Some of the nearly 100 small businesses the City has supported through its rent subsidy and façade improvement programs over the last few years …
Award recognizes The Cov’s success, innovation, and creativity
COVINGTON, Ky. – City officials from Louisiana to Ohio have reached out to Covington over the last few years with hopes of emulating a program that since 2017 has sup...
Brad Chetwood, a technician III with Public Works’ Right of Way Maintenance Division, installs the new/old parking signs along northbound Pike Street.
Completion of bridge work eliminates need for temporary prohibition
COVINGTON, Ky. – Drivers are again allowed to park in the curb lane of northbound Dixie Highway-Pike Street before and after its intersection with Montague R...
COVINGTON, Ky. – If a holiday event featuring cows isn’t enough to herald the start of the festive season that is upon us, then maybe striking a pose with an alpaca will do the trick.
There’s also plenty of opportunities to make progress on your holiday shopping. (Supply chain woes? What supply chain woes? #shoplocal).
And once you’ve checked a few gifts off your list...
Projects funded through the City’s Neighborhood Grant Program have included signs, banners, picnic tables, benches, dog waste stations, flower pots, and landscaping.
Competitive grant program accepting applications
COVINGTON, Ky. – Since the City of Covington created its Neighborhood Grant Program in 2018, groups have used it to fund small projects all around the city:
A tree...
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COVINGTON, Ky. – A new deputy chief position designed to put undivided focus on training within the Covington Fire Department has set in motion a cascading series of promotions.
The Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved appointing:
Assistant Chief Michael Bloemer to the newly created position of deputy chief of operations.
Battalion Chief Corey Deye to assistan...
No nails, screws, staples, spikes etc.
Reminder not to use nails, screws & staples when decorating City trees for the holidays
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you’re going to decorate a streetside tree for the holidays, don’t damage the tree.
Specifically, don’t use nails, screws, staples, spikes, screw-in hooks, or anything else that creates a pathway for insec...
Work to include addressing environmental challenges on 23 acres slated for massive mixed-use development
COVINGTON, Ky. – The behind-the-scenes work on developing the 23-acre former IRS site should grow substantially more visible early in the new year.
The City of Covington today released a request for proposals seeking companies to both demolish the site and address its significant en...
Small-business “coach” Lisa Brann works out of an office on Pike Street to help businesses in Covington and elsewhere.
‘Coach’ doles out help as needed from Pike St. office
COVINGTON, Ky. – When businesses and entrepreneurs in Covington need assistance – whether that’s fleshing out a business plan, finding resources, navigating the red tape of pandem...
Drop-off locations added for non-working strands
COVINGTON, Ky. – Among the many things that bring us together during the holidays is the collective aggravation of plugging in the just-purchased holiday lights that worked fine last year and finding not a single bulb aglow.
(Or worse still, half of the lights work, which baits us into believing we can fix the whole string with a replace...