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Today a couple of owners of Portavilla and the owners of Red Door Resort on Mille Lacs bought Rogers Resort from the Barthels, Jerry and Joni will be helping with the transition over the next couple years.

I have enjoyed working with Jerry & Joni over the last seven years and wish them the best with this new chapter in their lives, we are very fortunate to have learned from them.

We also look forward to working with the Barthel's with their new venture and our partnership with the owners of Red Door Resort.

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Best of luck in your new venture Chris. If you operate the resort like the fish house rental business, you will be in great shape.

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What changes are going to happen you think? Or will it stay the same.

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18 inch Crappie,

That's a fair question. We are having our 2 Qtr meeting on this July 13th so I will post these decisions made by the group the following Tuesday. We built Portavilla off our guests requests and needs and that worked very well for us, what I would like to know before we get together for our meeting is what would guests of the resort like to see as changes or kept the same. This is also a fair question so let's keep it clean boys & keep it progressive.

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For the few times I have been there, I would think if you run the resort like the ice house rental business with the same great customer support, your group will be good to go.

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Posted

Congrats Chris.

I'm sure the resort will continue to thrive on the south side.

Posted

Full service restaurant. It would be nice to have more than one show in town.

Posted

I used that resort a few times before. It was a nice place . Had a bad trip there . So I have found another. Good luck.

  • 1 month later...
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hope there isn't a lot of changes as it was ran awesome the last few years. They were always willing to help out and pricing was awesome!

  • 1 month later...
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Hey Chris,

Whats the latest as we are coming up on the big ice season.

Thanks buddy!

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The restaurant has been underway with the equipment arriving in a couple of weeks. The bar has been getting its makeover with pop dispensers and the like. We put in a new inventory control system that notifies my phone if we are running low on beer, propane and the like. Getting wifi hard wired in and installing new communication equipment that ties the lake, resort and office together. We are also going to try getting web cams up for our HSOforum, this would be nice for summer conditions also. The launch boat will be arriving soon so we have it for next summer. The war room should be finished in the next couple of weeks, this is where the resort, outfitters and guides get together and discuss road direction, discuss issues and the like. Up to date tackle inventory will arrive shortly that was selected by our guests and guides.

Portavilla is building its houses and working on plow equipment and the like. The resort outfitters at starting to gather and prepare for the hardwater season, they have made adjustments to there fleets also. Soon ground troops will arrive and all support services should be in place. The Barthels have a new business taking care of private fish houses and provide a variety of options with this service.

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Sounds like things are on the up and up. Cant wait to get back up there and spend another 25-30 plus days with you guys this year.

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