- Date
- 2012-01-02
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationconservationtourismgovernancecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
The January 2012 Beaver Beacon reports that 262 people responded to St. James Township’s Recreation Survey. The resulting draft plan was released January 2 for a month of public comment before a planned February presentation to the Town Board. Forum notices corroborate the January 2 release and document revised comment packets circulated later that month.
Evidence limits
The newspaper report summarizes survey responses and a draft; the forum notices document circulation of comment packets but do not preserve their linked PDFs or establish that the comments were representative. Neither source establishes final plan adoption, implementation, or the complete response dataset.
Sources
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Sources
- Notice says the discussion draft was released for a one-month public-comment period before a planned February 4 public hearing, with paper copies at the Library and comments directed to the plan preparer or Township supervisor. The linked draft is not held here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004467
- Notice says a packet containing public comments received through January 22 was available and that further comments were invited through January 31. Later replies are argumentative and are not treated as representative of the comment packet.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004530
- Notice records a revised plan and updated comment packet, but the linked PDFs are not held here; it is evidence of an iterative public-review process, not of the contents or consensus of the comments.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004558
- Beaver Beacon, January 2012, "The Recreation Survey."Reports the survey's priorities, including invasive-species work, connected walking and bike paths, natural-area protection, youth recreation, fall and winter tourism, fitness facilities, winter recreation, outer-island recreation, and a public boat launch. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held January issue scan confirms the recreation-survey and draft-plan report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township releases a draft recreation plan for public comment”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-recreation-survey-and-plan-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “St. James Recreation Plan Draft”, January 2–7, 2012. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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