Small businesses who applied last fiscal year for help with rent or exterior renovation were spread throughout Covington. This map was part of a presentation to the City Commission this past spring.  City offering help renovating exteriors, paying startups’ rent  COVINGTON, Ky. - Friday is the deadline for small businesses in Covington to apply for the latest round of City funding...

Work is entering its final stages on the new Kenton County government complex, which includes both new construction (upper left) and a rehab of the historic Bavarian Brewery (right). This view is from West Pike Street. Construction nearing end at former Bavarian Brewery  COVINGTON, Ky. - If you see a convoy of moving trucks driving west through downtown Covington the first two weekends of Sep...

Consultant asking public to discuss July 12 presentation   COVINGTON, Ky. - You can still make your voice heard on the future of the 23-acre IRS site.   A new on-line survey lets members of the public weigh in three conceptual designs proposed during a public meeting July 12 by Cooper Carry, the global architecture and design firm that is helping the City plan and gain development c...

Three scenarios for 23 acres continue the public discussion   COVINGTON, Ky. - “Green on the Levee” features a strong retail street grid oriented diagonally on the site with a gradual slope up to a massive park near the Ohio River.   “Love the Covline” features a linear park running north-south through the site with “bridges” from building ...

A sign on Amsterdam Road near Sleepy Hollow Road alerts drivers to Monday’s closure. Site work soon underway for subdivision straddling Covington, Park Hills  COVINGTON, Ky. - Northbound Amsterdam Road running from Park Hills into Covington will close Monday morning to through traffic to make way for site work related to a pending housing development on the border of the two cities. &nb...

The BLINK art and light festival in October will feature more than 20 displays in Covington like this one in Cincinnati two years ago.   Art & light festival to feature more than 20 displays south of river  COVINGTON, Ky. - BLINK’S foray into Covington this October won’t be an afterthought: The massive and wildly popular art and light festival will feature more than 20 di...

Head 2 Toe Salon in Latonia was among the 30 businesses that received a Small Business Program incentive in the last year.  City tweaks incentives that helped 30 small businesses last year COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington didn’t just talk about helping its small and new businesses in the fiscal year that ended June 30.   It spent money to underline its commitm...

Using Legos and construction paper, participants at innovate workshops in March created 3-D designs for the IRS site. Public invited Thursday to evaluate 3 conceptual plans  COVINGTON, Ky. - An event Thursday evening will give the public a first look at three conceptual drawings of what could be built on the 23-acre Internal Revenue Service campus in Covington that will be vacated later this ...

A slide from a presentation on Covington’s transformation from a Zoning Ordinance to a Neighborhood Development Code.  Website lets the public engage in middle of the process  COVINGTON, Ky. - It’s not too late to help the City of Covington revamp its approach to zoning.   A new project website gives residents numerous opportunities to weigh in on the City’s ongoi...

Faster ways to report property issues, apply for zoning permits COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington has rolled out additional online tools that allow citizens to more efficiently interact with the City in two critical areas:  The reporting of unsightly, unsafe, and unsanitary conditions on private property in neighborhoods. Applications for zoning permits and historic preservation certificate...