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MotorHome, August 23, 2004
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At its annual meeting earlier this month, the board of directors of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation, parent corporation of the national RV/MH Hall of Fame, museum and library, voted unanimously to begin a phased-in construction of its new home. The new facility will not only house the Hall of Fame, museum and library, as well as the foundation's general offices, but will provide exhibit space for current industry products. It also will include more than 10,000 square feet of conference and convention space. The board's action clears the way to finalize plans with construction, estimated to begin in the first quarter of 2005.
Phase one of the complex is scheduled to include the general offices, reception area, hall of fame gallery, theater and exhibit space for the foundation's collection of vintage recreational vehicles.
Dick Aker, chairman of the board, said that "the total needed funds to build phase one have been raised, and the construction will be fully paid for the day the doors are opened. Four years of hard work by leaders of both industries from coast to coast have gone into planning and raising funds to get this far. This step will pave the way for the foundation to continue to grow in honoring industry leaders, and as the historical archive for the history of the recreational vehicle and manufactured housing industries."
Phase two, to be undertaken as soon as funding for it is complete, will include exhibit space to display the historic products of the manufactured housing industry and the conference facility, as well as the exhibit area for current industry products.
Aker stated, "This step is cause for celebration in that the foundation will continue to have a first-class facility, and now will have greater visibility and accessibility immediately adjacent to the Indiana toll road."
Founded in 1972, the RV/MH Heritage Foundation has honored more than 250 leaders in the RV/MH Hall of Fame.
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