Event
- Dates
- 1985-01-17 – 1986-08
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitycommercecommunicationeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Civic Association’s January 1985 report proposed more professional publications, magazine outreach, gradual family and all-season tourism growth, and a tourist-information office. Its April 1986 retrospective reported the 1985 “Pure and Simple” brochure, Tourist Office, and information telephone as working community services.
Evidence limits
The earlier sources describe plans; the later report describes operation but is not a complete office ledger, brochure distribution list, budget, or independent measure of tourism change.
Sources
- Reports a questionnaire of local businesses, a consensus to expand promotion and pursue gradual family and all-season tourism, more professional publications and magazine articles, and a proposed town tourist-information office for discussion at the January 17 meeting. It is planning, not a completed office or measured tourism outcome. 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 · 1985-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fifteen-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the tourism-promotion report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-01_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports a proposed brochure with photographs and paid advertising, opposition to a separate tourist office, a new Beaver Island map by Bill Cashman with text by Joe Moore, and a budget subcommittee. It records competing proposals and planning, not a completed brochure, map publication, office, or measured tourism result. 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 · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held fourteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the commerce-director report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the April 4 meeting's planned brochures, Chicago Tribune advertising inquiry, Charlevoix Chamber exchange, tourist-office information requests, calendar/maps/tours, and the May 11 cleanup and May 18 planting schedule. It records planning and promotion, not a completed office, publication, map, or measured tourism outcome. 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 · 1985-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Civic Association report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Suzanne Moore's resignation as secretary, Carolyn Works' appointment, revisions to next year's brochures, plans to circulate materials to newspapers, AAA offices, magazines, and libraries, Shaun Markey and Diane Scripps operating the summer Tourist Office, a Chicago Tribune travel-section advertisement, and another planned road rally for the Memorial Fund. It is an organizational report, not a completed brochure, office ledger, advertising-audience measure, or event plan with a confirmed outcome. 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 · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Civic Association report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports that the Information Office at the Print Shop Museum operated June 29–August 31, 1985, six days a week from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., averaging 78 visitors per week for nine weeks; it distributed maps, menus, brochures, schedules, price lists, and business, marina, fishing, hunting, and camping information. It is an organizational report, not a visitor ledger, budget, or independent tourism measure. 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 · 1985-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Information Office report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-11_Beaver-Beacon
- Reviews the Association’s 1985 projects: 10,000 copies of the “Pure and Simple” brochure distributed statewide, the monthly Beacon operation, the Tourist Office at the Print Shop Museum averaging more than 70 visitors per week, and the information telephone. It is an organizational retrospective, not a complete visitor ledger, budget, brochure distribution list, or independent tourism measure. 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 · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seventeen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Civic Association report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the Tourist Office hiring Alice Befly for the summer, expanded hours from the last week of June through the last week of August, increased brochure printing, and continuing visitor inquiries. It is an organizational report, not a visitor ledger, budget, employment contract, or independent tourism measure. 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 · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the 1986 Tourist Office report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association plans and reports island promotion and a tourist office, 1985–86”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-tourism-promotion-plan-1985/, accessed [date], citing More News from the Civic Association, Beaver Beacon, January 1985. (and 13 further sources listed on the page).
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