How Beacon Works
Learn more about the how the Beacon Network supports communties.
Built for Simplicity. Powered by Community.
Beacon is a shared safety and intelligence network that grows stronger with every new participant. When businesses, nonprofits, and services join together, the result is better awareness, faster response, and a safer downtown for everyone.
Whether you’re a storefront, a church, a landlord, or a community service provider, Beacon gives you the tools to stay informed, act early, and be part of something bigger than your own four walls.
Compatible with most existing cameras
Complimentary safety assessment and live Network demo
Flexible installation options and pricing
Reasonable subscription rates
Designed to Scale
Beacon is more than a monitoring tool, it’s community infrastructure. The more organizations that join, the more coverage the network provides, the more patterns it can detect, and the stronger the response becomes.
It’s designed to scale across businesses, nonprofits, and public services in any downtown core, without burdening individual users. You don’t need to do more. You just need to be connected.
How it works
Step 1: Connect
We connect your cameras (or install new ones if needed) to the Beacon network using Solink’s secure cloud-based video platform. You maintain full control over your own system, only relevant, authorized alerts are shared.
Step 2: Monitor
Your space is continuously monitored with AI-powered technology that detects unusual activity and identifies patterns. Smart filters reduce false alarms while keeping you informed of what matters.
Step 3: Coordinate
When an alert is triggered, the right people get notified in real time, whether it’s your staff, your neighbors, or city services. Beacon strengthens response times and ensures small issues don’t become big ones.
Beacon Network Features
What You Get
Real-Time Monitoring
Always-on visibility for your own premises and shared alerting across the network
Customizable Alerts
Choose what kinds of incidents you want to track, from loitering to after-hours access
Fast Response
Coordinate quickly with nearby organizations or city partners
Privacy-Respecting Design
No facial recognition, no biometric tracking, and nothing shared without consent
Actionable Reporting
Use clear, visual reports to inform funding applications, operational decisions, or community planning
Not just a security system
Beacon is built on Solink, an industry leader in video intelligence. From AI-powered detection to dynamic alerting and cloud-based reporting, Solink’s platform enables Beacon to deliver reliable, privacy-conscious monitoring that works 24/7.
Real safety doesn’t wait for problems, it anticipates them. Beacon keeps organizations aware of what’s happening in and around their properties and helps coordinate action when needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Beacon is a community-integrated safety network—a proactive video monitoring
and data-sharing program designed to increase safety, encourage collaboration, and
revitalize urban environments. It is powered by Solink technology and delivered by
Building Blocks, a mission-driven organization rooted in community betterment.
Beacon creates a hyper-local safety network by connecting business and public cameras into a unified system that empowers real-time awareness and community-triggered alerts. It turns existing surveillance infrastructure into a shared civic asset—supporting safer streets, smarter coordination, and stronger relationships between businesses, residents, and city services. With transparent reporting and actionable data, Beacon drives both safety and revitalization efforts, making it easier for communities to respond proactively and work together effectively.
Beacon serves a wide range of community stakeholders, including Business Improvement Areas (BIAs), shelters, nonprofits, senior facilities, parks and recreation departments, and local associations such as tourism and hospitality organizations. It also provides vital support to First Nations communities, municipalities, and civic stakeholders like police, EMS, and fire services. By focusing on collaboration and shared safety goals, Beacon helps both public and private sectors—and the residents they serve—build safer, more connected urban environments.
Reach out to our team to schedule a demonstration of how Beacon can help you participate in community safety.
Joining the Beacon program brings a range of powerful benefits to communities and organizations. It builds public trust by enhancing the visible sense of safety in shared spaces and helps prevent incidents before they escalate through real-time, proactive monitoring. Beacon also fosters collaboration across sectors—connecting businesses, service providers, and municipal partners for coordinated responses. By replacing fragmented safety systems with a shared, scalable infrastructure, Beacon reduces duplication and delivers actionable insights that guide smarter decisions and resource allocation. Most importantly, it amplifies community impact while lowering costs through a unified, efficient approach to public safety.
Now more than ever, communities face growing public safety challenges—especially in downtown cores, shared spaces, and service-heavy areas. Traditional camera systems are often siloed and reactive, offering limited impact without broader coordination. Beacon fills that gap by delivering a unified, proactive safety solution that brings stakeholders together through shared infrastructure, real-time data, and collaborative response. It’s more than just a force multiplier—it’s a smarter, scalable system designed to do more with less. In a time when municipal budgets are stretched and expectations for safety are rising, Beacon offers the coordination, coverage, and community care today’s environments demand.
We offer different pricing tiers for the Beacon program based on your area and specific needs. Contact us to connect with a member of the Building Blocks team and find the right fit for your community.
Get Started
Ready to connect your business or property?
Complete the form below to learn more about pricing, eligibility, and the onboarding process.
We’ll help assess your needs, recommend the best setup, and get you up and running, quickly and affordably.