experience.”

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- Occupancies are running 30 to 35 percent ahead of last winter’s figures, fueled largely by Winter Texans who decided to give the resort another try after Horizon implemented $45,000 worth of targeted cosmetic improvements that Hendrickson believed would give the park the appeal it needed.

(Feb. 6, 2012) -- The numbers are in and they show that the crowds came out in force to January's 24th Annual Manufacturer's RV & Sports Show and Sale in Pleasanton, Calif. Attendance grew by 10 percent over 2011 and set a single-day record in the first weekend -- sure signs, organizers say, that RVing is bouncing back as the economy improves.