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Beaver Island Development Committee forms to prepare improvement and grant priorities, 1988

Also 1988 Beaver Island Development Committee

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Date1988-01-23
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Summary

At the request of the township boards, volunteers formed the Beaver Island Development Committee on January 23, 1988, to identify island improvement needs and prepare a State of Michigan grant application for a study.

Evidence limits

The notice establishes the reported committee formation and purpose, not the later grant application, study, or project outcomes.

Sources

  1. Reports a volunteer committee formed at township request to prepare a list of island needs and a grant application for a State of Michigan study; names Tom Dorais as chairman and Bud Cruickshank as vice-chairman. 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 · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the committee notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports the committee’s June 3 presentation to Michigan Commerce officials, grant application for a special-needs study, and priorities for jobs, public safety, infrastructure, housing, parks, tourism, utilities, and transportation. 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 · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the committee follow-up.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Development Committee forms to prepare improvement and grant priorities, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-development-committee-formed-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Island Development Committee,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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