Name: County road commission proposes a replacement Beaver Island garage under stimulus planning, 2009
Start: 2009
End: 2009
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2009
Kind: Construction
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: infrastructuregovernmenttransportation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Charlevoix County Road Commission proposed replacing its roughly 80-year-old Beaver Island maintenance garage with a 9,000–10,000 square-foot building at an estimated cost of $760,000, potentially using federal stimulus funding.

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This is a proposed project, not proof of funding, construction, final site, or completion.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "CCRC Garage: Infrastructure."
Reports a proposed 9,000–10,000 square-foot replacement garage, an estimated $760,000 cost, and possible connection to federal stimulus funding. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 2009, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the infrastructure report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-02_Beaver-Beacon
“Charlevoix road plan is waiting on Washington,” Beaver Island Forum, January 7, 2009.
A community post points to a Charlevoix road-plan report that included a proposed Beaver Island garage among possible stimulus-funded work. It is a secondary pointer and local reaction, not the county project list, funding award, or construction record.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001409

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Beaver Island Archive, “County road commission proposes a replacement Beaver Island garage under stimulus planning, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-county-road-commission-garage-stimulus-plan-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2009, "CCRC Garage: Infrastructure." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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