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Beaver Island District Library reports completed building plans and a fall groundbreaking target, 1988

Also 1988 Beaver Island District Library building plans

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TypeEvent
Date1988-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1988-05
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationinfrastructurecommunityfundraisingcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1988 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island District Library plans were complete, with a donated one-acre site near the Community School, a building gift from Gary Comer, a $30,000 equipment-raising goal, and a hoped- for fall groundbreaking.

Evidence limits

The article reports plans and gifts; it does not establish construction, fundraising completion, or a final opening date.

Sources

  1. Reports completed plans near the Community School, one acre donated by the Evan B. Karnes family, a building gift from Gary Comer, a $30,000 equipment-raising responsibility for the community, volunteer hours, new acquisitions, Friends of the Library gifts, and weekly preschool story hour attendance of 10–18 children. 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 · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the library report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports St. James Township Clerk Vivian Visscher breaking ground on October 11, 1988, and a projected April 1989 opening in a roughly 3,000-square-foot 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 · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the groundbreaking follow-up.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island District Library reports completed building plans and a fall groundbreaking target, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-district-library-building-plans-1988/, accessed [date], citing “Beaver Island District Library,” Beaver Beacon, May 1988. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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