Name: St. James Township reviews zoning, DNR staffing, harbor work, and a major donation, 1987
Start: 1987-01-07
End: 1987-01-07
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1987-01-07
Kind: Meeting
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Township of Saint James
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governancepropertyinfrastructureenvironmenteconomycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

At its January 7, 1987 meeting, St. James Township reviewed zoning and harbor matters, DNR and deputy arrangements, grant applications, and a reported $200,000 Gary Comer donation divided between airport and library funds.

Evidence limits

The newspaper minutes report decisions and correspondence but are not the full township minutes, grant files, bank records, or permits.

Sources

St. James Township Meeting, January 7, 1987, Beaver Beacon, February 1987.
Reports zoning applications, payments, Deputy Allen Muma’s arrival and DNR-building work, possible DNR funding, Army Corps approval related to the Wanty harbor application, rejected grant applications, a $200,000 Gary Comer donation split between airport and library funds, airport committee membership, and playground funding. 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 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the St. James minutes.
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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township reviews zoning, DNR staffing, harbor work, and a major donation, 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-township-january-7-1987-meeting/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township Meeting, January 7, 1987, Beaver Beacon, February 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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