A group of local builders pitched an idea during the Chesterton Town Council meeting Monday that envisioned reopening the Brassie Golf Club and building 155 housing units around it.

But the proposal was swiftly shut down by the property’s owners, PMM Chesterton, who don’t want to sell their land. Councilwoman Erin Collins, D-2nd, read a letter from Scott T. Crook, the chief executive officer for PMM Chesterton.

“I am not looking to cause a scene here but do feel it my responsibility to notify the town. I do understand they have a right to publicly discuss our property; however, to present their ‘future vision’ stands no ground and quite bluntly has no future,” Crook’s letter says.

The Brassie Golf Club, a public course, closed in April 2021. PMM Chesterton, which does business as Diamon

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