Name: PABI holds the Community House groundbreaking ceremony, June 2004
Start: 2004-06
End: 2004-06
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-06
Kind: Construction
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: constructioncommunitygovernancepropertyarchitecturecelebration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On the first Sunday of June 2004, roughly 60 people gathered for the PABI Community House groundbreaking ceremony. The event marked the end of preliminary planning and the start of the project’s physical stage.

Evidence limits

The ceremony establishes a groundbreaking, not completion of the Community House.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Breaking more Ground."
Reports a crowd of about 60, a utility building, plastic shovels for project contributors, Judy Lanier-Gallagher's history, and Don Tritsch's first scoop of sand at the Community House site. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the illustrated groundbreaking report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “PABI holds the Community House groundbreaking ceremony, June 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pabi-community-house-groundbreaking-june-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2004, "Breaking more Ground." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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