- Dates
- 2007-04 – 2007-05
- Kind
- Construction
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityfundraisingconstructionfireemergency-managementconservation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
After the townships purchased a site for a new Fire Department Auxiliary resale shop, volunteers and Jim Wojan Excavating cleared roughly 110 by 285 feet of woodland. The Auxiliary said donated labor, equipment, and money were moving the long-closed shop toward reopening.
Evidence limits
The report documents site preparation and fundraising momentum, not the building’s completion or opening date.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2007, resale-shop site-clearing report.Reports Fire Department Auxiliary members and community volunteers clearing an approximately 110-by-285-foot site with chainsaws, a chipper, loaders, excavators, and dump trucks, after the townships acquired the property. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the site-clearing work and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteers clear the new Fire Department Auxiliary resale-shop site, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-resale-shop-site-clearing-2007/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2007, resale-shop site-clearing report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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