A record 50 campers participated last month in the sixth annual Airstreams on the Square and approximately half of that number plan to return to El Dorado for the 2024 event.
However, this time, the group will visit the city in the spring instead of the fall.
Holly McDonald, executive assistant for Main Street El Dorado, announced Tuesday that Airstreams will be held April 25 – 29.
The annual event is traditionally hosted in the fall by MSE and the Arkansas Razorback Airstream Club as part of a nationwide campaign to stage Main Street/urban camping events to promote the RV lifestyle and help stimulate economic development and vitality in small-town America.
RVers from multiple states set up camp in designated spots around the Union County Courthouse square and spend several days in town, participating in activities, shopping in local businesses and donating to a local charity.
Airstreams 2023 was held Oct. 19 – 22.
During a regular MSE board meeting, McDonald said ARAC members scheduled the 2024 event for April because they plan to attend the 67th annual Airstream Club International Rally, which is set for Oct. 5 – 10, 2024, in Missouri.
McDonald said sign-up period for Airstreams 2024 opened last week and 25 campers had already signed up by Tuesday.
Dawne Kelly, outgoing president of the MSE board of directors, said the group will collect aluminum soda-can tabs to help raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Airstreams, which was launched in 2018, is the only such event to be hosted in Arkansas.
Beth Brumley, executive director of MSE, previously reported that 2023 event drew 50 RVs with a total of 112 campers from Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
A check of Placer.ai data showed that at least 6,600 visitors flowed through downtown during the four-day event last month, Brumley has said.
Placer.ai software uses cellular phone data to count the number of people who…
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