Name: Beaver Island Medical Center grant is preserved after advocacy campaign, 1991
Start: 1991-02-14
End: 1991-02-14
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1991-02-14
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcaregovernancecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Medical Center’s grant survived Michigan budget cuts in February 1991 after a public-hearing appearance, letter-writing campaign, and Lansing meetings with state representatives.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 26, 1991, Medical Center News.
Reports the grant’s threatened elimination, public-hearing and letter-writing advocacy, Lansing meetings, and Health Department #3 confirmation that the grant was spared for the year. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1991, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page February issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center grant is preserved after advocacy campaign, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-grant-preserved-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 26, 1991, Medical Center News. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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