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Island Airways selected for Michigan Economic Gardening support

Also Island Airways Economic Gardening Pilot Program 2011

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TypeEvent
Date2011-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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The December 2011 Beaver Beacon reports that Island Airways was selected for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Pure Michigan Business Connect Economic Gardening Pilot Program. The support areas included strategy and management, market research, internet and social-media strategy, and geographic information systems.

Evidence limits

The article records selection and the program’s intended support; it does not establish the assistance delivered or a later business outcome.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. A forum post reproduces a Charlevoix Courier report naming Island Airways as one of 54 Michigan companies selected for the Pure Michigan Business Connect Economic Gardening Pilot Program. The forum is a reposting channel; the program details are treated as newspaper-reported rather than independently verified here.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004291
  2. Beaver Beacon, December 2011, "Island Airways Selected to Receive Support under MEDC Pilot Program."
    Reports Island Airways was one of 54 Michigan companies selected for support in strategy, market research, internet and social-media strategy, and geographic information systems through the Economic Gardening pilot. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held December issue scan confirms the Island Airways program report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Island Airways selected for Michigan Economic Gardening support”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-island-airways-economic-gardening-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Congratulations Island Airways,” November 10–11, 2011. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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