Name: Michigan awards Beaver Island Township Airport a $270,000 capital grant in 1997
Start: 1997
End: 1997
Location: Beaver Island Airport

Event

Date: 1997
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island Airport
Carried out by: Beaver Island Airport Commission
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationinfrastructuregovernanceeconomyemergency-managementcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Joe Reed’s March 1997 letter reported that Michigan’s Aeronautics Commission had awarded $270,000 for capital development at the Beaver Island Township Airport, with $30,000 in local matching funds. The stated 1997 work program would expand the terminal apron, add partial runway fencing, prepare for a commercial air carrier planned for 1998, and rehabilitate or rebuild the maintenance building. An August letter says a runway-vandalism case had been resolved through apprehension, conviction, sentencing, fine, and restitution, and connects the current $310,000 project with fencing intended to reduce the risk of recurrence and improve runway safety.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper-published letter describing a grant and proposed work. It does not provide the grant agreement, invoices, engineering plans, or proof that each improvement was completed.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1997, “AIRPORT GRANT” late bulletin.
Announces preliminary approval of a $270,000 Aeronautics Board grant, matched by $30,000 in township funds, for necessary Township Airport improvements and repairs; it says details would appear in March. 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 · 1997-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 1997, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the late airport-grant bulletin.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1997, “To the Editor --” (Joe Reed, Chairman).
Reports a $270,000 Michigan Aeronautics Commission grant matched by $30,000 in Island funds, for a 1997 plan to expand the apron, partially fence runways, prepare for a commercial air carrier in 1998, and rehabilitate or rebuild the maintenance building. 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 · 1997-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1997, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the airport grant letter.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1997, “To the Editor” airport-vandalism and improvement update.
Reports that a runway-vandalism case had resulted in apprehension, guilty plea, sentence, fine, and restitution, and says the $310,000 improvement project included fencing at runway access points to improve safety. 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 · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1997, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the airport safety and improvement update.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Michigan awards Beaver Island Township Airport a $270,000 capital grant in 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-township-airport-270000-grant-1997/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1997, “AIRPORT GRANT” late bulletin. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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