Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year

Earlier this week, the Intelligent Community Forum announced the Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year at their PTC’08 conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. The recognition brings attention to communities across the globe that model a 21st century approach to economic development. Three of the seven were from the United States, and one of the honorees was Ohio’s own Northeast region.

According to the release, "The communities of [the Northeast Ohio] region are rising from the ashes of deindustrialization to recreate the entrepreneurial business, political and social culture that produced its first wave of prosperity. A successful fiber network deployment by OneCommunity has been leveraged by government and nonprofits to jumpstart new investment, improve healthcare delivery, bring the best in culture and education to urban schools, and engage tens of thousands of area leaders in collaboration over regional economic development.”

Congratulations to all the Northeast Ohio communities! We look forward to seeing other Ohio communities on next year’s list of Top Intelligent Communities.