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 AWARDED $1 MILLION GRANT FOR GREENWAY
11/29/2007
With the award of a $1 million matching grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Beech Grove Redevelopment Commission will begin construction on Phase I of the community’s new four-mile greenway, providing a safe and scenic walkway for Beech Grove residents to exercise while traveling throughout the city and seeing friends and neighbors.
According to Redevelopment Commission Vice President Cindy Kirchhofer who chairs the Greenway project, the award notification was long-awaited good news.
“With this grant, we can start to work on building a trail system that, when finished, will be more than four miles of greenway. The corridor will link businesses along Main Street, our library, schools, parks and neighborhoods. This new Greenway will promote healthier lifestyles while providing a safe separation from traffic and noise for walkers, joggers, bike riders, and skaters,” Kirchhofer said.
According to Mayor Joe Wright, the Greenway project goes a long way in meeting Beech Grove’s community goals.
“Off-street paths are proven to increase property values. Increasing residents’ property values is one of our three main goals in continuing to build a Better, Brighter Beech Grove. The Greenway also helps us reach our other two goals of enhancing citizens’ quality of life and promoting community pride and ownership,” Wright explained.
Constructed in phases, the project will be a linear corridor that follows the alignment of Lick Creek through Beech Grove.
Phase 1: a trail will follow Lick Creek from the 13th Avenue Bridge crossing at Sarah T. Bolton Park and wind south to South Grove Park.
Phase 2: the trail will go under Emerson to a point just east of Emerson and turn to connect to the Community Center and Beech Grove High School.
Phase 3: - the final phase will begin at the 13th Avenue crossing of Lick Creek and move north along Lick Creek past 9th Avenue to Bethel Avenue and the proposed sports park.
A previous transportation enhancement grant of $152,000 funded the trail design. A new grant application was made in 2006 for the maximum annual award of $1 million, with plans calling for the Redevelopment Commission to match the grant with Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds of $1.2 million for the completion of Phase 1. Funding for subsequent phases will be arranged from a variety of similar sources.
TIF is the innovative funding mechanism that uses property tax dollars received from new developments in the City’s designated TIF district to pay for redevelopment projects without burdening taxpayers.
According to Redevelopment Commission Vice President Cindy Kirchhofer who chairs the Greenway project, the award notification was long-awaited good news.
“With this grant, we can start to work on building a trail system that, when finished, will be more than four miles of greenway. The corridor will link businesses along Main Street, our library, schools, parks and neighborhoods. This new Greenway will promote healthier lifestyles while providing a safe separation from traffic and noise for walkers, joggers, bike riders, and skaters,” Kirchhofer said.
According to Mayor Joe Wright, the Greenway project goes a long way in meeting Beech Grove’s community goals.
“Off-street paths are proven to increase property values. Increasing residents’ property values is one of our three main goals in continuing to build a Better, Brighter Beech Grove. The Greenway also helps us reach our other two goals of enhancing citizens’ quality of life and promoting community pride and ownership,” Wright explained.
Constructed in phases, the project will be a linear corridor that follows the alignment of Lick Creek through Beech Grove.
Phase 1: a trail will follow Lick Creek from the 13th Avenue Bridge crossing at Sarah T. Bolton Park and wind south to South Grove Park.
Phase 2: the trail will go under Emerson to a point just east of Emerson and turn to connect to the Community Center and Beech Grove High School.
Phase 3: - the final phase will begin at the 13th Avenue crossing of Lick Creek and move north along Lick Creek past 9th Avenue to Bethel Avenue and the proposed sports park.
A previous transportation enhancement grant of $152,000 funded the trail design. A new grant application was made in 2006 for the maximum annual award of $1 million, with plans calling for the Redevelopment Commission to match the grant with Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds of $1.2 million for the completion of Phase 1. Funding for subsequent phases will be arranged from a variety of similar sources.
TIF is the innovative funding mechanism that uses property tax dollars received from new developments in the City’s designated TIF district to pay for redevelopment projects without burdening taxpayers.