Blacksburg Electronic Village, Inc. (BEV) is a 501(c)(3) non-stock organization created in 1993 to support and promote the growth, development and existence of high speed data service and enabling technology innovation in conjunction with the original Blacksburg Electronic Village project in the early nineties. The BEV was a groundbreaking community broadband project that pioneered many Internet firsts, including the first residential broadband in the world, the first ecommerce applications, the first library with broadband access, the first business park with broadband as an amenity, the first school system with broadband, the first local government with an online presence, and the first "Ask the Doctor" Internet-based medical Web site.
2011 BEV, Inc. Board members include:
- Ken Anderson, Anderson and Associates
- Mike Barry, Advanced Logic Industries
- Earving Blythe, Virginia Tech
- Marilyn Buhyoff, The National Bank
- Andrew Cohill, Design Nine
- Skip Garner, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
- Wendell Hensley, Tech Sales, LLC and formerly member of Board of Supervisors
- Robert McAden, Rackspace
- Jeanne Stosser, SAS Builders