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Beaver Beacon begins a series of essays on Beaver Island’s future, growth, tourism, and governance

Also What Will Tomorrow Bring Beaver Island 2002 · Beaver Island future essays series

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TypeEvent
Dates2002-05 – 2002-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2002-05 – 2002-06
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Beaver Island
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May 2002 Beaver Beacon began a series of essays and articles asking what Beaver Island’s growth, tourism, development, governance, and quality of life should look like in three, five, and ten years.

Evidence limits

This record concerns the newspaper series and its framing, not a consensus plan or the individual essays’ predictions.

Sources

  1. Introduces a multi-issue series soliciting diverse perspectives on growth, development, tourism, quality of life, the Leadership Retreat, and the Community Partnership Project. 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 · 2002-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the future-essay series introduction.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon begins a series of essays on Beaver Island’s future, growth, tourism, and governance”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-future-essays-growth-tourism-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2002, “What Will Tomorrow Bring? Essays and Articles on the Future of Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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