As noted in Tuesday’s RV PRO eNewsletter, a new RV resort may be in the works near New Paris, Indiana. Thanks to reporting by the Goshen News there are more details to share.
Elkhart County Commissioners approved the request for a GPUD zone map change of a property near the intersection of C.R. 29 and C.R. 56 in Benton Township near Syracuse from A-1 to B-3 for the new potential North Trace RV Resort.
The property, near Country Meadows Manufactured Home Community, is about 45 acres, and Debrah Hughes, a representative of Surveying and Mapping LLC, said about 60% of it would become camper spaces, while 40% would be stormwater retention, open space or other uses.
There is and would remain a landscape buffer and privacy fencing on all residential sides and the campground would be professionally managed 24/7. There would be lighting, no outdoor speakers, with an office and community center, pickleball courts, a swimming pool, a park, and a maintenance garage. The idea is the brainchild of Steve Showalter, the owner of Showalter RV in Nappanee.
“People come into Elkhart County every year for service,” Showalter said. “They like to come back to Newmar and Thor and Integra. We just have a lot of things going on here and there’s not really a nice resort-style park around.”
The main access would be along C.R. 29 and would require improvements at the intersection nearby, and secondary access on C.R. 56 for maintenance only.
Hughes said the most important part of the project is water and sewer, which the town of Syracuse, having lines extending within 1,000 feet of the property, has agreed to supply.
Click here for the full story from Dani Messeck at the Goshen News.
Note we ran this yesterday, but it was Elkhart Truth’s version and didn’t have as much detail… your call
