Why Dublin Water Bills Are Rising Again

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Team YoYo, a junior golf program coached by PGA professional Chris Yoder, has qualified for the 2026 PGA Jr. League National Championships in both the 13U and 17U divisions. Each team earned one of just 12 spots nationwide.

Among the players are three Dublin students: Christian Yoder, a sophomore at Dublin Jerome, plays on the 17U team, while William Yoder, a seventh grader at Grizzell Middle School, and Ethan Li, a sixth grader at Eversole, play on the 13U team.

The 17U team competed in New Mexico last weekend, finishing 11th nationally. Christian and teammate Emmet Lattavo also won a nine-hole scramble competition, finishing eight strokes under par.

The 13U team heads to PGA Frisco in Texas, November 11–15, hoping to build on Team YoYo's second-place national finish in that age division last year.

Congratulations to both teams, and good luck to the younger golfers heading to Texas!

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For all the talk about empty office buildings and companies letting employees work from home, something interesting is happening in Dublin.

Businesses are choosing to put their offices here. And quite a few of them.

According to the latest commercial real estate reports, Dublin accounted for more than a quarter of all office leasing activity in the Columbus region during the third quarter of 2026.

That's up from about 20% in the previous quarter, making Dublin one of the region's busiest places for office deals.

And these aren't just leases on paper. CBRE, one of the country's largest commercial real estate firms, identified Dublin as one of the areas leading the region in actual office occupancy gains this summer.

South College, which we've mentioned before, moved into roughly 43,000 square feet on Parkcenter Circle. Rosen USA took another 16,000 square feet on nearby Parkwood Place. And other companies have been moving into Dublin offices as well.

It's particularly encouraging when you consider that roughly one in five office spaces across the Columbus region is still vacant, according to CBRE.

Of course, Dublin still has empty office buildings of its own. But the latest numbers suggest that companies haven't given up on having offices. They're being more selective about where they want them.

And right now, Dublin is clearly one of the places they're choosing.

That's good news beyond the commercial real estate business. More occupied offices mean more people coming into Dublin during the workday, supporting restaurants, coffee shops and other local businesses.

After years of wondering whether office workers would ever really come back, it's nice to see Dublin attracting them.

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If it feels like every household bill has been getting more expensive lately, you can now add water and sewer to the list.

Dublin City Council approved new rates last night that are expected to push the average combined water and sewer bill up about 11% in 2027.

The city's estimates put the average bill at around $103 a month today, or $1,236 a year. Under the new rates, that climbs to about $114.50 a month, or $1,374 annually. That's roughly $138 more a year for the same amount of water.

And much of that increase is coming from outside Dublin. Columbus actually supplies our water and handles our wastewater, so when Columbus raises its rates, unfortunately those higher costs make their way onto Dublin bills too.