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Doug Lantz, President of EverGreen RV in the EverGreen RV factory in Middlebury, IN

New Startup Companies — Mostly Manned by Industry Veterans From RV Firms Victimized by the Economy — Are Helping to Pull the Industry Out of Recession With New Lines of Relatively Inexpensive Towables. Some Are on the Vanguard of New Technology, Others Are Resuscitating Proven Designs. And All Are Succeeding — Underscoring the Entrepreneurial Spirit of the RV American Industry.

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Middlebury, Ind.—EverGreen Recreational Vehicles LLC (www.goevergreenrv.com) produced its first Ever-Lite™ travel trailers in February of 2009.  The new Ever-Lite™ travel trailers are the first all composite-construction, lightweight, formaldehyde-free, recyclable travel trailers ever produced.  This unique new product got the national attention of the FOX News Network’s Mike Huckabee Show featuring an episode on “economically challenged areas” fighting back across America.  The show was shot on location in Elkhart County, Indiana on March 21, 2009 and features EverGreen Recreational Vehicles President, Doug Lantz in a segment about the future of the RV industry.  

EverGreen president Doug Lantz (far right) on the set of the Mike Huckabee Show shot on location at the RV Hall of Fame in Middlebury, Indiana on March 21, 2009.

EverGreen president Doug Lantz (far right) answers a question from Mike Huckabee . Note the Ever-Lite travel trailer in the background.