New sidewalks and updated storefronts are among the changes made to the bend of Pike Street near Montague Street as part of the City’s first The RIPPLE Effect proposal that started at Herb & Thelma’s Tavern.
Partnership spurs street improvements, new business
(Part 2 of 2: The RIPPLE Effect program was created in fall 2018 to coordinate public and private investments and ener...
The inside of the sprawling former IRS facility.
J.S. Held to oversee complex preparation of 23 acres for private development
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is hiring a global multi-disciplinary consulting firm to oversee the complex and time-intensive work of preparing the 23-acre former IRS site for private development.
J.S. Held is a familiar name.
The company has performed or is ...
Friday event seeks ideas on Clay Wade Bailey gateway
COVINGTON, Ky. – Every welcoming home maintains an inviting entry point … an attractive “front door,” so to speak, that beckons visitors to cross its threshold.
“Welcoming” cities are not any different.
That’s why the City of Covington is starting a public conversation about how to improve one ...
Exterior improvements at 106 E. Fourth St. will include new signage and a mural for Garden Grove Organics.
Façade $$$ recipients: horticulture, counseling, pediatrics
& med spa
COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s good business to put a good “face” on your business.
To that point, the Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved exte...
The turnout and the engagement were lively at the first “Cookouts and Conversations” economic development “activation event” in Austinburg last week, so much so that a second all-day event occurs Friday.
Friday event adds free photos, movie to economic activation effort
COVINGTON, Ky. – Both the turnout and the discussion at the first “cookouts and c...
Thursday event part of effort to ‘activate’ eastern half of city
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City’s economic development team is packing up and moving its operations to Austinburg Neighborhood Park on Thursday for a cookout and conversations it hopes lead to something big: Increased business activity, jobs, and local investment in an area it calls “the Eastern C...
The floorplan at 1730 Russell St. is currently very open. (Photo from Hub+Weber Architects)
Russell St. rehab also paves way for Rumpke HQ
COVINGTON, Ky. – The job of turning vacant warehouse-like space on Russell Street into the new home for Covington’s Public Works Department is being turned over to Radius Construction.
In a specially called meeting this afternoon, the...
Covington honored for ‘transformational’ work
amid worldwide crisis
COVINGTON, Ky. – The national narrative for local governments last year was defined by retreat and retraction, but the City of Covington forged forward with a $3 million public Wi-Fi project … a dramatic transformation of its riverfront … purchase of 23 acres near the heart of downto...
City helps The Bottle Shop by Ripple cut ribbon
COVINGTON, Ky. – Ripple Wine Bar now has a sister business, one that sells specialty wine by the bottle instead of the glass.
This afternoon, City officials helped the owners of both – Kathleen and Matt Haws – ceremonially cut the ribbon on their newest creation just two doors down on Pike Street from their old one.
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Among the 84 small businesses and projects helped by the Small Business Program: The Bottle Shop, a boutique retail wine and sundries shop that opened just a few days ago on Pike Street.
City offering help renovating exteriors, paying startups’ rent
COVINGTON, Ky. – Friday is the deadline to apply for the latest round of City funding offered through two popular incentive programs...