The Hilliard Beacon Podcast

Welcome to our FREE preview episode of the Hilliard Beacon’s Community Plan Program! Tim and Jordan cover the Eight Big Ideas that weave in and out of our brand new draft Community Plan - guiding the process and providing an overall structure to the evaluation of development as it happens in our city. Will the plan hold up? Is it rooted in a meaningful reality for residents? Does it make sense for...

In this sit down conversation the fellas welcome Robin into our rather warm studio (it’s going around) to record a bit of a career retrospective and a snapshot of what her job looks like today on the eve of Mary Poppins Hilliard arrival. In some respects - it’s the same job it ever was. Connecting with performers, highlighting development and growth, all while working through the usual design and...

SPECIAL ALERT: Hilliard Food Pantry has suffered a significant setback as a result of a large warehouse fire. For details and donation information to support the re-establishment as soon as possible of a pantry that serves over 450 families a week please click on this link. Thank You! - eds. In the sequel to our first conversation with Mayor Roger Reynolds we discuss some of the history surroundin...

After a brief recap of our really enjoyable Brian Gara / Big Darby interview - Jordan, Tim, and Kevin descend into the brewing council fights over the varying applicability of sunshine laws, upcoming charter amendments (considering law director and finance director status) and a bit of the recent history of “lawfare” as it pertains to the rapid pace of change and challenge in our fair city. This i...

https://hilliardohio.gov/parks/roger-a-reynolds-municipal-park/ Kevin Corvo sits down with friend and former mayor Roger A. Reynolds for the first in a series of conversations about Hilliard history. With twenty four years as elected mayor, Reynolds oversaw many historic changes to all aspects of city life and shares key insights into what it took to make real change throughout that time. The focu...

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sackett v EPA has taken a single case - related to a family homestead construction project in Idaho - and applied it to the entirety of the natural landscape in the United States. Over the ensuing decades - since the inception of the Clean Water Act and other environmental legislation in 1972 - Ohio has used these government rules and systems to battle back f...

Kevin, Jordan and Tim sit down to discuss the career and legacy of Hilliard educator Sharon Huesman as the final scholarships bearing her name are given out to the graduating senior class. The guys also take a minute or two at the end of another school year to reflect on their own education and how great teachers have touched their lives and careers. Lastly, the trio preview what is sure to be a l...

Tim, Kevin and Jordan get together to talk about Hilliard City Schools! We discuss the permanent improvements on tap for various buildings and then get into the overall labor dynamic existing through Hilliard’s latest round of teacher contract negotiations. Lastly we get into a little random demographic guesswork about occupations, housing levels, and just how many folks come and go in our beautif...

On this week’s Audio Companion Tim, Jordan and Kevin discuss the development of a new roundabout on Cosgray - the overall impact of the “Roundie Revolution” that has taken Ohio by storm - and how it seems to be affecting Hilliard so far. Then we move into the summer calendar of events for Hilliard, the ubiquity of the DORA style downtown and whether or not it has it had the desired impact for the...

This week on The Hilliard Beacon Audio Companion… We look at a new entry to the Old Hilliard business and nightlife scene (Article to come from Kevin on Friday) Hint: it’s a winery. Tim previews his series to come on “in-fill” development and what it means for residents in an ongoing way - resources and regular updates will lead to community awareness and involvement! AGORA returns on 5/20 with a...

Kevin, Tim and Jordan reconvene post AGORA to discuss two Beacon pieces! The first is our initial coverage of this year’s election. We talk the canceled primary and competing candidate groups which will make for an interesting November 7th. The guys discuss local electoral strategy and their hopes for regular engagement with the candidates leading up to the election so that voters can know what to...

Jordan, Kevin and Tim discuss the kerfuffle at City Council as we probe the growing pains of a city in transition. In the second half, we discuss today’s Agora X Pop Up Picker’s Club market happening at 5286 Franklin St 43026 from 11AM til 5PM. Have a listen then come see us at the market! Note: After recording this episode, we received news that Greg St Clair has withdrawn from the City Council r...

On this week’s audio product Jordan, Kevin and Tim discuss the new Flock Safety camera initiative set to put 11 plate reader cameras in play at major entry and exit points of the city… We also walk through the Electric Aggregation agreement and steps toward its full implementation. Some general carping about Council conduct and politicking ensues. Lastly we turn to the lighter side of our beloved...

Hello Everyone! The Hilliard Beacon reconvenes and we welcome local parks advocate Don Kloss to the show this week. We discuss: - Last week's barn burner of a piece on the annexation of acreage along a well established section of Dublin Road. - We then segue into a discussion of the RAPID5 development nexus and what it all could mean for the next era of public parks. - Briefly we cover this week's...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit hilliardbeacon.substack.com It's Thursday, March 30th and the guys are sitting down to talk "State of the City." Lots of good discussion surrounding some of the more specific highlights of the past year from a city perspective and a bit of the underlying tenor of emerging development city-wide. Things are entering new stages here in Hil...

It’s March 23rd 2023!  Kevin, Jordan and Tim work through some of the newest information regarding the ongoing investigation into the city phishing grift. The benefits of locally sourced and recurring reportage shine through as the finer details that have emerged would have been missed entirely if not for the ongoing coverage. We then preview next week’s write-up of the State of the City 2023. We...

On this week’s Audio Companion we flip the script by *previewing* Kevin’s piece which will open up our city council race coverage. We take a look at the full group of candidates and briefly discuss the process for Hilliard.  Only one of the parties will require a May 2nd primary.  That article to come in a day or so. We then move right into more of Kevin’s follow-up reporting on the city’s recent...

Jordan, Kevin and Tim talk about train stuff after chatting a little bit about the recent article on Axios: https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/03/08/new-hilliard-outlet-seeks-to-fill-the-gap This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hilliardbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hilliardbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

Kevin, Jordan and Tim talk a little bit about the beginning of the Beacon and the current financial kerfuffle in Hilliard. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hilliardbeacon.substack.com/subscribe