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Jack Kelly critiques the Beaver Island ferry study's projections, 2005

Also Did the Study Go Deep Enough 2005

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Date2005
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Summary

In a July 2005 letter, Jack Kelly supported exploring a second Beaver Island ferry but argued that the Corradino Group’s projections needed more dynamic analysis. He pointed to demographics, second-home and retirement markets, tourism, ferry use, building permits, water access, and resource saturation as factors that should inform transportation planning.

Evidence limits

This is a published public comment, not a new ferry decision or an independent validation of the study’s forecasts.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, July 2005, letter to the editor "Did the Study Go Deep Enough?" by Jack Kelly.
    Critiques the Corradino Group's December 2004 ferry study, supports exploring a second new boat, and argues that ferry and population projections should model demographic, market, tourism, capacity, and resource constraints rather than rely on straight-line trends. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the published letter.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Jack Kelly critiques the Beaver Island ferry study's projections, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ferry-study-public-comment-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2005, letter to the editor "Did the Study Go Deep Enough?" by Jack Kelly. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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