HINSDALE — Five months after it surfaced, a proposal to build an RV camping destination in Hinsdale is back in play, as its proponents make their pitch, anew, to a different town board.
Northgate Resort Ventures LLC seeks a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals to transform historic Camp Emerson into one of its national portfolio of camping destinations, one able to accommodate 317 camp sites.
“We are starting over at square one,” Jeff Viner, the ZBA’s chairman, said Tuesday, as the special permit hearing began at the Nessacus Regional Middle School auditorium. “We are here to collect information tonight from the public, from Northgate … to make an educated decision on this project.”
After three hours of presentations, the board…
