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Beaver Beacon editorial proposes an island community center, 1986

Also 1986 Beaver Island community center proposal · community center editorial

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TypeEvent
Date1986-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1986-08
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Announcement
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

An August 1986 Beaver Beacon editorial imagines a Beaver Island community center combining a library, township and Civic offices, auxiliary rooms, a meeting room, and a stage for community events.

Evidence limits

This is editorial advocacy and a speculative proposal, not a site plan, funding commitment, public decision, or completed facility.

Sources

  1. Proposes a community center near town with a public library, township and Civic offices, auxiliary rooms, a meeting room, and a stage for celebrations and plays, inspired by Washington Island’s recreation center. It is editorial advocacy and a speculative proposal, not a site plan, funding commitment, public decision, or completed facility. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirteen-page August issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the community-center editorial.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon editorial proposes an island community center, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-center-editorial-1986/, accessed [date], citing Editorial, Beaver Beacon, August 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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