The Annex by Greenline Salon operates at 130 W. Sixth St., adjacent to its original location.
Program awards $$ for rent, façade work; new round to begin
COVINGTON, Ky. – A City incentive program that has helped 55 small businesses in Covington with first-year rent or façade improvements since the beginning of 2018 is scheduled to add five more businesses – from fiv...
TIF district designation in works would use
future state tax revenue to repay City’s debt
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington received preliminary approval today to study the possible use of future state tax revenues to pay for new roads, sidewalks and other improvements to the 23-acre IRS site and surrounding areas to prepare it for private development.
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Nov. 17 event lets the public pick favorite, award prize
from MORTAR Covington academy
COVINGTON, Ky. – Think “Shark Tank,” sans the gimmicks and over-the-top TV tension.
“Life’s a P!tch,” the inaugural “pitch night” from MORTAR Covington, will feature five local entrepreneurs trying to sell judges and the public on their emerging...
Goal: Make Madison, 7th more walkable, likely to attract investment
COVINGTON, Ky. – The public will get its first detailed look and chance to comment next week on new streetscape designs for Madison Avenue and Seventh Street aimed at complementing private investment by improving both the aesthetics and function of those downtown streets.
Separate online presentations will be h...
One of Covington’s greatest strengths is its unique small businesses.
Area’s ‘red zone’ status brings new safety recommendations
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington officials are urging the public to support the city’s small businesses as an escalation of COVID-19 cases has pushed Kenton County into “red zone” status, bringing new recommendations design...
Covington’s user-friendly form-based code takes effect today
COVINGTON, Ky. – Less red tape. Quicker decisions. Clearer guidance. Less expense. Easier research. And a more flexible attitude.
Those are the earmarks of a fundamentally new approach to land development – commonly known as “zoning” – that takes effect today in the City of Covington.
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The new detention basin above the Lewisburg neighborhood.
Drainage project designed to hold back 3.5MM gallons of rain
COVINGTON, Ky. – From Mont...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: All funds for this grant program have been committed and the City is no longer taking applications.)
COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington has created another program to help businesses protect jobs and survive the pandemic - and this one offers up to $50,000 per grant.
Mayor Joe Meyer signed an executive order today creating the “Emergency Business Assistance Pr...
The building at 1928 Madison Ave.
Projects creating 1st-floor commercial space
COVINGTON, Ky. - Two projects that are renovating buildings to create first-floor commercial space and upper-floor apartments are getting financial help from the City of Covington toward exterior improvements.
The buildings - at 1131 Holman St. and 1928 Madison Ave. in the Westside and Austinburg neighborhoods, ...
New ‘form-based’ approach represents drastic change
in guiding land development
COVINGTON, Ky. - Good-bye, (and good riddance?) Zoning Ordinance. Hello (and a warm welcome), Neighborhood Development Code.
In a vote that seemed almost anticlimactic given the nearly two years of intense effort and widespread public engagement that led to this point, the Covin...