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It depends on your target demographics and marketing plan.
I like a nice spacious pad with space for the Towed on concrete or tiles etc. Grass and flowers and did mention space between RV's so that you can open the slides and awnings and have space for chairs and picnic table and a little movement. Have one lot fac one way and one the other so that everybody is not looking at everyone's utilities.
utilites pole tower or whatever should be up off the ground about 30 inches to allow for surge suppressors and so forth off the ground on the concrete and water on the opposite side. Sewer connection well planned and near ground in drain pan and of concrete, all part of the pad. Filtered water.
One Biggie I favor is quiet. If near roads berms and three tier evergreens etc to shield noise. Preferably the Park should be a couple miles away from the cityscape or noisy roads etc AND RAILROADS. Plantings and flowers and MAINTAINED lawns and water features. Clean Laundry facilities. MAINTAINED Community Room and covered and paved picnic gathering facilites. Acctivities director perhaps Camp Hosts that do such for their assistance with other RVers
A well stocked Campground Store and perhaps Restaurant for others not just RVers if neccessary to keep cost down and profits up but preferably just RVers. No ten year rule but inspection or rules of appearance maintenance. Seperate RV area for those with Pets. Most are really considerate but the one or two that keep parks awake all night well... Wash facilities seperate or alowed on the site.
preferably and list of approved RV Washers detailers or whatever.
I guess I could keep dreaming stuff up all night. We want it all for 10.00 a night of course 
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ExRocketScientist
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JiminDenver wrote:Maneuverability. The rigs get big and have to be turned around at some point. Loops are good.
Pull thru sites are easier than back in sites
I know that the number of sites = profit but please give us some room. When the pull thrus are bumper to bumper or the back ins look like a parking lot, that's just not camping. There is no privacy and people get on each others nerves.
While pull through sites can be nice, I am soured on them. Reason being they are often too short. When the truck is unhooked with the tailgate against the pin of the fifth wheel, the front bumper of the truck is at the side of one road and the bumper of the trailer is at the side of the other road.
With pull through sites, you need twice the number of roads. As long as the entrances to the sites are wide or angled a little bit, as long as the roads are 12 to 14 feet wide, it is not that difficult to get into a back in . . . even with a long fifth wheel on the back of a crew cab long bed pickup.
Make sure there are not too many sites on one transformer. The result will be low voltage when everyone turns on their electric hot water heaters along with the air conditioners.
The other problem I have seen is inadequate parking for the checkin process. You should have a small parking lot similar to the truck area of a rest stop with the angled parking for checkin.
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If I ever designed a CG I would do something really radical! All of the back-in sites would be angled so that you have full view from the driver's side when backing in! It seems to me that this would be so simple. As you enter the CG you would only select the sites on the left side of the road, eventually going around a loop at the end and again using the sites on the left as you went back toward the entrance. Sure would solve a lot of problems for us guys that have trouble backing! 
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answerswillvary
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I think that the suggestion to visit the Spokane RV Park and Golf Course in Deer Park is an excellent idea. We have stayed there in our 43' motorhome and were quite impressed.
The demographics of the Deer Park area is not all that different from the Colville area.
As I see it, you want to attract 2 different types of RVers:
1. Overnight RVers
Highway 395 is a major corridor for Canadian Snowbirds heading south for the winter as well as for US citizens heading to Canada in the summertime. Therefore, you would want to have several long, 70'+ pull through sites that would accommodate large Class A Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels along with their tow vehicles or toads.
This would allow for an overnight stay where the travelers would not have to unhook just to hook up again the next morning. These sites should also offer 50 amps and water. Sewer would be nice, but not necessary. These Rvers would most likely also appreciate free WIFI and Cable TV.
As far as I can tell from my research, there are no RV parks anywhere close to the Colville area that offer sites large enough to accommodate this type of traveler.
2. Short Term Visitors
These RVers stay in an area for several days to several weeks. Colville is close enough to Spokane to attract RVers who want to get away for a few days for relaxation, recreation and site-seeing. I would think that these visitors would go for full hook-up, back-in sites with plenty of elbow room. They also would be more likely to use amenities like a swimming pool, miniature golf, club house, etc.
There are plenty of recreational opportunities around the Colville area…lakes and rivers for swimming, fishing and boating….hiking, exploring old mines, beautiful drives, a casino down the road, etc. In the wintertime, you have downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobilling and ice fishing.
Locating the RV Park near a golf course would be especially appealing. I see that the Colville Elks Lodge has a golf course. Perhaps the Chamber of Commerce could work something out with them for an RV Park nearby that would benefit them both.
In our travels around the country, we stay at quite a few Elks Lodges that have their own RV Parks. You do, however, need to be an Elks member to stay there.
Sorry this is so long  , but this really is an area of our state that is sorely lacking in RV accommodations. Good luck on your project
Sandi
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Thanks Steven! Its nice to know that someone is thinking about making the camping experience easier and more enjoyable. I concur with the people who like the angled parking spots and the easier turns in the parks. The only thing I think they have left out, if this is to be a park for more than an over night stop, it could use a play area for children. It doesnt have to be huge, just safe. Keep in mind you cant please all the people all the time. I am sure you have heard that old saw. Just do the "best" you can. No one can ever do any better than their best. Again, THANKS.
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I will post a list of things I like to see.
1: Shade.. Though I have parked in places w/o trees, some shade is nice
2: LEVEL SITES, Use a laser level (Surveyor's type system) to make sure the site is L*E*V*E*L*!!!
3: Water/Sewer/Electric-50/30/20 each site (Standard 50 amp box has a 50 , a 30 and a 15/20 amp outlet in it, the last is a standard house type GFCI)
4: Cable TV (optional) and 5: Wi-Fi (Technically optional but only just)
6: Pull Through Sites,, They don't all have to be pull throughs. (IN fact just now I don't care) but when I get a towed, epically if overnighting, pull through means no need to unhook the towed to back in, Simplifies arrival and departure (Since even if staying I can unhook towed tomorrow and hook it up the day before departure)
WIDE roads, Wide sites, Easy in and out with at least 40 feet of motor home pulling a towed (Make it 50 feet and you will be better off)
Concrete patios, Concrete pads for parking nice too but not 100% since there are advantages to dirt (packed sand or gravel) pads. No crushed rock.
NO 3' TALL sewer inlets, 3" is the limit (3" above ground).
If the area gets cold protect at least SOME of the water lines from freezing and make sure you can turn off water in the park section by section.
a PUBLIC shower that includes a handicapped bench, and enough room for a 6'6" person to bend and move and such without steping out to do so, So many of the parks have postage stamp size showers designed for a persion from lilliput.. I'm 6'3" by 300 pounds and find 'em hard to use. A bench for dressing outside the shower and a fold up bench IN the shower for handicapped. use is a must.
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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Look at Traverse Bay RV Resort. Very nice but not expensive, if they haven't sold all the spaces.
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