> From: <
[email protected]>
> To: "Erik D" <
[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Off road park
> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:59:39 -0500
>
> Mr. Erik Dye
>
> Erik,
>
> We have had so many requests for this type of help that you wouldn't
believe
> it! We spent a great deal of our time and quite a bit of our hard-earned
> money to obtain the knowledge that we now possess regarding the issues
> involving an off-road park. Since we invested all of this money and time
to
> obtain this information and we need to work to support our families, we
have
> established a consulting service to work with others interested in
> developing offroad parks.
>
> Based on what you have briefly told us, I can tell you that our consulting
> services would be a big help to you in establishing your park. For
> instance, I'll throw out a free recommendation: leasing the land instead
of
> buying it is something that you should seriously consider. You'll be able
> to gain access to a lot more land with the same amount of money. We
> explored this option for our park and are well versed in how to proceed:
> where to look, who to contact, etc. There are some downsides to leasing
> which need to be managed so you're not sorry in 3 to 4 years after the
park
> is a success, but, upfront it will save you thousands of dollars and it
make
> it easier to walk away if the greenies do manage to get you shut down.
>
> We work off of a minimum retainer of $2,500.00, which is good for a 12
month
> period, and charge $120.00 an hour for our consulting work against the
> retainer. Once the retainer is used, we then bill weekly. We will travel
> at an agreed upon rate in the future if site inspection becomes necessary
> (we usually like to get out and see what we're talking about and so we
> travel pretty cheaply for our clients). The many different elements which
> we will be able to assist you with are:
>
> Park Location - We'll help you to pick the best location of your
> park based upon all of the factors such as topography,
> support structure, EPA concerns, etc.
Its
> a lot more important than most people think (and as we have
> found out, you have to manage every
aspect
> of it or you'll have trouble), and there are a lot more variables to
> consider than what the average person
> realizes. You also need to weigh some factors against each other
> such as location vs. topography.
>
> Trail Development - We can assist you in laying out the trails and
> desiging them. We can also help with the actual trail
> construction. There are a number of
> ways to create trails and having our experience on your side will
> shorten the time frame, allow you to
> make faster and better decisions, and ultimately create your trail
> system as economically as possible.
>
> Obtacle Creation - We have at our disposal the first person to
> build and design man- made obstacles. This person also is
> the most experienced at developing
and
> designing rock crawling courses! Up until this past year he did all
> of the course design for UROC.
>
> Land Structure - We'll help you to determine if buying or
leasing
> is the best way to proceed, and will help you with
> structuring the agreements to protect
> your long-term interest.
>
> Web Site Development - We can actually do the design work or
just
> give you creative ideas for your web site. We can
> also help you to obtain top search
> engine rankings.
>
> Logo Creation - Logo development is important for positioning
the
> park and will be very important to future revenue from
> accessory item sales.
>
> Risk Management - We are the only offroad park to receive a new
> insurance policy on our activities in the past two years in
> the USA. There are a couple of offroad
> parks that have had long standing policies, but no new park or a park
> whose policy was dropped has been able to
> get coverage in the past two years with the exception of ours.
> How do we know this? They have all
> contacted us and asked us how we did it! The vast majority of offroad
> park operators do not presently have
> insurance. We know this because we contacted them when we were
> setting our park up. In this sue happy
day
> and age this is a must for an offroad park operator! We cannot
> guarantee that we'll be able to get you
> insurance coverage, but your chances of obtaining it with our
> help is greatly increased. We also have
> worked out ways to further protect you from risk. Of course, all risk
> methods will need to be reviewed and
> approved by an attorney familiar with your state's laws.
>
> Marketing - We will help you to market your park and get the
> word out! KY Outback Adventure Park has already been
> the featured park in articles which
> appeared in two of the largest offroad publications in the USA. We
> can help your park receive the same type
of
> publicity. We can also guide you on internet marketing
> methods. We also can assist with the
> development of park literature such as brochures, fliers, business
> cards, etc.
>
> Operations - We can make recommendations on fee structures,
> payment acceptance methods, etc. Different types of
> services to offer: camping, showers,
> grocery items, etc.
>
>
> Erik, we can help you in every step of the way in getting your offroad
park
> off of the ground. This is a brand new industry and the only people that
> know and understand all of the problems are current park operators. Even
> some of them are taking huge risks, which we feel are just to large to
> justify. Ther
