NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through the Cherokee One Feather's website.
A Native American owned and operated, economic development organization in North Carolina called Kituwah LLC announces it will invest in Ela Campground, RV Park & Country Store in Cherokee. In the December 2019 session of Tribal Council, Kituwah LLC reported on the projects that they have “closed” and the projects that are currently in progress for the upcoming year.
Cherokee One Feather writer Robert Jumper relays in his article, Kituwah Executive Director Mark Hubble said that the LLC is now doing some renovation and remodeling of the recently-acquired Ela Campground, RV Park, and Country Store. “The rationale behind the purchase of Ela was that it is a very cash flow positive campground. We can get a good return without even putting any debt on it. That entrance going from Bryson to Cherokee is well-traveled, and we like to do projects that kind of beautify the entrance to Cherokee for the tourists,” Hubble is quoted saying. In addition to other acquisitions, on deck is a negotiation for a 230-room beachfront hotel in Myrtle Beach. Hubble says the plan is to take the property from a non-branded to a branded hotel, then after some upgrades, to an “upscale” branded hotel.
Read more on the RV park investment in the full article.