In a feature titled “Business ‘without corners’ carves out line of success,” writer Dana Merryday provides an in-depth look at Pacific Yurts’ history, our impact on state park systems, the glamping industry, and more. Here is an excerpt:

Alan Bair never intended to start a company or a movement. Then one day, he read an article on yurts in National Geographic detailing how nomadic sheepherders created one of the most efficient surface-to-volume ratio structures by using very lightweight natural materials. His curiosity was piqued. He didn’t intend to start a movement, but 43 years later Bair has made Cottage Grove Ground Zero in the western production of these ancient dwellings…