COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington unveiled $200,000 in improvements to the reopened Senator Gus Sheehan, Jr. Park Friday afternoon.
Improvements include new playground equipment, a new picnic shelter and picnic tables, a new basketball court and a redesigned parking lot.
Located at the northeastern edge of Devou Park, Sheehan Park serves the Botany Hills neighborhood. The City wanted to...
Please note: Updates have been made to the MainStrasse Parking Plan since the publication of this press release.
Find a full list of updated changes, including a detailed map of residential parking areas, here.
COVINGTON, Ky. – A parking plan for Covington’s popular MainStrasse neighborhood will go into effect March 30.
The plan, adopted by the City last October, is a blend...
COVINGTON, Ky. - Each year the City of Covington and the NKY HOME Consortium create an Annual Action Plan to outline how funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be utilized.
Both Covington and the NKY HOME Consortium are HUD entitlement communities, and as such receive an annual allocation of funding from HUD in the form of Community Development Block G...
The lineup of workshops has been announced for the NKY Restoration Weekend. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Gateway Community & Technical College Urban Campus, 525 Scott Street in Covington, KY, the event aims to provide home owners resources to understand how to maintain their historic property and the value of historic preservation for them and commu...
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Annual Easter Egg Hunt
On March 26 come take part in a Covington tradition, the 2016 Easter Egg Hunt at Devou Park at the Volpenhein Shelter. This is a free family event! The hunt will start promptly at 2:00 p.m., but come out early to see the Easter Bunny.
John Volz Trail O...
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington is moving forward with riverfront redevelopment plans.
At Tuesday night’s Board of Commissioners meeting, Assistant City Manager Larisa Sims presented the Mayor and Commissioners with a draft plan of possible enhancements to the City’s Riverfront Commons Design.
The design plan, completed by Woolpert, Human Nature, and Kolar Design, is a lis...
WHAT: A public input meeting regarding future redevelopment possibilities in the Westside Neighborhood
WHEN: 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, 2016
WHERE: The Center for Great Neighborhoods, 1650 Russell Street (Enter The Center through the glass doors off of the rear parking lot)
For almost a decade, the City and its partners have been working with the community to revitalize the Westside Neighbo...
COVINGTON, Ky. – A major Covington Police Department (CPD) initiative was approved at the Board of Commissioners Meeting Tuesday night.
Assistant Police Chief Lt. Col. Robert Nader presented to Commissioners the Northern Kentucky River Cities Unified Police System (NKRCUPS), an agreement between the City of Covington and the City of Newport which allows officers from each police department t...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Although lighter than usual, the agenda for Covington’s Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night was heavy on historic preservation projects.
Three applications for Kentucky Heritage Council grant funds were approved by the Board. Each application addressed a specific historic preservation project.
The first grant application was for $3,000 for the 2017 Northern Ke...
COVINGTON, Ky. – On Monday, February 8, at 6:00 p.m. the public is invited to City Hall Commission Chambers, 20 West Pike Street, Covington, KY to participate in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Community Needs Public Hearing.
During the public hearing, members of the public are encouraged to offer comments and ideas on community issues tha...