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Columbus, OH Wins $50M Smart City Challenge

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Columbus, OH has risen above six other finalist cities to be named the winner of the U.S. As winner of the competition, Columbus secured $40 million from DOT and $10 million from Vulcan Inc. This funding is a game changer for the City of Columbus and central Ohio,” said U.S. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).

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AutoTool To Build Plant In Union Rural Electric’s OH Territory

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AutoTool , a designer and manufacturer of automation systems for the manufacturing industry, has announced plans to build an 80,000 square-foot manufacturing/processing facility in Union County, Ohio. Eric Phillips, Union County Economic Development Director (Photo credit: Erica Peerenboom Photography).

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IEDC Selects International Executive, Veteran For Economic Development Post

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Under his leadership, the IEDC secured deals with more than 110 international companies, which are expected to bring more than 8,700 new jobs and more than $3.25 Most recently, Anderson lead the Columbus Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. billion in investment to Indiana over the next several years.

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Seven Finalist Cities Chosen For Smart City Challenge

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The finalists are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. Autodesk will provide InfraWorks 360 and finalists will get access to (and training on) Infraworks 360, a modeling platform that uses 3-D visualizations and real-world data to plan major engineering projects.

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Race to a Smart Future

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The finalists, announced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) tech and music fest, are: Austin, TX; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; and San Francisco, CA. The city has a broad plan for “adaptive transportation systems” that would remain useful even as technology evolves in coming years.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Ohio Launches Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program

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Largest Cities (2011): Columbus, 797,434; Cleveland, 393,806; Cincinnati, 296,223; Toledo, 286,038. FIRSTENERGY PLANS NEW TRANSMISSION CENTER. has announced plans to construct a new state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly transmission control center in Akron, OH. OHIO FAST FACTS. Population (2011 Est.): 11,544,951.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Erickson, who founded Grayhawk Homes in 1992, grew it into the largest volume builder in Columbus, Ga., Beat them to the punch and lead the market down, however painful,” says Mark Hodges , a strategic planning and quality management consultant at Blueprint Strategic Consulting, in Haddonfield, N.J. “If