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.
&...
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...
Online search tool gives land-use info for specific addresses
COVINGTON, Ky. – Imagine one of these scenarios:
You want to erect a fence around your yard, but you don’t know how close to the boundary line you’re supposed to put it, how high it can be, and what it can be made of.
You see a “for sale” sign in the window of a corner commercial building su...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Kevin Canafax of Fidelity Investments announced the 600 new jobs in Covington this morning. (Photo provided by the Office of the Governor)
Financial services company to add 600 people in The Cov
COVINGTON, Ky. – If you need a job, Fidelity Investments has almost 600 of them to fill – and for most of those, you don’t need an advanced degree in ...
A skirt that holds 100 champagne glasses is an example of the “wearable art” (for companies that want to elevate event experiences) provided by East to Vest Productions. (Photo provided)
Latest City incentives support 8 small businesses
COVINGTON, Ky. – City leaders are fond of saying that small businesses are the “heart and soul” of Covington’s economy a...