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Thousand Trails Campgrounds and Encore RV Resorts Announce 49 Properties Earn the 2023 Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousand Trails Campgrounds and Encore RV Resorts , which provide vacationers the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors in top camping and resort destinations, announced that 49 of their properties received the 2023 Tripadvisor® Travelers' Choice award.

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  • CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousand Trails Campgrounds and Encore RV Resorts , which provide vacationers the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors in top camping and resort destinations, announced that 49 of their properties received the 2023 Tripadvisor® Travelers' Choice award.
  • Five winners received the award for the first time, including popular Florida Keys destination, Encore Fiesta Key , and Pacific Coast hotspot, Marina Dunes RV Resort in Marina, CA.
  • Thousand Trails Orlando is one of two properties continuing its incredible streak, receiving the Tripadvisor recognition for the ninth consecutive year.
  • "We truly value the customer experience at our resorts and campgrounds and having 49 of our properties recognized with the Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice award illustrates what our teams strive to deliver on a daily basis," said Pat Zamora, vice president of marketing for Encore and Thousand Trails.

Academy Sports + Outdoors continues new store expansion with first location in Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

KATY, Texas, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. ("Academy") (Nasdaq: ASO), a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer whose mission is to provide "Fun for All", will open its first location in Fredericksburg, Va. in the fall of 2023. This is Academy's second location in Virginia and will be over 77,000 square feet. Academy plans to continue its expansion efforts with the goal of opening 13 – 15 stores this year, and a total of 120 to 140 new stores by the end of 2027.

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  • This is Academy's second location in Virginia and will be over 77,000 square feet.
  • Academy plans to continue its expansion efforts with the goal of opening 13 – 15 stores this year, and a total of 120 to 140 new stores by the end of 2027.
  • The new location will carry a wide array of sports and outdoors products for customers to choose from to kickstart their fun.
  • Individuals interested in careers at Academy Sports + Outdoors can visit careers.academy.com to apply for open positions.

NOAA Selects Woolpert for Hydrographic Survey, Bathymetric Data Collection in Chesapeake Bay Watershed

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

CHESAPEAKE, Va., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Woolpert has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association to perform hydrographic surveying and collect bathymetric data for hydrodynamic modeling in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The $5.5 million award with a $1.4 million option, funded in part by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is being administered through NOAA's Office of Coast Survey hydrographic services contract.

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  • CHESAPEAKE, Va., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Woolpert has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association to perform hydrographic surveying and collect bathymetric data for hydrodynamic modeling in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
  • Having highly accurate, up-to-date data enables us to predict and respond to our changing world.
  • Woolpert will mobilize five hydrographic survey vessels, or nearly a quarter of its fleet, equipped with multibeam and side-scan sonar systems out of the firm's East Coast hydrographic hub in Charleston, S.C.
  • These data will serve several missions in years to come, including navigation, inundation modeling, floodplain analysis, and coastal resilience.

LENNAR ANNOUNCES STONEHAVEN, BEGINS PRE-SALES FOR DISTINCTIVE HOME COLLECTIONS AT FIRST-EVER CULPEPER COUNTY VIRGINIA MASTERPLANNED COMMUNITY

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Monday, January 31, 2022

JEFFERSONTON, Va., Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, has announced the start of home pre-sales at Stonehaven, a premier new masterplanned community in Jeffersonton, Virginia and the homebuilder's first-ever single-family home community to debut in Culpeper County.

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  • JEFFERSONTON, Va., Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lennar, one of the nation's leading homebuilders, has announced the start of home pre-sales at Stonehaven, a premier new masterplanned community in Jeffersonton, Virginia and the homebuilder's first-ever single-family home community to debut in Culpeper County.
  • Model homes will open at the community in the fall of 2022, but interested homebuyers can act now to secure their new Stonehaven home.
  • "Stonehaven mixes the best of rural living with the level of comfort, convenience, design and technology that homebuyers expect from Lennar," said Lennar Virginia/DC Metro Division President Matt Wineman.
  • "We're thrilled to kick off our pre-sales at Stonehaven and to begin building homeowner relationships and delivering our trademark Lennar quality to Culpeper County."