Message from the Mayor Welcome to our City website where you can learn about our community and link with our City services and the community groups that make Hilliard special. Thanks to technology, municipal government in Hilliard is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I invite you to use the “contact us” link to contact us with a question, a comment or just to say hello, and someone will answer you promptly. We're proud of Hilliard due to its many community resources and assets. The businesses that operate and the citizens who reside in this vibrant City would make a visionary like John Reed Hilliard beam with pride. Mr. John Reed Hilliard would probably not recognize the area he platted in September 1853. Six years later, in 1859 Hilliard was officially incorporated with a population of 280. Today our City's current population has grown to about 25,000 residents. Located only 13 miles from downtown Columbus, The Ohio State University, and Battelle Memorial Institute, and 18 miles from Columbus International Airport, our easy access to I-270 makes us a centralized and ideal location to do business. Hilliard is a blend of the old and the new as historic Old Hilliard invites you to enjoy a leisurely lunch in one of our excellent restaurants, stroll the Rails to Trails walking path, or visit historic Weaver Park. Venture a few miles away and you will find cutting-edge businesses and industries dotting the I-270 interstate. Quality of life is a key ingredient that accounts for Hilliard's rapid growth in recent years. The families and businesses that call Hilliard home will attest to a community that preserves the past while seeking a new and better vision for its future. Hilliard is more than ribbons of winding asphalt and commercial buildings. Our diverse neighborhoods are the heart and soul of who we are as a community. It is in these neighborhoods where the real spirit of Hilliard resides and where the dream of pioneer John Reed Hilliard is being fulfilled. The growth in our population in recent years is ample testimony to how desirable Hilliard is as a place to raise our families, educate our children, grow our businesses and live the American dream. Just as Hilliard's rapid growth presents challenges, it is through community partnerships, active citizen participation and consensus building that those challenges are being met. As Mayor, I have called upon every City employee to make the word “service” a reality not just a promise. I believe strong communities require the best that each of us has to offer, City employees and citizens alike, must be stakeholders in making Hilliard an even better place for tomorrow. Thank you for visiting our website. Whether you came here to download a building permit or a tax form, or are just stopping to learn more about our City, I thank you for your interest in Hilliard. We hope you find this site useful and informative.   Warm regards, Don Schonhardt , Mayor

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