In an effort to recap and provide an overview of our first year as the Hilliard Beacon we’re aggregating our top stories of the year as measured by your interest and readership. This post will be fully public and shareable so that you can pass these pieces to friends and neighbors - helping us find more residents of our community to share with and build through.
And to those paid subscribers and supporters of this work and community a very special and heartfelt thank-you. We have a lot more to come and couldn’t do it without you!
And now, the list! Presented in the absolutely mandatory “David Letterman Top-10” manner.
”Ah - Number 10 - Have you heard about ‘TruePointe,’ Paul?”
Advanced Drainage Systems, Equity, and City of Hilliard Building Shared Future
Construction is under way on the nearly $200 million, 52-acre mixed-use development to be known as TruePointe and Advanced Drainage Systems is to be an anchor tenant. ADS will move from its current corporate headquarters that it has occupied for more than 20 years at 4640 Trueman Boulevard into new headquarters at
Coming in at Number 9
Hilliard Schools Help Students 'Close the Gap'
Hilliard City Schools was recently recognized as best-in-the-state in two instances. Hilliard Davidson High School Assistant Principal Kristen Clausen has been named the 2023 State of Ohio Assistant Principal of the Year, by the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators, and that Hilliard City Schools, collectively, was No. 1 out of 607 public …
Number 8!
Firefly Winery Looks to Establish Bold, Oaky Presence in Old Hilliard
Construction is to begin in July on a 4,300-square foot winery with a 700-square-foot covered patio at Grant and Franklin Streets in Old Hilliard. Firefly Winery is expected to open in spring 2024 and will showcase a wide array of wines manufactured on-site, said co-owner Joe Hollabaugh.
Lucky Number 7
Mill Run Redux
Ground-floor apartments and new commercial development is to be built on the former site of Movies 11 at Mill Run, on Hilliard’s doorstep but in the City of Columbus, after the demolition of the dine-in movie theater that closed in July. Columbus City Council in March approved a variance that allows for the construction of 235 apartment units, including …
Number 6!
Green Sign - Blue Sign - Everywhere a Sign
The annexation petition of an 8-acre parcel on the west side of Dublin Road, south of Hayden Run Road and north of Mountshannon Road, from Norwich Township to the City of Columbus is poised to be developed as multi-family housing. On the opposite side of Dublin Road from the Shire Cove subdivision in Hilliard, the parcel currently contains a barn and two…
Number 5!
State of the City
It's Thursday, March 30th and the guys are sitting down to talk "State of the City." Lots of good discussion surrounding some of the more specific highlights of the past year from a city perspective and a bit of the underlying tenor of emerging development city-wide.
Our number 4 most read story of the year was…
Wolpert Purchase Marks Major City Investment
Hilliard City Council on Nov. 13, at the request of the administration, authorized the issuance of bonds for the purchase of real estate in an amount not to exceed $13 million. The authorizing ordinance approves for the Hilliard Development Corporation to purchase 120 acres on Davidson Road for $10.8 million- or $90,000 per acre.
Number 3!
Hilliard, Norwich, and Brown Township Election Results
Kevin Corvo spent the evening at the Franklin County Board of Elections reporting on all aspects of the vote. Here, he provides Hilliard specific results A blue wave rolled on Hilliard City Council as all three Democrat candidates were successful in their bids Nov. 7, according to final, unofficial results from the Franklin County Board of Elections.
Number 2 - This one hit close to the heart (as our numbers confirmed)
Old Hilliardfest Cancellation Prompts Outpouring of Community Feeling
A Hilliard tradition of nearly four decades is to end this year. While interrupted twice before, once for floodwaters and another for a pandemic, this time the cancellation is financial, but organizers aren’t calling it quits just yet. More than three years after the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic i…
And our number 1 story of the year - as confirmed by our readers…
Opening Statements and a Shocking Declaration Mark First Days of Hilliard Election Cycle
Two new Norwich Township trustees, a new Norwich Township fiscal officer, and at least one new Hilliard City Council member will be sworn-in at the start of next year. Unlike many elections in the recent past, voters in Hilliard on Nov. 7 will see contested races for Hilliard City Council, Hilliard Board of Education, and Norwich Township Trustee and fis…
We close out this podcast with a heartfelt round of thanks to the readership and a few personal shoutouts to Mr. Heitzman (moving on from the principal position at Norwich / Britton campus), local law enforcement for their annual ‘Cram the Cruiser’ donation event for kids in need of necessities, and veterans of our armed forces (as this was originally recorded Dec. 7 on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor)
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