North Carolina State Parks - Heads Up!
Was looking at Labor Day weekend for Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. Saw a price of $30/night. Was caught off guard as it was $25 with the reservation fee in the past (water/electric). I ...
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Lantley wrote:
It boils back to my original post. The state parks need to be self sufficient and not totally dependent on taxpayers for funding. If the parks seem to have good weekend crowds they need to use it as a funding source. For those that want bargain priced camping they reduced rates for non peak times. Should be win for everyone.
Solid funding is not a bad thing. Compare that to CT. where I have read they are facing closing state parks.
I totally agree the parks should be "self sufficient". Stop all State Funding, take the amount of revenue it generated last yr., divide this by 365 days, and that is what the fee per day will be for this yr. Do this each yr. and keep the taxpayer that does not use the park out of the figures. If there is a deflict in funds, then raise the fee or reduce the benefits.
