Name: Beaver Island hosts a Maine-islands and Great Lakes Institute meeting, 2016
Start: 2016-04-28
End: 2016-04-28
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2016-04-28
Kind: Civic meeting
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Association
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: civic-liferegional-cooperationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On April 28, 2016, Beaver Island hosted a meeting involving Maine islanders, the Office of Great Lakes, the Center for Rural Economic Development, and island boards, committees, and commissions. Beaver Island News on the Net made a video of the meeting available as a public service; a follow-up thanked local organizations for providing transportation, space, meals, vans, and lodging.

Evidence limits

The forum provides a video pointer and a participant’s account, not formal minutes. It does not independently establish the meeting’s agenda, decisions, or implementation of the priority areas mentioned in the follow-up.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island News on the Net and community participants, “BIA Maine Islands and Great Lakes Institute Meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, April 29–May 1, 2016.
The thread links a public video of the April 28 meeting. A follow-up participant thanked island boards, committees, and commissions, described participation by Maine islanders, the Office of Great Lakes, and the Center for Rural Economic Development, and credited Island Airways and community support. These are community reports; the archive does not treat them as minutes or independently verify the meeting’s priority areas.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hosts a Maine-islands and Great Lakes Institute meeting, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-maine-islands-great-lakes-institute-meeting-2016/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island News on the Net and community participants, “BIA Maine Islands and Great Lakes Institute Meeting,” Beaver Island Forum, April 29–May 1, 2016..

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