The 2020-2021 Future City theme is Living on the Moon.

At night, surrounded by stars or clouds, the Moon looks distant and lifeless. However, it holds a place of unique beauty and dominance in the sky and has been inspiring humanity for eons. Dreamers of all kinds—artists, science fiction writers, scientists, engineers—have imagined a thriving city on the Moon, one with healthy people and a resourceful, sustainable ecosystem. New ideas are constantly being dreamed up and tested.

The students’ challenge: Design a future lunar city and provide examples of how your city uses two…

The 2020-2021 Competition is fast approaching! We look forward to seeing all the hard work pay off! The competition is being held this year on January 9, 2021 so save the date.  

Thanks to the generosity of Carol Fallet (Fallet Photographers) Future City Competition Ohio Region is pleased to make official team photos available to all of our teams free of charge. You can find the photos via a Facebook album at https://www.facebook.com/pg/FutureCityOhio/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1647784198593167.

While you're over there be sure to 'like' our page to get updates from the 2018 National event and also information on next year's competition!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2018 Future City Competition Ohio Region event on Saturday, January 20th at Eastland Career Center. While we had a few growing pains in our new facility, combined with last minute changes thanks to the weather, we're happy to have seen to many of you attend and compete. The hard work of our teams was on display throughout the day and everyone should be proud of their work. Below is a list of awards and respective winners.

Overall Results

With competition day postponed to Saturday January 20, the FCC Ohio team is hard at work making the necessary adjustments to ensure a smooth competition day. A more detailed email will out to registered teams by Wednesday evening.

We ask that all teams PLEASE RSVP by 5:00pm on Tuesday, January 16th whether you'll be able to attend competition or not. Teams are allowed to change presenting students if needed - please send updated names to us at ohio@futurecity.org as soon as possible.

Any questions? Please email…

The Future City Competition Ohio Region event has been POSTPONED until Saturday January 20th due to the pending weather event.

We know this is unwelcome news to many of you - it is to us as well. Our team is working hard to shift our resources into putting on the best event we can next Saturday.

The schedule and logistics for January 20th will remain the same as they would have been this weekend. All teams who were scheduled to attend on Saturday January 13th are asked to confirm whether they can attend on the 20th. Please email ohio@…

Just a quick friendly reminder to our teams that your virtual city presentation and city essay are due Friday, December 15th by 11:59PM EST. All deliverables should be uploaded to the FCC database. If you require assistance, please contact ohio@futurecity.org.

You can find a checklist of deadlines and other items to complete here.

Hello!

On behalf of the FCC Ohio Team, we hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We're now charging right on into December which is a busy time for everyone, including Future City. Please see below for some important reminders and information. 

2018 Competition Preparation: You can access a checklist of items to complete as we get closer to the competition day here. We know crunch time can be overwhelming for many folks, so we…

Thank you to everyone who registered for this year's cycle! We're thrilled to see many returning schools from previous years and also welcome a number of new teams! Below is a list of registered schools for 2018-2018:

Hello FCC Ohio Teams!

We hope you're finding some time to get out and enjoy the beautiful fall colors and wonderful festivals Ohio has to offer during this time of year. Our state's diverse communities and natural features are truly on display this time of year.

We also hope you've started to make some notable progress on your future cities. Below are a handful of reminders for this month:

• Registration Fee: Please remember that the $25 registration fee is due by November 30th. You may pay it online through the CMS or request an…

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Watch the Video.

Batavia Middle School 8th grade gifted language arts students share their experience participating in the Future City Competition in Ohio.

Teams from 16 Ohio middle schools competed with custom built models of their future cities complete with moving parts, lights, mirrors, four-sided custom models and many more features in Ohio’s regional DiscoverE Future City Competition, held Jan. 14, 2017, at Columbus State Community College. 

The top five finishers in the Ohio competition are:

• First Place – Oakwood Middle School, Canton;

• Second Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia;

• Third Place – St. Ambrose Middle School, Brunswick…

Future City is a competition for the young engineers of this world. It’s an organization that has inspired kids to change the world. This program definitely changes who you, as a student, will be. Whether it’s a change for the better or the change for the worst is up to you to decide. You can treat this as just another project that your science teacher has assigned OR you can treat this as an opportunity to experience what it’s like to use teamwork and creative to solve challenging problems and help improve the Earth.

New and old teams, from all around the world, come to Washington…

The single most important ingredient in any city is people. And people need a variety of public spaces throughout their city, both indoors and outdoors, where they can meet, relax, play, learn, connect, share cultures, create community, and build civic identity. When city planners and engineers develop public spaces they don’t just consider open fields or existing parks and plazas, they look at sites such as abandoned buildings, old railway lines, waterways (rivers, lakes, ponds), former industrial areas, and the single largest land asset in any city—the streets and sidewalks.
 
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Pictured from Left to Right: Danielle Koch, Engineer- NASA serves as a FCC mentor to the St. Ambrose team, Students: Megan Stibley; Megan Oleksik; FCC Ohio Competitors Matthew Stracensky; Hunter Valasquez; Grant Bell; and Laurie Hamzik, Teacher/ Coach of St. Ambrose team, Amy Morgan, Tech. Coordinator, St. Ambrose; Deborah Morgan, FCC OH Region Coordinator; and Dr. Janet Kavandi, Deputy Director of NASA Glenn Research Center. (Photo provided by Rami…

First Place – Genoa Middle School, Westerville

Second Place – Oakwood Middle School, Canton

Third Place – Batavia Middle School, Batavia

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Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from Perry Middle School are participating in the State DiscoverE’s Future City Competition™ on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Columbus State Community College (CSCC) in Columbus.

With the help of their teacher advisor, Krista Miller and a local engineering mentor, the Metro Early College Middle School team is building a concept model of a city of the future, writing a narrative and developing an essay on the topic of “Waste Not, Want Not.” The topic challenges students to think about how to design waste management systems for residential and…

Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from Perry Middle School are participating in the State DiscoverE’s Future City Competition™ on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Columbus State Community College (CSCC) in Columbus.

With the help of their teacher advisor, Mary Bradburn and a local engineering mentor, the Batavia Middle School team is building a concept model of a city of the future, writing a narrative and developing an essay on the topic of “Waste Not, Want Not.” The topic challenges students to think about how to design waste management systems for residential and commercial use…

Sixth, seventh and eighth grade students from Perry Middle School are participating in the State DiscoverE’s Future City Competition™ on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, at Columbus State Community College (CSCC) in Columbus.

With the help of their teacher advisor, Laurie Hamzik and a local engineering mentor, the Saint Ambrose School team is building a concept model of a city 4of the future, writing a narrative and developing an essay on the topic of “Waste Not, Want Not.” The topic challenges students to think about how to design waste management systems for residential and commercial use…