During the last week of April every year since 1998, hundreds of travel trailers, mobile homes, pop-up tents on wheels and backpacking tents converge on the wastewater treatment plant in the Town of Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Their owners set up camp on a campground at the plant site that was created to support some of the tens of thousands who attend a renowned four-day music event, MerleFest. Providing more than 700 campsites on 69 acres of the 80-acre plant site is just part of being a good neighbor and helping out, says Sam Call, utilities director.
“Some of the campers have
