Name: Beaver Island Rural Health Center receives $1.5 million and prepares a new Carlisle Road site
Start: 2001-12
End: 2002-03
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2001-12 – 2002-03
Kind: Construction
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcareconstructionfundraisinggovernance
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The BIPOA newsletter reported that $1.5 million for a new Beaver Island Rural Health Center had been deposited, with groundbreaking planned for spring 2002. It placed the proposed center on nearly five donated acres along Carlisle Road and said resolution of the millage dispute added $26,000 to Health Center funds.

Evidence limits

This is a newsletter report of funding and plans, not a grant agreement, deed, building permit, groundbreaking record, or completed construction record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 2002, “Island Currents: Fall Newsletter of the Beaver Island Property-owners Association — Medical Center Notes.”
Reports that $1.5 million for the Rural Health Center had been deposited, groundbreaking was expected in spring 2002, nearly five acres on Carlisle Road had been donated by Jeff and Nancy Traudt, and the millage dispute added $26,000 to Health Center funds. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 2002, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the BIPOA health-center report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Rural Health Center receives $1.5 million and prepares a new Carlisle Road site”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rural-health-center-new-site-funded-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2002, “Island Currents: Fall Newsletter of the Beaver Island Property-owners Association — Medical Center Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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