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The general public is invited to join community members and local leaders from 10 a.m. until noon, Saturday, Oct. 16, to dedicate Merchant Park (5467 Center Street), the land at the trailhead of the Heritage Rail Trail, near where the…

A new mural dedicated to performing arts is going up on the Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center (HCCAC), near the Heritage Rail Trailhead in Old Hilliard Hilliard Public Arts Commission (HPAC) selected Columbus-based artist Jeremy Jarvis of Jarvis Art…

The public is invited to join community members and local leaders from 10 a.m. until noon, Saturday, Oct. 16, to dedicate Merchant Park (5467 Center Street), the land at the trailhead of the Heritage Rail Trail, near where the original…

Hilliard’s next Community Center will be built on City-owned fields just west of Municipal Park if voters approve Issue 22 this Nov. 2.  On Sept. 13, Hilliard City Council unanimously voted to approve the 125-acre Jerman property as the future…

Tim Woodruff and Randy Smith are some of the longest serving volunteers at the Hilliard Historical Society. For decades, the two have held multiple positions within the organization and completed every job possible, including building a museum and maintaining the…

A record-breaking 525 children learned new street smarts this month as Safety Town returned to Hilliard. Safety Town is a one-week course that focuses on teaching children safe practices both at school and at home. The curriculum includes bicycle safety,…

The City is home to one of the area’s premiere 18-hole disc golf courses at Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park and more improvements are coming to the layout in the coming months. “We’re getting ready to do a second phase…

Have you heard? Hilliard’s Celebration at the Station Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) cups are eco-friendly and compostable! The clear, disposable cups are made of “green” and environmentally friendly biopolymer, a PLA resin derived entirely from plants! The petroleum-free material…

May is National Bike Month, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities throughout the country. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling, such as less pollution and…

Those who frequent the Heritage Rail Trail might see people with clipboards walking between now and June 5. These volunteers with Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) are counting pedestrians and cyclists as part of an ongoing effort to better understand…

Thanks to residents who gave us suggestions about the designs they wanted to include in new playground equipment, the City of Hilliard is updating the playground at Conklin Park this spring. The existing blue equipment, purchased in the 1990s, will…

Hilliard City Council voted unanimously Monday night to extend the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) to seven days a week this summer and expand the boundaries to include more businesses. For 2021, the City will operate the DORA from noon…