- Dates
- 2024-10-01 – 2025-11-01
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Karnes Drive
- Along road
- Karnes Drive · Brother's Road
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- housingconstructioncommunitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Association reported in October 2024 that a 24-unit modular workforce-housing project was underway along Karnes Drive near Brother’s Road, with Michigan State Housing Development Authority grant support. A November 2025 report says the first phase, The Juniper, had opened with twelve one-bedroom apartments and was accepting tenants.
The sources establish the project’s road setting, development sequence, and reported housing purpose, but not a surveyed parcel boundary, complete grant file, or full development history.
Open questions
- What parcel and site plan correspond to The Juniper?
- What were the grant terms and final unit count?
- What is the status of later phases and additional two-bedroom units?
Sources
- Northern Islander, October 2024, Beaver Island Association housing update.Reports a 24-unit workforce-housing project along Karnes Drive near Brothers Road, an MSHDA grant, and site, foundation, and utility work underway, with the first 12 modular units planned for delivery the following spring. It does not provide a parcel number, final site plan, or grant agreement. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Northern Islander, November 2025, “The Juniper Welcomes First Tenants.”Reports that The Juniper opened with twelve one-bedroom apartments on Karnes Drive, describes modular construction, ownership by Vince and Meg Ebersoldt, and the project’s affordable-housing purpose. It does not provide a surveyed parcel boundary or complete development record. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- A project announcement says all twelve one-bedroom/one-bath apartments were ready for reservation and occupancy, describes finishes and proximity to island services, and attributes partial funding to MSHDA MI Neighborhoods with St. James Township support. It is not a lease ledger, grant agreement, or independent occupancy record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 18 · t018540
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island workforce-housing project begins along Karnes Drive near Brother’s Road, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-workforce-housing-karnes-drive-2024/, accessed [date], citing Northern Islander, October 2024, Beaver Island Association housing update. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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