During a work session Wednesday night, Alamosa, Colo., city councilors appeared receptive to a proposal to locate an RV resort by the Cattails Golf Course.
This story Ruth Heide originally appeared in the Valley Courier.
They spoke with developers interested in purchasing about 35 acres of city ranch property to combine with about 30 acres of private property to host a 500-site resort.
The council has not yet made any decisions on selling the property or approving the RV resort, and Alamosa City Manager Heather Brooks said she wanted the process to be as public and transparent as possible. She stressed there will be ample opportunity for the public to have input.
As a next step, city staff will likely solicit proposals from anyone interested in purchasing and developing that same property, and the city will have the property appraised.
The proposed RV resort would be a membership resort where RVers would buy into the resort for about $5,000 (plus annual renewals and maintenance fees) with options to also become members of the Coast to Coast network of campgrounds and resorts. Members could then stay at an RV resort for free if it was their home park or about $10 a night for up to two weeks at a time.
He said having a resort next to the golf course, as this one would be, would be a unique selling point, and developers hope to work with the golf board to incorporate golf club memberships into the resort membership.
At least a portion of the RV resort would be open year-round. In addition to three or four sales staff who would be promoting memberships, the resort would employ six to seven full-time staff. Amenities would include two (probably indoor) swimming pools, laundry facilities, chapel, small store, and recreational building.
