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Beaver Island opens its new airport terminal

Also Beaver Island Airport terminal grand opening 2014

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TypeEvent
Date2014-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2014-09
Kind
Opening
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Fresh Air Aviation announced operation from the new terminal on June 27, 2014. The September 2014 Beaver Beacon subsequently documents a ribbon-cutting and public opening, connecting the opening to the airport project reported in earlier issues.

Evidence limits

The issue provides photographs and an opening feature but does not state the exact ceremony date or final project cost.

Sources

  1. Fresh Air Aviation announced that it was operating from the new terminal. This is a contemporaneous operating notice; the September Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for the public ribbon-cutting.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007608
  2. The Chamber of Commerce listed the new township airport terminal grand opening among the following week's events. This confirms contemporaneous public promotion, while the September Beaver Beacon remains the stronger source for the opening report and ribbon-cutting.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007691
  3. Beaver Beacon, September 2014, "Airport Grand Opening - A Good First Impression."
    Photographs document the new terminal, its ribbon-cutting, airplane access, and public interior; the issue does not provide a precise ceremony date. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held September issue scan confirms the terminal-opening report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island opens its new airport terminal”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-terminal-grand-opening-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “New Beaver Island Airport Terminal Now Open!”, June 27, 2014. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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