TACO Raises Record $35K for Government Affairs
The Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) raised a record $35,000 during its annual auction and trade show, which took place Monday (May 2) at Guadalupe River RV Resort and Inn of the Hill...
View ArticleWisconsin Celebrates Outdoors Month
Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett and former Green Bay Packers Gilbert Brown and William Henderson kicked off this summer’s “Go Camping Wisconsin” initiative at Merry Mac’s Campground on...
View ArticleWisconsin Parks Win When Minnesota Shuts Down
And the winner in the Minnesota state shutdown is … Wisconsin? "Our phones are ringing off the hook with calls from people panicking in Minnesota or people in Illinois and Iowa who were planning to go...
View ArticleMinnesota's Budget Crisis Aids Wisconsin's Parks
The Fourth of July holiday weekend saw an influx of campers arrive in Wisconsin from Minnesota, whose travel plans to Minnesota state parks unraveled after the state government shutdown. In failing to...
View ArticleFormer Packer Greats Visit Campground
A pair of former Green Bay Packer football players were at a campground in Lake Dubay this past weekend to raise money for children's charities, WAOW-TV, Wausau, Wis., reported. Gilbert Brown and...
View ArticleWCM Survey: Park Model/Yurt Builders Optimistic
Private park operators are continuing to increase their investments in park model cabins, cottages and yurts as they work to both diversify and fortify their business base in a challenging economy. And...
View ArticleMurbles Inventor Finds Success Up North
Editor's Note: Murray Kramer, the Pensacola, Fla.-based inventor of the Murbles game that is gaining traction at campgrounds across the U.S., sent an e-mail to Woodall's Campground Management (WCM)...
View ArticlePacker Legends Promote Camping at Wisconsin Meeting
The Wisconsin Association of Campground Owners (WACO) had its biggest conference in history in March, drawing 565 attendees and a record 192 vendors, according to WACO officials. “This was our best...
View ArticleBig Crowd Attending 50th WACO Convention
One of the nation’s largest campground conferences gets underway March 20 in Stevens Point, Wis., as representatives of more than 150 campgrounds and 190 vendors gather for the 50th Annual Wisconsin...
View ArticleWACO Convention's Agenda Packed
The Wisconsin Association of Campground Owners (WACO) 2013 Convention & Trade Show, the 50th edition of which took place March 20-24 at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center in Stevens...
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