Building For The Future
Many important questions, conversations, considerations, and decisions are made during the journey toward a ribbon cutting for a new camp building. At initial meetings, camp owners and directors often focus on the most out-of-the-box, wish-list ideas so the design/build team can articulate the camp’s vision and generate a design that will eventually result in a functional, beautiful space.
Planning The Plan
In working with camps across the country, I hear one dream as much as any other…“We need to do a master plan.” In most cases, they have what was labeled as a strategic plan or master plan collecting dust
Camp Bathrooms And Showerhouses
I see thousands of parent evaluations of summer camps every year, so when I ask, “What’s the single biggest complaint you get?” I already know--the bathrooms. Calling them KYBOs (Keep
Warm Welcome
Try this exercise: Leave your camp, and then drive back, thinking about what you see through the eyes of someone who has never been there before. Ask staff to do the same, and then
The Master Plan
Your destiny is often shaped by the choices you make. Will the improvements you make to your camp's facilities keep pace with your demands of your campers? Are you gaining the most benefits from these improvements?
Searchlight
You know that your camp business could be even more successful with a larger, more efficiently designed dining hall. The campers have been eating in shifts over the past three years and there is no indoor facility
Adventure Challenges
Outdoor adventure programming continues to gain popularity as a means to educate and enlighten people from a lot of different categories, including at-risk youth participating in behavior management
Lock it Up
Whether you are considering a major renovation or brand new facility for your camp business, you will thank yourself later if you research how your locker and restrooms can best meet your campers' and staff
On Deck & Beyond
Achieving a cost-effective and successful pool environment needs to be predicated on a pool deck and surrounding facility that is "built right" on the first try.
New & Improved
First, I’m going to guess that it’s been quite a while since you’ve slept in one of the old camp bunk beds. If you had, they’d be a higher priority.
Kids Or Corporations
Summer youth camps are all about the kids, right? Creating friendships, building confidence, learning and improving skills are the ideals that nature-based resident camps foster. And many