- Date
- 1996-04-27
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- technologypropertygovernancecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Charlevoix County introduced a touchscreen land-information system intended to organize property, tax, ownership, septic, landmark, map, photographic, zoning, and historical information. The May Beacon invited Beaver Island property owners to contribute source material at an April 27 meeting in Peaine Township Hall.
Evidence limits
This is a project announcement, not evidence that the system was completed, fully populated, or preserved with all described records.
Sources
- Describes a countywide system for property, tax, ownership, septic, landmark, map, photo, zoning, and historical information, and invites property owners to contribute material at an April 27 meeting at Peaine Township Hall. 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 · 1996-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the touchscreen project notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Charlevoix County introduces a touchscreen property-information system in 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-charlevoix-property-information-touchscreen-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1996, “Land/Property Information from New State-of-the-Art ‘Touch Screen’ Computer.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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