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
City of Beech Grove Moves Closer to Becoming "Digital City"
02/23/2007
BEECH GROVE, Ind. – The City of Beech Grove today officially took a step closer to achieving its reality for becoming a “digital city” – thanks to a plan that will provide the entire city with broadband, wireless Internet access.
With the recent release of an RFP (request for proposal), Mayor Joe Wright’s vision for making it possible for the citizens of Beech Grove to enjoy “…instant connectivity, broadband speeds and wireless mobility” from virtually anywhere in the city is coming into view.
According to Wright, Beech Grove’s plan is unique, in that the network will be owned by the city and not an outside entity, thus eliminating some unnecessary infrastructure while, at the same time, providing citizens with unprecedented access.
“This plan opens up all sorts of exciting possibilities,” says Wright. “Whether you’re a Mom watching your child go off to school – on a live video feed – or a businessperson looking to send an e-mail while in one of our parks – you’ll enjoy wireless access as never before.”
In bringing the project to fruition, Wright says the number one reason for providing broadband access is public safety. Another benefit of equal importance is that it will offer a tremendous economic development tool for attracting business to the community and increasing home values.
“In addition to a commercial network, we’ll have a higher speed, licensed, secure network, in which our public safety officials – our fire and police departments – can have expanded and more robust voice and data capabilities in the field that will also tightly integrate with the new digital upgrade to the county-wide emergency communications system,” explains Wright.
Wright says the city plans to select a provider for the service by the end of March, and plans to have portions of the system up and running sometime this year.
In terms of the system, the city will own the equipment. A company will be hired to service it and keep it running. “We don’t want to be an ISP (internet service provider), but we do believe there are advantages to controlling the equipment and setting the rates…it’s an approach we believe will provide lots of advantages,” says Wright.
With the recent release of an RFP (request for proposal), Mayor Joe Wright’s vision for making it possible for the citizens of Beech Grove to enjoy “…instant connectivity, broadband speeds and wireless mobility” from virtually anywhere in the city is coming into view.
According to Wright, Beech Grove’s plan is unique, in that the network will be owned by the city and not an outside entity, thus eliminating some unnecessary infrastructure while, at the same time, providing citizens with unprecedented access.
“This plan opens up all sorts of exciting possibilities,” says Wright. “Whether you’re a Mom watching your child go off to school – on a live video feed – or a businessperson looking to send an e-mail while in one of our parks – you’ll enjoy wireless access as never before.”
In bringing the project to fruition, Wright says the number one reason for providing broadband access is public safety. Another benefit of equal importance is that it will offer a tremendous economic development tool for attracting business to the community and increasing home values.
“In addition to a commercial network, we’ll have a higher speed, licensed, secure network, in which our public safety officials – our fire and police departments – can have expanded and more robust voice and data capabilities in the field that will also tightly integrate with the new digital upgrade to the county-wide emergency communications system,” explains Wright.
Wright says the city plans to select a provider for the service by the end of March, and plans to have portions of the system up and running sometime this year.
In terms of the system, the city will own the equipment. A company will be hired to service it and keep it running. “We don’t want to be an ISP (internet service provider), but we do believe there are advantages to controlling the equipment and setting the rates…it’s an approach we believe will provide lots of advantages,” says Wright.
David Ayers
Director of Public Relations
MZD
(317) 554-6357 or (317) 502-8536