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Covington featured on WVXU’s Cincinnati Edition

Cincinnati Edition host Michael Monks, Covington Economic Development Director Tom West, and Mayor Joe Meyer in the WVXU studio, with a producer in the background.   COVINGTON, Ky. - “Covington’s Resurgence” was the topic of the first half of WVXU radio’s Cincinnati Edition today.  Hosted by Michael Monks, the show featured Covington Mayor Joe Meyer and ...

Hosts, guests needed for IRS site dinner discussions

COVINGTON, Ky. - Wanted: Engaged people who like food, have opinions ... and would voice them in casual settings.   The topic is the future of the 23-acre Internal Revenue Service site just south of the Ohio River in Covington, and what should go on the site after the IRS leaves this fall.   Specifically, Covington is seeking people to both host and attend what are called Civic Dinners, ...

Incentives give boost to four more businesses

The City is helping the owner of 3616 Decoursey Ave. renovate the building to house The Bluegrass Barn, a coffee shop that will feature art and music. COVINGTON, Ky. -- A pizza pub, a full-service salon, a wedding design/planning firm, and a soon-to-arrive coffee shop that will feature music and art are the latest beneficiaries of the City of Covington's expanded and upgraded Small Business...

Covington may get hundreds of bike racks

A demo bike rack installed on Pike Street across from City Hall (and near the cut-through to Seventh Street) was in use much of today. COVINGTON, Ky. - People who use bicycles to get around Covington may soon have hundreds of places to lock up their bikes - not only in the downtown area but also in neighborhood business districts and parks.  The Covington City Commission directed staff to d...

2-way traffic on Greenup, Scott?

Open house seeks comment on proposals to increase safety   COVINGTON, Ky. - Technically, the closest NASCAR track is 40 miles south, in Sparta, Ky. But many residents of Covington neighborhoods that border Greenup Street and Scott Boulevard say they only have to look out their front doors to see what amounts to a cutthroat race every rush hour - and a crowded one at that.   The volume ...

Federal grant public hearing tonight

Among other things, Covington used funds from this year’s CDBG program to replace the fence around Goebel Pool, shown here. COVINGTON, Ky. - Reminder: The City of Covington is holding a hearing tonight to get the public’s ideas on how it should spend several million dollars from the federal government destined for services, programs and investments in neighborhoods.  The money...

Lewisburg ‘wins’ rights to The RIPPLE Effect

One of the architect’s renderings of the proposed Lewisburg Thorofare Project on Pike Street. City to help implement public-private ‘Thorofare Project’ COVINGTON, Ky. - A vote of the Covington City Commission this week formalized what had been unofficially announced the week before:   The first big splash of The RIPPLE Effect will occur in Lewisburg.   A neighborh...

New law impetus: St. Patrick’s Day revelry

Molly Malone’s Irish Pub in the Roebling Point District is one of the Covington restaurants that sought and received permission to sell alcohol on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, earlier than 9 a.m. this year.  Change allows alcohol earlier on Sundays, with permission COVINGTON, Ky. - Credit (or blame) one of the world’s most popular saints.   A cyclical and coincidental c...

Covington touts ‘Opportunity Zones’

New federal incentives hold potential for investors in City   COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is spreading the word about a new incentive available in the city where investors in economic development projects can reap significant federal tax breaks.   Five different census tracts in Covington have been deemed “Opportunity Zones,” enabling investors to take advantage of...

Wanted: Dinner hosts for low-key IRS confabs

COVINGTON, Ky. - The next phase of Covington’s efforts to solicit the public’s ideas for the soon-to-be-vacant 23-acre IRS site is banking on two beliefs:  Covington is blessed with smart, interesting, creative, articulate, and engaged people. Conversation around dinner and drinks is more productive and inviting than it would be in a 200-seat assembly hall or a Facebook co...
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