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Beer miles & train tracks

COVINGTON, Ky. – With City Hall and other offices closed for Veterans Day on Thursday, we’re putting out our narrative weekend events calendar a day early. You should be glad we are, because there’s a lot of cool stuff going on in The Cov. Feel like an easy, laidback weekend to you? Then how about a workshop where you can make your own journal … or incense? Feeling b...

Honoring our City veterans

Tradition of military service strong in The Cov and its government COVINGTON, Ky. –The tradition of military service in Kentucky predates the state itself. Even before the Bluegrass territory was ratified as the 15th state in the fledgling union, the men and women who lived within these borders contributed energy, sweat, and blood in support of our nation’s security and values. ...

2 years later, ‘RIPPLE’ felt in Lewisburg

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...

Turkey Day & Mother Earth

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.) COVINGTON, Ky. – Thanksgiving Day is all about getting together. Well … the food too. But along with the big dinner comes a big mess – and a lot of preparation. Fortunately, with a little forethought ...

City Hall closed Thursday

COVINGTON, Ky. – Offices at City Hall will be closed to the public tomorrow, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. The building will reopen at 8 a.m. Friday. (Meanwhile, above, construction continues on the new Vietnam Fallen Memorial where Decoursey Avenue, Church Street, and 38th Street come together. Here’s some background on the project: http://bit.ly/2Z03W7a). ***

Creating another ‘RIPPLE’

The business district/node Highway Avenue and Altamont Road is in line for attention under the City’s The RIPPLE Effect.   Botany Hills neighborhood wins grant for improvements, City attention (Part 1 of 2: The RIPPLE Effect program was created in fall 2018 to coordinate public and private investments and energy and focus those on a proverbial corner of Covington. Today we feat...

A little drag, a musical & a mural

COVINGTON, Ky. – After weekends of more events than we (or our little keyboard-pecking-fingers) could believe, life during the first weekend in November seems to have slowed down a wee bit. Maybe it’s the frosty nights. That said, the quality of the entertainment and engagement value remains large in The Cov. There are some seriously good events happening, so get out there &ndash...

New web tools help you better know Covington & its government

More maps, data sets detail road conditions, rentals and more COVINGTON, Ky. – Aberdeen Avenue in Latonia is 628 feet long, its driving surface has an estimated remaining service life of six years, and its recommended maintenance plan currently involves patching. Out in South Covington, meanwhile, Otter Court has three homes that are rented out. And in the Eastside neighborhood, sev...

Familiar faces to run Neighborhood Services

Covington’s Neighborhood Services Department is led by Director Brandon Holmes, left, and Deputy Director Keith Bales. Holmes promoted to director; Bales returns to City Hall OVINGTON, Ky. – The department at the City of Covington that oversees everything from trash collection to parks to housing vouchers and more has new leadership. They’re both familiar faces. Brand...

City hires project manager for IRS site

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 ...
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