Vicksburg’s Municipal Building Authority and Village Council have called off plans to sell the Angels Crossing Golf Club to the Mill Group or any other buyer. The authority began to question the sale after the group proposed parking cars on the course for major events at the Mill and proposed the village place a new well on a wetland near the club parking lot.
The authority concluded that the Mill Group “has not accepted the terms of the request for proposals”, part of which would prohibit a new owner from closing the club for events. It went a step further: It declared it will not attempt to sell the club “to the Mill group or any other party at this time.”
The parking proposal conflicted with village requirements based in part on a concerns that parked vehicles would pose a risk of contaminating the soil in the event the village chose to put a well in the area and that the club must not be closed for events. The site the Mill proposed for a village well is a wetland controlled by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
The Mill Group is proposing four musical events in July and August for a maximum audience of 9,999 and anticipates that a total of 2,500 parking spaces will be needed for that number. But it has indicated that the 2027 concerts are a “test” and that it will consider larger audiences in the future.
The Mill Group’s earlier plans for a major event had proposed parking approximately 1,900 cars on the high-school-middle school campus, a smaller number on the Sunset Elementary grounds and on the golf course and the rest on its property.
The current event plan before village and school district officials omits parking at the golf course but proposes parking on the school campus, the Mill property and staff parking at Sunset Lake Elementary.
