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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jun 21, Rachel rated it liked it. This book was an interesting basic history of the city of Greenwood.

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It comprises mainly of photographs with long captions. I loved learning about the history of the Madison Trail Madison Ave. However, the story lacked any type of multicultural history, and the lack of diversity needed to be explained.

Joey rated it liked it Jan 09, Ladonna rated it really liked it May 05, Gwen Dyck marked it as to-read Aug 08, Kathy added it Jan 15, Sydney Gwaltney marked it as to-read Jul 01, Cathy added it Dec 27, There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Other books in the series. There were 6, housing units at an average density of 1, The racial makeup of the city was Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. There were 5, households of which The average household size was 2. The median age in the city was The gender makeup of the city was As of the census [7] of , there were 14, people, 6, households, and 3, families residing in the city.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. There were 6, households out of which In the city the population was spread out with The median age was 36 years. For every females, there were For every females age 18 and over, there were Although geographically completely surrounded by Indianapolis , Beech Grove is an excluded city so it maintains its own police, fire, public works, and parks departments and operates its own senior-citizens' center.

Beech Grove's government was first organized as a "Town Board" system on November 12, The system remained until , consisting of three elected ward representatives and a clerk-treasurer. From to , Board members were elected as representatives of locally organized political parties e. Upon legally becoming an Indiana fifth-class city in , its first mayor and four city council members were elected three district members, and one at-large.

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Beech Grove achieved Indiana fourth-class city status in The present city council consists of five district members and two at-large members, plus an elected clerk-treasurer. Mayor Joe Wright announced his resignation from the office as of January 14, ; city councilman John Jennings was named as interim mayor, until the appointment of Terry Dilk on January 25, by the Marion County Republican Committee to fill out Wright's term through the elections.

Dilk was defeated in the November 8, election by former City fire chief Dennis Buckley, who became the first Mayor to have been the child of a former candidate for the same office his father, Robert Buckley, was defeated in the election. The Mayoral election featured Democrat Alice Stratton, one of Indiana's first female candidates for such an office. The city flag was not adopted until the s, when a competition was held in which citizens were invited to submit designs.

The winning designer was Mike Hart.

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The flag features an orange, black and white logo on a blue field; the logo shows the profile of an old-style railroad locomotive, in orange, with a white circle superimposed in the center. The circle contains a depiction of the tower complex of St. Francis Hospital, and bears the name of the city, the year "" and the motto "Where Tradition Welcomes Progress. Its high school athletic teams, the " Hornets " colors: The city's first school was opened in in the upstairs of the Wheat Grocery Store at Main Street.

Between and , a series of school buildings and additions were built on the block of Main; only the original gymnasium remains from these structures. The high school was begun in and its first graduating class was in The previous complex became Central Elementary. The new facility operated on a split-day schedule, with high school students attending in the morning and junior high students attending in the afternoon.

By , the city's growth to the south prompted the building of South Grove Elementary later Intermediate at the block of South 9th Avenue.

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With the population growth, the present high school was built in just east of the block of South Emerson Avenue and the facility remained as the junior high later middle school. Before the s, the kindergarten education experience was only offered in the city by private specialty schools past examples being Cassidy's and Happy Time. Kindergarten and, added recently, 1st-Grade classes are held in the south part, while the city offers meeting rooms and exercise facilities in the north part.

At different times in the city schools' history, certain grade-levels have been moved between schools. Ninth-graders were moved from high school to junior high from to Sixth-graders were in elementary school until , when they were moved to middle school level, but were returned to the elementary level in Also within the city limits are the Holy Name of Jesus School Roman Catholic , grades pre-school to 8 only , built in Beech Grove has a public library , a branch of the Indianapolis Public Library. Franciscan Health Indianapolis , formerly known as St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in The Beech Grove hospital closed in after most medical services were transferred to a more modern, suburban hospital campus in south Indianapolis.

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Beech Grove's oldest churches have existed since the earliest days of the city. A noon-time Christian men's meeting of "Big Four" railroad employees in was the genesis of the present Beech Grove Christian Church. In late , the First Baptist Church since , General Association of Regular Baptist Churches was organized and is now in its second location within the city. In recent years, independent community churches have appeared e. It contains meeting rooms, a gymnasium, and an indoor pool, which were part of the former Our Lady of Grace all-girls Catholic high school.

Established service groups include chapters of the Lions International and Kiwanis. The local Beech Grove Promoters Club was founded in as a chapter of the National Exchange Club, but left that organization in and adopted its present name. It organizes the city's two main public festivals—the 3rd of July Fireworks and the Fall Festival since in September.

Past civic organizations which, while no longer in existence, performed service to the city include the Beech Grove Civic League and the Beech Grove Jaycees. This facility is now the home of the Body of Christ Fellowship. Beech Grove has no daily newspaper, but its news events were mainly covered for many years by a free weekly newspaper headquartered within the city.

The city has no local radio or television station.

Teams representing Holy Name of Jesus School participate in Indianapolis' Catholic Youth Organization sports league, in sports such as football, wrestling, kickball, and basketball. For many years, Boy Scout Troop 79 was the city's main unit; present troops are Various Girl Scout and Brownie Troops have existed. Beech Grove, although not a rural community, also has an active chapter of the traditionally-rural 4-H Club.

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