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...

Tom Fountain, left, was driving down Greenup when a ribbon of smoke and the aroma from Bean Haus Bakery & Café’s curbside smoker caught his eye. Anthony Jackson takes his order. City hopes just-opened Bean Haus Bakery & Café  begins ‘energization’ of neighborhood  COVINGTON, Ky. – It was the thin ribbon of smoke twirling upward toward a clear morn...

A “picture” of the pitcher himself, inside the bar-restaurant. (Photo used courtesy of Smoke Justis.)   News events recall urban sports bar’s eccentric namesake  (EDITOR’S NOTE: What links an interesting bit of trivia to Wednesday night’s Behringer-Crawford Museum’s “History Hour” to Covington’s newest stop on the coveted The B-Line ...

The red line shows the gas main(s) to be replaced. Upgrade to make way for development west of Duveneck Square  COVINGTON, Ky. – Traffic will be disrupted near Duveneck Square starting Wednesday morning so an underground gas main can be upgraded to accommodate future development.   No street will be shut down completely, but drivers should be alert for construction traffic and dela...

Officials from the City and Prus Construction did a walk-through of the Covington Plaza space this week. With floating restaurants a failed experiment, The Cov’s new plaza space represents new philosophy COVINGTON, Ky. &nd...

KEEPIN’ IT REAL in THE COV To mark National Economic Development Week, the City of Covington this week gave out the first-annual, first-ever “Authenti-CITY Awards” to acknowledge five places, events, people, organizations etc. that make The Cov the most authentically cool city in the Tri-State. There are no rules (or criteria, really), and no formal ceremony: Just City staff s...

Covington has a long tradition of adaptive reuse, bringing new uses to vacant historic structures. One example is the rehab of the long-vacant building at 801 Madison Ave. to make way for Zapata Cantina.  City incentivizes rehab of historic neighborhood buildings  COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington has created a new incentive program to help “activate” vacant commer...

Photo courtesy of Kentucky SBDC Competition expected to be fierce for national COVID-19 help  COVINGTON, Ky. – Registration starts tomorrow morning and applications will be accepted starting Monday for a new, national COVID-19 relief fund for restaurants, bars, hotels, caterers, breweries, and similar businesses.   The Restaurant Revitalization Fund is managed by the U.S. Small Bus...