Dublin, Ohio has been announced as a finalist for the 2010 Intelligent Community of the Year after being named a Top Seven Intelligent Community.
Dublin, Ohio, named among top technological communities in world.
Dublin, location partially in southwest Delaware County, joins Arlington County, Va.; Dundee, Scotland; Eindhoven, Netherlands; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Suwon, South Korea and Tallinn, Estonia, as the Top Seven Intelligent Communities.
“It is a great honor to be considered in league with these global communities, and to be recognized for our efforts to keep our citizens and businesses connected to the world,” said Dublin City Manager Terry Foegler. “To be named one of seven international cities awarded Intelligent Community status further solidifies Dublin’s reputation as a community where you will find a highly educated workforce, an entrepreneurial spirit and the infrastructure to support it.”
The Top Seven Intelligent Communities are selected through analysis of detailed data submitted by the Smart21 Communities. The Top Seven are the seven top-scoring communities from among the Smart21 in the quantitative analysis conducted by an international academic team. Dublin has been a Smart21 Community previously in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
In May, one of the Top Seven will be named Intelligent Community of the Year at the Building the Broadband Economy summit.
According to the ICF, Intelligent Communities are those which have – whether through crisis or foresight – come to understand the enormous challenges of the broadband economy, and have taken conscious steps to create an economy capable of prospering in it. In a study funded by the Province of Ontario the Intelligent Community Forum defined five critical success factors for the creation of Intelligent Communities:
- broadband connectivity,
- knowledge workforce,
- digital inclusion,
- innovation,
- marketing and advocacy.
Dublin has used its innovative underground fiber optic network, DubLink, to establish the Central Ohio Research Network linking government, businesses, and schools to the Ohio Supercomputer Center. In addition, the city is promoting an entrepreneurial economy through efforts such as the establishment of the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center, and partnering with the education and business communities to ensure a highly skilled workforce now and into the future.
Dublin’s Dublink network and its use of tech to help build the local economy were factors. We welcome them to NY in May to be honored by world community at New York University’s Polytechnic institute where they will share their experience with tech leaders and the six other communities. Congratulations to the people of Dublin, Ohio.
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