- Date
- 2004-12-06
- Kind
- Construction
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancegovernmentaviationinfrastructuretransportationconservation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The St. James and Peaine Township boards met jointly on December 6, 2004, and approved R. Gillespie Enterprises’ $44,660 bid to clear trees on 22 acres east of the Beaver Island airport. The work was tied to FAA funding, grant matching, liability coverage, stump removal, and a May 15 completion target.
Evidence limits
The report documents approval and planned scope, not completion or the final grant accounting.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Joint Township Meeting."Reports both township boards approving R. Gillespie Enterprises'' $44,660 bid to clear trees on 22 acres east of the airport, with FAA grant funding and a May 15 completion target. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the joint-meeting report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Joint townships approve airport tree-clearing contract, December 6, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joint-township-airport-tree-clearing-december-6-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Joint Township Meeting." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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