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Hilliard named Top 7 Intelligent Community for second year

Posted June 24, 2024

The City of Hilliard has been named one of the world’s top seven intelligent communities in the world for the second year in a row. Hilliard was one of seven communities – and one of only two in the United…
Cory Miller, founder and CEO of PlugOp Technologies, came up with the idea in 2022 as a master’s student at The Ohio State University.

City partners with PlugOp to add smarter EV charging stations 

Posted May 31, 2024

Two new dual-port electric vehicle charging stations have been installed in the Center and Wayne streets parking lot in Downtown Hilliard as part of the Hilliard City Lab initiative to ensure our community is more sustainable moving forward. The City…
The Edwards Farm Innovation Center also has frontage to I-270 outer belt, located at 4949 Edwards Farm Drive.

Hilliard’s growing tech presence results in new flex industrial locations, Eco Plumbers expansion

Posted May 24, 2024

HILLIARD, Ohio – City Council recently approved four pieces of legislation that pave the way for new “flex tech” uses at two sites in Hilliard – action that will result in the retention of at least 355 jobs and the…

Hilliard creates AI ‘sandbox’ to attract startups with cheap computing power

Posted May 17, 2024

The City of Hilliard has opened an “AI Sandbox” for businesses to experiment with artificial intelligence without exploding their cloud computing budgets. All the City asks is that the business establish a presence in Hilliard or develop a service that…
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Testing Playground: HDC Funds ‘AI Sandbox’ for Tech Companies

Posted January 31, 2024

Hilliard technology companies needing to test their artificial intelligence-powered products will have a new tool, thanks to a grant from the Hilliard Development Corporation (HDC). The organization recently approved a $50,000 Innovation Grant to launch an “AI sandbox” that will…
City of Hilliard Economic Development Director David Meadows, Converge Technologies Co-Founder John Bair, and City Manager Michelle Crandall stand inside the lab at Converge Technologies.

Hilliard’s Converge Technologies Wins Innovation Award

Posted October 24, 2023

A Hilliard technology incubator is being recognized as a 2023 honoree of the Columbus Inno BizTech Fire Awards, presented by Columbus Business First newspaper. Converge Technologies, which partnered with the City of Hilliard to begin Hilliard City Lab last year,…
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City Staff Innovation Ambassadors Identify, Solve Problems

Posted July 27, 2023

When a local business owner heard the City of Hilliard’s slogan, “Real People, Real Possibilities”, he knew he had come to the right place to test his new coffee product. Steve Johnson’s company, Off The Beaten Path, has been brewing…
Augustwenty LLC CEO Angela McManaway and CTO DJ Daugherty, married co-founders of the boutique software consultancy.

Hilliard start-up Augustwenty solves ‘gnarly’ problems

Posted November 14, 2022

Of 31 employees at Augustwenty LLC, 29 had worked together at Pillar Technology, one of Central Ohio’s most lauded and fastest-growing software firms until its surprise acquisition. The other two? A son and a brother of former Pillar employees. “Something great…
Woman works on research project at Converge

Hilliard Economic Development Efforts Highlighted

Posted June 23, 2022

Think of the economic development landscape in Central Ohio like a quilt. Each patch has its own unique identity, but they all come together to form one cohesive unit. That’s how Kenny McDonald, CEO of the Columbus Partnership, sees it….