Beech Grove Children Are Healthy, Active and Happy in the Heartland

Beech Grove children have it made. Everything Beech Grove residents need is right at hand, and that includes schools and libraries for the kid’s minds and social skills, activity centers for their bodies and plenty of beauty to nourish their spirits.

Neighborhoods in this southeast Indianapolis suburb are well-suited to family life, generally with wide, tree-lined streets and tons of other kids around to hang with. Beech Grove is one of those salt-of-the-earth, family-oriented communities for which the American Heartland is famous.

Beech Grove schools are abundant and well-respected. Although the grand Indiana capital, Indianapolis, is just next door, Beech Grove has grown up as a self-sufficient city, fully capable of assuming the responsibility for educating the kids who grow up there.

Entertainment for the children of Beech Grove is likewise plentiful. You’ll find kid-friendly groups and activities from “The Friendly House” at Beech Grove Bowl to the wonderful Beech Grove parks which foster sports programs and facilities for softball, baseball, basketball, volleyball, and skateboarding at the new, state-of-the-art skate park.

There’s a great library in Beech Grove too, where Beech Grove kids can find all kinds of fun things to do. They offer Children’s Story Time, Children’s Crafts, a Legos Program,”Tales to Tails,” Scrapbooking and Rubber Stamping, all kinds of holiday events and even free movies at the Beech Grove Public Library.

Children growing up in Beech Grove are also some of the luckiest on the planet because they have almost immediate access to the world-class activities, organizations and institutions for kids just minutes away in Indy. From paintball to rock climbing to the world-famous Indianapolis Zoo and Indianapolis Children’s Museum, Indianapolis children’s  activities echo the sentiments of family-centered Beech Grove: Kids come first.