General
11/01/2007
City now can eliminate community eyesore; create new economic development opportunity
11/01/2007
New tool added to City’s crime fighting arsenal with use of innovative DNA collection device
10/18/2007
Alleyways to be repaved between 2nd and Emerson;
portion of Park Grove to receive street improvements
portion of Park Grove to receive street improvements
11/09/2006
10/27/2006
10/23/2006
04/25/2006
“Tear Down This Wall”
10/29/2005
First Two of Eight Projects To Draw Businesses, Residents Would Enhance Roadways
Emerson Avenue
09/21/2006
Officials, residents remember history, start preparing for centennial observation.
09/18/2006
City officials unveiled this "new front door" to the city.
09/16/2006
08/31/2006
04/25/2006
04/25/2006
04/25/2006
Emerson Avenue Project
04/23/2006
04/19/2006
New Gateway Entrance Generates Excitement for Downtown Beech Grove
03/27/2006
$7 Million Project Will Include Demolition of Barrier Often Blamed for Commercial Decline
Greenway
03/02/2010
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.
11/29/2007
Transportation Enhancement Grant will help fund Phase 1 of the four-mile trail
10/26/2006
Hornets' Net
01/05/2009
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.
07/23/2007
Beech Grove selects Federal Signal
broadband wireless network for its Digital City initiative
broadband wireless network for its Digital City initiative
02/23/2007
Instant Connectivity, Broadband Speeds to Be Available Throughout Growing City
05/04/2006
Main Street
10/30/2006
Beech Grove firm's 3-D animation lets clients show off the ins and outs of products on the Web
10/26/2006
09/06/2006
Beech Grove Tears Down Emerson Ave. Barrier
04/25/2006
Many communities struggle with downtown redevelopment, but in Beech Grove, residents can connect the barrier to progress with something tangible. A concrete wall that went up more than 30 years ago cuts off the city from Emerson Avenue, the major thoroughfare into Beech Grove.
For 30 years, David Miller of Indiana Power Equipment has watched Beech Grove's business district decline.?
"We used to have a hardware store here and they couldn't survive. They moved out. We had an auto parts place here and they couldn't survive," he said. "Down, going way down. Well, access has been the biggest thing."
The barrier blamed for Beech Grove's decline is a three-foot wall along Emerson Avenue. First constructed when the road was widened in 1973, the concrete essentially cuts off drivers from Main Street. When it went up, customers went out.
"Evidently they thought having this open to Main Street would've caused some sort of problem, but unfortunately, it caused a different problem and that was the decline of our business district," said Mayor Joe Wright (R-Beech Grove).
Now the concrete's coming down in a demolition three decades in the making.
"The Emerson Avenue project will ensure that the first impression visitors get of our city will be a great and lasting one," said the mayor.
A virtual drive-through shows the future of Beech Grove after a $7 million refurbishing project. The old wall will be gone and a gateway will go in at the Emerson-Main intersection, plus new medians, sidewalks, streetlights and landscaping.
"It's going to give folks an identity back to the community, so when people come down Emerson Avenue, whether from the north or from the south, they're going to see nice big signs, well-lit: this is Beech Grove and we're proud of our business district, we're proud of our community," Mayor Wright said.
Mayor Wright and others took a sledgehammer to the offending concrete in a "tear down the wall" ceremony Tuesday evening. While mostly symbolic, city leaders hope the event will kick start redevelopment of the area.
For 30 years, David Miller of Indiana Power Equipment has watched Beech Grove's business district decline.?
"We used to have a hardware store here and they couldn't survive. They moved out. We had an auto parts place here and they couldn't survive," he said. "Down, going way down. Well, access has been the biggest thing."
The barrier blamed for Beech Grove's decline is a three-foot wall along Emerson Avenue. First constructed when the road was widened in 1973, the concrete essentially cuts off drivers from Main Street. When it went up, customers went out.
"Evidently they thought having this open to Main Street would've caused some sort of problem, but unfortunately, it caused a different problem and that was the decline of our business district," said Mayor Joe Wright (R-Beech Grove).
Now the concrete's coming down in a demolition three decades in the making.
"The Emerson Avenue project will ensure that the first impression visitors get of our city will be a great and lasting one," said the mayor.
A virtual drive-through shows the future of Beech Grove after a $7 million refurbishing project. The old wall will be gone and a gateway will go in at the Emerson-Main intersection, plus new medians, sidewalks, streetlights and landscaping.
"It's going to give folks an identity back to the community, so when people come down Emerson Avenue, whether from the north or from the south, they're going to see nice big signs, well-lit: this is Beech Grove and we're proud of our business district, we're proud of our community," Mayor Wright said.
Mayor Wright and others took a sledgehammer to the offending concrete in a "tear down the wall" ceremony Tuesday evening. While mostly symbolic, city leaders hope the event will kick start redevelopment of the area.
Jennie Runevitch
WTHR - Eyewitness News