General
City now can eliminate community eyesore; create new economic development opportunity
New tool added to City’s crime fighting arsenal with use of innovative DNA collection device
Alleyways to be repaved between 2nd and Emerson;
portion of Park Grove to receive street improvements
“Tear Down This Wall”
First Two of Eight Projects To Draw Businesses, Residents Would Enhance Roadways
Emerson Avenue
Officials, residents remember history, start preparing for centennial observation.
City officials unveiled this "new front door" to the city.
Emerson Avenue Project
New Gateway Entrance Generates Excitement for Downtown Beech Grove
$7 Million Project Will Include Demolition of Barrier Often Blamed for Commercial Decline
Greenway
Greenway. Has been delayed a bit because of new plan to relocate Lick Creek. If we get approval (permit) to relocate the creek, this will be the preferred plan.
Transportation Enhancement Grant will help fund Phase 1 of the four-mile trail
Hornets' Net
Beech Grove, IN – December 3, 2008 – Kicking off the first (mesh) wireless program of its kind offered by a Hoosier community, the City of Beech Grove launched Hornets’ Net today, providing Beech Grove residents, businesses, and visitors with the ability to be connected anywhere within City limits.
Beech Grove selects Federal Signal
broadband wireless network for its Digital City initiative
Instant Connectivity, Broadband Speeds to Be Available Throughout Growing City
Main Street
Beech Grove firm's 3-D animation lets clients show off the ins and outs of products on the Web
Residents Get Creative in Installing High-Speed Wireless Internet Networks
05/04/2006

While the 15,000 residents of Beech Grove, Ind., are getting fully wired for wireless Internet access - and even San Francisco and Philadelphia have plans to build citywide networks - New York is in the "let's talk about it" stage, and the city only recently passed legislation to establish a "temporary Broadband Advisory Committee" to review its options.

Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff said in a meeting last month that he didn't think the city will ever have blanketed wireless access. The delay is somewhat understandable. Developing a wireless broadband strategy in New York isn't as easy as naming an official city drink. Physically, it's a difficult place to install a network, given the dense population and number of tall buildings. Many New Yorkers are therefore patching together their own solutions, some with a splash of creativity…


By Betsy Schiffman
New York City Sun