‘WCM’s Park Update’ Previews Campground Owners Expo
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In its second year, the Campground Owners Expo is expecting an even larger crowd in Branson, Mo., from Nov. 30-Dec. 3. WCM’s Park Update sat down with Lori Severson and Danielle Todd, both organizers of the event, on Tuesday (Nov. 15) to get a glimpse of what to expect this year.
Co-founded by Severson, who is the owner of Severson & Associates and executive director of the Wisconsin Association of Campground Owners, along with Bud Styer, owner of Bud Styer Associates, last year’s show was held closer to Christmas — from Dec. 15-18 — and attracted more than 250 attendees, and over 100 vendors. Severson said she expects over 400 attendees this year and almost double the number of vendors.
Severson said that Styer and her created the event as a cost-effective way for smaller park owners to gather and benefit from educational sessions and networking events.
“Specifically, park owners who don’t have access to a state association,” she explained. “That is a huge problem for some parks because state associations just help in so many ways. The education component is so important, and associations are often the only place that can help owners when it comes to talking about zoning, legislative issues and those kinds of things.”
Dennis Steinman, the founder of PlainsCraft Covered Wagons, also joins the show to give his perspective from a vendor’s point of view.
To learn more about the Campground Owners Expo, click here.
You can watch the show on WCM’s Facebook, YouTube or Linkedin pages. The show is also distributed as a podcast and can be listened to on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.
WCM’s Park Update is hosted by Ben Quiggle, editor of Woodall’s Campground Magazine, and Mike Gast, former vice president of communications at Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA).
The show airs every Tuesday at 3 p.m. EST.
To catch up on previous episodes, click here.
Source: https://rvbusiness.com/wcms-park-update-previews-campground-owners-expo/
