Forbes names Columbus the Number One Up-and-Coming Tech City

In order to have a healthy economy and housing market you need to have job growth and stability. Looking at the science and technology industries, Columbus is growing nicely. Battelle Memorial Institute is leading much of that growth in almost all areas of emerging technology, especially life sciences and energy research. Ohio's largest research center came to Columbus in 1997 with a budget of $1 billion. Now it oversees seven major laboratories for different federal agencies with a budget of $4 billion.

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