Salvation Army fighting residential drug treatment next to kids camp

The Salvation Army expressed opposition Monday after a Warren County zoning board granted a special-use permit to a proposed residential addiction treatment center to be built on a neighboring property to the Salvation Army’s children’s camp near the Little Miami River.

“The Salvation Army is disappointed in the decision of the Warren County Board of Zoning Appeals to grant a permit for the construction of an in-patient drug-treatment facility on the site of the former Kings Domain Campsite, which adjourns Camp Swoneky, a children’s camp run by the Army. The Salvation Army is exploring all of its options, but the safety of the children and staff at Camp Swoneky remains its top priority,” said a statement issued by Julie C. Budden, divisional director of Development for the The Salvation Army in Cincinnati.