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Hilliard held its annual Sept. 11 ceremony on Friday at the newly renovated First Responders Park, with retired Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst delivering the keynote address to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks that killed 2,977 people.
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Amazon pledged nearly $1 million to restore 18 acres of wetland at Prairie Oaks Metro Park in Hilliard and 45 acres of grassland at Glacier Ridge Metro Park, aiming to filter over 72 million gallons of water annually in the Scioto River watershed.
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A new Columbus Navigator guide to all 22 Metro Parks highlights Heritage Trail and Homestead as Hilliard's own free outdoor destinations, featuring a 6.1-mile rail trail, a 4-acre dog park with splash pads and a license-free fishing pond.
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COTA's new Line 30 gives Hilliard residents a transfer-free bus to Ohio State and downtown Columbus every 30 minutes, seven days a week.
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Hilliard police and Norwich Township fire officials will host a public 9/11 commemoration at Station Park on Sept. 11, featuring a keynote by Hilliard resident and retired Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst and a wreath laying at First Responders Park.
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Hilliard's annual citywide street sweeping project begins Tuesday, Sept. 8, starting in the Blue Zone, with crews working weekdays for six to eight weeks across five color-coded zones.
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Local Waste Services will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day, pushing all Hilliard and Norwich Township collection days back one day through Saturday, Sept. 12, before normal schedules resume Sept. 14.
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Norwich Township has set a Tuesday, Sept. 8 deadline for residents to sign up for storm debris collection from the Aug. 11 storms, with more than 250 properties affected in the Ridgewood Estates area.
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The fourth annual For the Love of Hilliard brings more than 70 vendors, live music at three venues, free family activities and a fundraising dunk tank featuring high school athletes to 15 downtown business locations on Saturday, Sept. 12.
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A JLL report projects construction costs up 8% by year-end 2026, and Central Ohio industry leaders say the trend is squeezing builders and affordable housing developers in a Hilliard market where more than half of households already struggle to afford a typical home.
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Site work and utility installation are underway on The Village at Alton Place, a 135-home community of single-family homes and rowhomes priced $500,000 to $850,000 on about 32 acres in western Hilliard, with home sales expected to begin in spring 2027.
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Hilliard's free annual Fall Festival returns Sunday, Sept. 13, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park with hay wagon rides, inflatables, a petting zoo, live music from Dr. Awkward and food trucks.