Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

===21st century===
[[File:The Short North-2005-07-03-IMG 4540.jpg|thumb|[[Columbus streetcar arches|Street arches]] returned to the [[Short North]] in late 2002.]][[File:Columbus Pano 2.jpg|alt=Panorama of downtown Columbus, OH from the Main Street Bridge.|thumb|Panorama of downtown Columbus from the [[Main Street Bridge (Columbus, Ohio)|Main Street Bridge]]|220x220px]]The [[Scioto Mile]] began development along the riverfront, an area that already had the [[Miranova Place|Miranova Corporate Center]] and [[The Condominiums at North Bank Park]].

The [[2010 United States foreclosure crisis]] forced the city to purchase numerous foreclosed, vacant properties to renovate or demolish them – at a cost of tens of millions of dollars. In February 2011, Columbus had 6,117 vacant properties, according to city officials.<ref name=foreclosures>{{cite news |title=City spends millions renovating, demolishing eyesore properties |first=Mark |last=Ferenchik |url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/26/vacant_homes.html?sid=101 |newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |date=February 26, 2011 |access-date=February 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228054014/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/26/vacant_homes.html?sid=101 |archive-date=February 28, 2011  }}</ref>

Since 2010, Columbus has been growing in population and economy; from 2010 to 2017, the city added 164,000 jobs, which ranked second in the United States.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} In February and March 2020, [[COVID-19 pandemic in Columbus, Ohio|Columbus reported]] its first official cases of [[COVID-19]] and declared a state of emergency, with all nonessential businesses closed statewide. There were 69,244 cases of the disease across the city, {{as of|2021|03|11|alt=as of March 11, 2021}}.<ref name="5-18 report">{{cite web |publisher=The City of Columbus |title=City of Columbus and Franklin County Jurisdictions Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Summary of Cases |url=https://www.columbus.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147515356 |access-date=July 27, 2020 |date=May 18, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728180041/https://www.columbus.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147515356 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later in 2020, protests over the [[murder of George Floyd]] [[George Floyd protests in Columbus, Ohio|took place in the city]] from May 28 into August.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Kovac, Mark |author2=Burger, Beth |author3=Sullivan, Lucas |title=Columbus downtown business owners clean up after protests |url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200530/columbus-downtown-business-owners-clean-up-after-protests |website=Columbus Dispatch |access-date=July 27, 2020 |date=May 30, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728201517/https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200530/columbus-downtown-business-owners-clean-up-after-protests |url-status=dead }}</ref> Columbus and its metro area have experienced growth in the [[high-tech manufacturing]] sector, with [[Intel]] announcing plans to construct a $20 billion factory and [[Honda]] expanding its presence along with [[LG Energy Solution]]s with a $4.4 billion battery manufactory facility in [[Fayette County, Ohio|Fayette County]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel in Ohio: You Were Built For This |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/intel-in-ohio.html |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=Intel |language=en |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410160935/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/intel-in-ohio.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Honda to spend billions on Fayette County battery plant |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/10/11/honda-to-build-battery-plant-in-fayette-county-ohio-electric-vehicle-hub/69548391007/ |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=The Columbus Dispatch |language=en-US |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621102343/https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/10/11/honda-to-build-battery-plant-in-fayette-county-ohio-electric-vehicle-hub/69548391007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio|COVID-19 pandemic]] muted activity in Columbus, especially in its downtown core, from 2020 to 2022. By late 2022, foot traffic in [[Downtown Columbus, Ohio|Downtown Columbus]] began to exceed pre-pandemic rates; one of the quickest downtown areas to recover in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Which American downtowns are thriving — and which are struggling|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/downtown-recovery|date=May 4, 2023|access-date=May 22, 2023|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522182951/https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/downtown-recovery|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 23, 2023, ten people were injured in [[2023 Short North shooting|a mass shooting]] in the city's [[The Short North|Short North]] district.

