The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) recently named Westerville a Top 7 Intelligent Community for 2019, according to an article on the city’s website. The ICF announced the honor at Quebec’s Laval University.
ICF is a world-wide network of regions and cities centered on a think tank. The group’s mission is to assist communities in their use of information and communications technology (ICT) so that they can improve the quality of life their residents experience, meet governance and social challenges, and create prosperity that includes everyone.
Westerville was honored for in particular for its willingness to embrace innovation. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and is also home to WeConnect, the first data center in the country to be owned by a municipality. Officials often use Logo Design to incorporate such honors into official documents.
Only three cities in the United States were awarded this distinction – the other two are Hudson, Ohio, and Chicago. Other communities named elsewhere were Abbotsford, which is in British Columbia, Canada; Taoyuan, in Taiwan; the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia; and Sarnia-Lambton County, in Ontario, Canada.
The next step in the process is for ICF members to visit all the cities named, to evaluate their programs, partnerships, and infrastructure in person. It is expected that ICF will visit Westerville sometime this spring. Once these visits are complete, the ICF will name one of the seven as its Intelligent Community of the Year.
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