Columbus Ranks #1

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH has been ranked #1 by Forbes.Com as an up and coming tech city.

Columbus is the No. 1 up-and-coming tech city in the United States, according to a new list by Forbes.com.

The rankings highlight the success of Battelle in the past decade. During that period, the research-and-development organization has grown from managing one major government laboratory to managing seven.

Columbus showed the most improvement in generating influential patents in the nation, said Philip Auerswald, a public policy professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. The Forbes.com rankings were created from Auerswald’s research.

Other cities on the list include Santa Fe, N.M.; Palm Beach County, Fla.; Houston and Milwaukee.