Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Andrew Ginther
Columbus
"We inducted 13 of our central Ohio auto dealerships into the Electrified Dealer Program whose dealers are committed to carry all electric – plug-in, hybrid, EV models."
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Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Nick Akins
Columbus
"In some states we’re precluded from doing the activities that these technologies represent and that doesn’t make sense anymore."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Alex Fischer
Columbus
"If the smart technologies, transportation, and applications could work in a place like Columbus, you could scale it around the country."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Mark Patton
Columbus
"Residents of Columbus can come and try out an electric vehicle with an EV expert without a sales pitch of a dealership and see how great it is."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Jordan Davis
Columbus
"Our application was built on two philosophies. One is you can’t be a smart city working alone and the second was to think holistically about our approach to becoming smart."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Mike Stevens
Columbus
"The Smart Columbus component was important because our population is forecasted to increase by a million people by 2050."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: IllumiNation Energy Summit
Columbus
AEP, Battelle, Ohio State University and Smart Columbus took over a chunk of the cavernous Columbus convention center for a couple of days in May.
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Kimberly Britton
San Antonio
"You’ve got to decide what are the priorities, and how do we implement it in a way that’s affordable and helpful to the neighborhood."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: David Condon
Spokane
"We need to provide real-time data to folks, so they can conserve and use the energy sources and water to the best of their abilities."
Fortnightly Smartest Communities: Heather Rosentrater
Spokane
With the support of the Dentons Smart Cities & Communities Think Tank, PUF chose to honor Austin, Columbus, San Antonio, Spokane and suburban Birmingham as the Fortnightly Smartest Communities 2019.
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