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Hilliard Unveils Major Park Expansion | Columbus News
Hilliard’s bold move to hand over 330 acres to Metro Parks could dramatically expand Homestead Park and boost the Big Darby Creek watershed—connecting trails, preserving nature, and turning unused land into public green space. The deal includes swapping 69 acres with M/I Homes, echoing a similar transfer from Grand Communities, all enabled by Hilliard’s strict open-space policy requiring 70% of new developments remain undeveloped. Metro Parks says it’ll take two years to prep the land with wetlands, trails, and prairies—turning today’s small park with a pond and train replica into a regional…
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