==== Ransomware attack ====
In July 2024, Columbus was subject to a [[ransomware]] attack, for which the hacker group [[Rhysida (hacker group)|Rhysidia]] took credit.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feuerborn |first=Mark |date=2024-08-01 |title=Ransomware group claims Columbus attack, selling 6 terabytes of passwords and more |url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/ransomware-group-claims-columbus-attack-selling-6-terabytes-of-passwords-and-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831010715/https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/ransomware-group-claims-columbus-attack-selling-6-terabytes-of-passwords-and-more/ |archive-date=2024-08-31 |access-date=2024-09-06 |work=[[WCMH-TV|NBC4i]]}}</ref> In August 2024, Columbus Mayor [[Andrew Ginther]] claimed that the files obtained by Rhysidia were "unusable" to the thieves due to being either [[Encryption|encrypted]] or [[Data corruption|corrupted]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fox-Sowell |first=Sofia |date=2024-08-13 |title=Data stolen in Columbus, Ohio, ransomware attack likely 'unusable,' mayor says |url=https://statescoop.com/columbus-ohio-ransomware-data-unusable/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831010744/https://statescoop.com/columbus-ohio-ransomware-data-unusable/ |archive-date=2024-08-31 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=StateScoop |language=en-US}}</ref> Ginther's assertion was subsequently shown to be false by security researcher David Leroy Ross (who goes by the alias Connor Goodwolf), who revealed that the files were intact and contained data including names from [[domestic violence]] cases and [[Social Security number]]s of crime victims.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Feuerborn |first1=Mark |last2=Cleary |first2=Isabel |last3=Beachy |first3=Kyle |date=2024-08-13 |title=Confirmed: Columbus data leak affects residents, and what has been released |url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/investigates/confirmed-columbus-data-leak-affects-residents-and-what-has-been-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830212448/https://www.nbc4i.com/news/investigates/confirmed-columbus-data-leak-affects-residents-and-what-has-been-released/ |archive-date=2024-08-30 |access-date=2024-09-06 |work=[[WCMH-TV|NBC4i]]}}</ref> Columbus then sued Ross for alleged criminal acts, negligence, and civil conversion, as well as taking out a [[restraining order]] against Ross, both of which actions were later defended by City Attorney Zach Klein.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodin |first=Dan |date=2024-08-30 |title=City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/city-of-columbus-sues-man-after-he-discloses-severity-of-ransomware-attack/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903143415/https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/city-of-columbus-sues-man-after-he-discloses-severity-of-ransomware-attack/ |archive-date=2024-09-03 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In response, a number of prominent cybersecurity researchers called on the city to drop the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cleary |first1=Isabel |last2=Feuerborn |first2=Mark |date=2024-09-11 |title=Deal made with whistleblower after Columbus' data leak draws global attention |url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/city-hack/columbus-handling-of-ransomware-attack-draws-global-attention/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913014751/https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/city-hack/columbus-handling-of-ransomware-attack-draws-global-attention/ |archive-date=2024-09-13 |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=[[WCMH-TV|NBC4i]]}}</ref>

==== Neo-Nazi march ====
On Saturday, November 19th, 2024, about a dozen masked men dressed in black carried red [[swastika]] flags in Columbus chanting [[List of ethnic slurs|racial slurs]] and using [[pepper spray]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Hanna |date=2024-11-18 |title=With swastika flags and bellowed slurs, neo-Nazi marchers strode through Columbus. Ohio's governor and officials condemn it |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/us/columbus-ohio-neo-nazi-march-hnk/index.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> The group identified themselves as "Hate Club".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Nicquel Terry |date=2024-11-21 |title=A neo-Nazi turf war may have just flared in Columbus, Ohio. Jewish, Black and elected leaders won't stand for it |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/us/columbus-ohio-neo-nazi-march/index.html |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Oren Segal, ADL vice-president, said that this might related to the hate group [[Blood Tribe (neo-Nazi group) |Blood Tribe]]. "Blood Tribe views itself as the main white supremacist group in Ohio, so ... (the) 'Hate Club' march appears to have been an intentional effort to antagonize them."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Nicquel Terry |title=A neo-Nazi turf war may have just flared in Columbus, Ohio. Jewish, Black and elected leaders won't stand for it |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/21/us/columbus-ohio-neo-nazi-march/index.html |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=CNN |date=21 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Drenon |first1=Brandon |title=Biden condemns 'sickening' neo-Nazi march in Ohio |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxvdz7nd1jo |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=BBC News |date=19 November 2024}}</ref>